My Life as a Queer Opera Person |
When
I was 11 years old |
Jump
forward to my first semester in college
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So
I came to New York to direct opera.
A therapist suggested I try doing something opera-related that doesn't require 60 other people. As it happened another patient of hers was this punk musician who also wrote for "Homocore" (queer punk) zines. So, I said to myself, why not a queer opera zine? |
I
thought I'd do a one-shot salute to Maria Callas on her 70th birthday
(December 3, 1993) I also invited people to send in their favorite unkind stories about Kathy Battle. (Note this was before her big "Neely O'Hara" debacle at the Met!) So, I left copies of zine #1 at record stores and gay bars and inside the Met (which later got me in BIG TROUBLE! And people started writing to me and subscribing and sending reviews and stuff! |
Cool finish to the story!
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James Jorden is the creator and editor of parterre box, the queer opera zine. In real life he is a web designer and free-lance opera coach. But he's not an Opera Queen! |
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