[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2915″ alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1541108478954{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][heading text=”Don Giovanni Press Kit” tag=”h1″ align=”left” lines=”none” size=”3em” css=”.vc_custom_1541108974783{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][heading text=”Principal Artists” align=”left” lines=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1541536367695{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}” size=”2.5em”][vc_column_text]Lucia Lucas – Don Giovanni
Anthony Clark Evans – Leporello
Hidenori Inoue – Commendatore
Pamela Armstrong – Donna Elvira
Karlye Whitt – Donna Anna
Michael Gracco – Masetto
Andres Cladera – Conductor
Denni Sayers – Director[/vc_column_text][heading text=”Artist Headshots” align=”left” lines=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1541108186073{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}” size=”2.5em”][vc_column_text]Click the images to view the full size.[/vc_column_text][hellen_gallery link=”custom” column=”4″ ratio=”1:1″ item_text=”caption” images=”3247,2923,3251,3271,3274,3272,3250,3273″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”lucia-lucas”][vc_column][heading text=”Artist Spotlight: Lucia Lucas” align=”left” lines=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1541107846360{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}” size=”2.5em”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1550780798811{margin-bottom: 35px !important;}”]Lucia Lucas was born in Sacramento, California and has lived and worked in Germany for the past 10 years. Described as “absolutely impressive, arguably one of the most powerful and beautiful baritone voices you could hear” (TheSideBalcony), Lucia has previously performed with the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Il Teatro Regio, Daegu Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Opera Santa Barbara, Sacramento Opera – and as a permanent member of the Staatstheatre Karlsruhe in Germany.
In May 2019, Lucia makes her mainstage US debut in the title role of Don Giovanni for Tulsa Opera’s 71st season, titled “An Era of Inclusion.” This appearance marks the first time a trans woman has performed a principal role on the operatic stage in the US. On her website, Lucia remarks that she “is adept at playing men and is always happy to play a man onstage (so long as she doesn’t have to play one in real life).”
In an interview with NBC News, Lucia shared her excitement about her US and Tulsa Opera debut: “I left my home country to perfect my craft, and I can’t wait to come home to share it with Tulsa,” she said. “In addition to simply my debut, I can’t wait to show off what I have learned over the 10 years since I left to pursue my career.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”3248″ add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][heading text=”Press Spotlight” align=”left” lines=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1541107852272{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}” size=”2.5em”][vc_column_text]Breakthrough: First US opera role for a trans woman
Slipped Disc – February 19, 2018
Announcing its new season, Artistic Director Tobias Picker says: “Making history, Tulsa Opera presents baritone Lucia Lucas in her American operatic debut as a transgender woman.”
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Transgender opera singer to make U.S. history — in Oklahoma
NBC News – March 1, 2018
In the future, she said, she hopes being transgender is something people won’t care about. “People don’t really care about if people are gay in most of the Western world, and I hope being trans is something like that as well,” she said.
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Baritone Lucia Lucas & Three Latin American Maestros To Make History In Tulsa Opera 2018-19 Season
Opera Wire – February 24, 2018
The season comes to a close with Mozart’s Don Giovanni which will make history as it will feature the U.S. debut of female baritone Lucia Lucas.
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Singer becomes first transgender woman to appear at a US opera house
Classic FM – February 27, 2018
Lucia Lucas will sing the role of Don Giovanni at Tulsa Opera in May 2019, making her the first trans woman to perform a principal opera role in the US.
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Transgender woman to perform principal role in Tulsa Opera production
Oklahoma Daily – March 2, 2018
Tulsa Opera’s 71st season will feature a transgender woman in the principal role of an operatic production. Lucia Lucas, a baritone performer, will play the titular role of “Don Giovanni.”
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‘I used to go to bed praying that I’d wake up as a girl’
Independent.ie – February 13, 2017
“I’m always traveling, so I get to go to new places where I can be an advocate and talk to people.” By advocate, Lucia (36) means she wants to help others understand what it’s like to grow up knowing you’re not the gender you were assigned at birth.
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Tulsa Opera makes history with transgender woman in principal role
Tulsa World – March 2, 2018
“Lucia Lucas’ appearance here will mark the first time a trans woman has performed a principal role on the operatic stage in the United States,” Picker said in the statement, adding, “In the coming season, we will also bring home artists whose stars rose in Tulsa and now shine throughout the world.”
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Lucia Lucas, a modern diva
Accent Magazine – March 21, 2017
“My deep voice often has me playing angry characters, so the screaming that I hold back in response to intolerant people on the street can be released upon the audience.”
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