Holden Madagame | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1990 |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Occupation | Opera singer (tenor) |
| Years active | 2017– |
Holden Madagame (born 1990) is an American (Odawa) opera tenor and trans activist. [1] [2] [3]
Madagame attended the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, [4] where he [lower-alpha 1] studied under the bass-baritone Stephen West. [4] [5] Initially trained as a mezzo soprano, he eventually became a tenor after transitioning. [4]
In 2017, Madagame participated in the Glyndebourne Academy. [6] He has worked for companies including Passaggio Oper, Fulham Opera, Gerhart Hauptmann Theater in Görlitz, and the Brandenburgisches Konzertorchester. [7]
In 2019, he collaborated and starred in Good Country in Austin, Texas, an opera about the life of stagecoach driver Charley Parkhurst. [1] [8] [ better source needed ]
Madagame provided voice-over work for the 2016 film The Florence Foster Jenkins Story . [9]
Madagame is a trans activist. [2] [10] His YouTube channel features videos about various transgender topics.
When participating in the 2021 "Circle of Resilience" concert for Intermountain Opera Bozeman in Bozeman, Montana, Madagame produced a video educating the audience about Two-spirit people. [11]
Madagame was born in 1990. He is an Odawa Native American. [11]
Madagame is a queer, transmasculine non-binary person. [12] He started hormone replacement therapy in 2015 [5] , which had the side effect of altering his voice. [4]
Prior to transitioning Madagame was a mezzo soprano. [13] When considering whether or not to transition, Madagame was initially told that he "wouldn't be able to sing anymore professionally" due to the effects of testosterone on the voice. [13] He eventually contacted a singing teacher at the University of Michigan who suggested that as a result of the changes he might become a tenor, remarking "how exciting is that?" [13] His voice eventually settled into the tenor range, with Madagame remarking that his voice "is a completely different instrument", and that while he was a good student and had a lot of the same abilities, he was still "starting from the ground up". [13]
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