Holden Madagame

Holden Madagame (born 1990) is an American transgender tenor.[1]

Holden Madagame
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
OccupationOpera singer (tenor)

Musical training

Madagame attended the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance and studied under bass-baritone Stephen West (music professor) while still a mezzo-soprano.[2]

Career

In 2017, Madagame participated in the Glyndebourne Academy.[3] He has worked for companies including Passaggio Oper, Fulham Opera, Gerhart Hauptmann Theater in Görlitz, and the Brandenburgisches Konzertorchester.[4] In 2019 he collaborated on Good Country, an opera about the life of transgender stagecoach driver Charley Parkhurst.[1]

Other work

Film and television

Madagame provided voice-over work for the 2016 film The Florence Foster Jenkins Story.

Activism

Madagame identifies as a trans activist. On his YouTube channel, he has videos about various transgender topics. When participating in the 2021 "Circle of Resilience" concert for Intermountain Opera Bozeman in Bozeman, Montana, Madagame made a video educating the audience about Two-spirit people.[5]

Personal life

Madagame is a trans man and identifies as queer.[6] He began hormone replacement therapy in 2015. He is also an Odawa Native American.[5]

As of 2021, he resides in Berlin, Germany.

See also

References
  1. Cooper, Michael (2019-07-11). "Transgender Opera Singers Find Their Voices". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  2. "Holden Madagame". Operabase. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  3. "Holden Madagame: The trans opera singer who went from mezzo soprano to tenor". The Independent. 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  4. "5 Groundbreaking Transgender Opera Singers". Opera Wire. 2020-06-20. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  5. "Celebrating Native American Music in Montana - Intermountain Opera Bozeman's Interim Artistic Director Michael Sakir & Soprano Kirsten Kunkle on 'Circle of Resilience'". Opera Wire. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  6. Kazuko, Gabrielle. "Native American Artists in Opera". Retrieved 2021-08-05.
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