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The Sound of Identity Film Screening
Monday June 13, 2022 07:00 PM EDT
Cost: Free
CL RECOMMENDS
CL Critic Doug DeLoach Recommends: The Sound of Identity, Out Front Theater — The Atlanta Opera, Out Front Theatre and Out on Film in partnership with Atlanta PRIDE present The Sound of Identity, director James Kicklighter’s documentary about baritone Lucia Lucas, who plays Hannah in The Atlanta Opera’s production of As One as part of the “Come As You Are” festival in June (see separate listing). In 2019, when Lucas sang the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with the Tulsa Opera, she became the first transgender woman in the U.S. to perform an opera lead with a professional company in a standard work. In February, Lucas made her Metropolitan Opera debut in the role of the escaped prisoner, Angelotti, in Puccini’s Tosca. Following the screening, Lucas, Kicklighter and executive producer Andy Kinslow will host an open discussion.-DD
From the venue:
The Sound Of Identity is a unique, history making, feature length documentary. It features the first ever transgender woman performing an opera lead in the U.S. with a professional company, in a standard work. And, it happened in Tulsa. Playing Don Giovanni, Lucia Lucas breaks archaic social barriers, making way for other trans opera performers. The New York Times says “…as her booming, powerful baritone ricocheted off the walls, Ms. Lucas, 38, became the (Don Giovanni) character…” The Guardian calls Ms. Lucas “a rising star” while the San Francisco Chronicle says while she “boasts a robust, flexible baritone… these (the) roles open up new dramatic vistas.”