The Rainbow Opera Guild
Your LGBTQIA+ way to better support Artists in Opera
August 21-22, 2022
Find us at the Charlotte Pride Festival & Parade in Uptown
LGBTQIA+ Committee
The purpose of the Opera Carolina LGBTQIA Advisory Committee, is to support a nondiscrimination policy to ensure a healthier learning Opera environment for all students, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning students.
The Opera Carolina Team is committed to equal opportunity for all students and professionals in admission and access to the educational programs and professional performance opportunities, and other activities and that all programs and activities be free from discrimination, including harassment, with respect to a student’s actual or perceived sex, gender, ethnic group identification, race, national origin, religion, color, physical or mental disability, age, or sexual orientation.
In an ideal world, all LGBTQIA+ artists would be viewed equally as others. Just like their straight counterparts, LGBTQIA+ artists have stories to tell, and even if there is discrimination in the world, Opera and Art in general have always welcomed LGBTQIA artists. We want to continue this tradition with your support!
LGBTQIA+ Artists to Note
Openly LGBTQIA+ Opera Singers, Director, Conductors, Scenographers, Make-up Artists, Costumes Designers etc, such as Patricia Racette, Luchino Visconti, Gian Carlo Menotti, Jamie Barton, Michael Fabiano, Franco Zeffirelli, Ivan Stefanutti, Francesca Zambello, Tobias Picker, Yannick Nezet Seguin and Holden Madagame, just to name a few, made significant contributions to the Lyric Opera throughout history.
LGBTQIA+ Operas
As One: opera by Laura Kaminsky. Libretto by Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed,
Oscar: opera by composer Theodore Morrison. Libretto by Morrison
Before Night Falls: opera by Jorge Martín
Patience and Sarah: opera by Paula M. Kimper. Libretto by Wende Persons.
Brokeback Mountain : opera by Charles Wuorinen. Libretto in English by Annie Proulx,
27 (or Twenty-Seven): opera by Ricky Ian Gordon. Libretto buy Royce Vavrek
THREE WAY: opera by Robert Paterson
Become a Rainbow Member Now
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Or if you have already decided to become a member and make a donation, look immediately on your right !
Opera Carolina Contacts:
Claudio Ferri
claudio@operacarolina.org
(323) 594-0890
Ashley Lam
ashley@operacarolina.org
(704) 574-0439
Why Support Us
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