Lisa Lee Dark | |
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Birth name | Lee Dark |
Born | 16 April 1981 |
Origin | Swansea, Wales |
Genres | Opera, classical crossover, Christian, new-age, dance |
Occupation(s) | Opera singer, songwriter, voice actress |
Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 1992–present |
Labels | Angel Guardian Records, VIP international Records |
Website | Blog |
Lisa Lee Dark (born Lee Dark; 16 April 1981) is a Welsh opera singer, songwriter, and voice actress.
Lisa Lee Dark was born Lee Dark [1] in the Clydach area of Swansea on 16 April 1981. [2] Her distant relatives include Italian opera singer Adelina Patti. [3] She was born with the rare medical condition congenital adrenal hyperplasia, which leads to excessive generation of testosterone during the early part of foetal life. [4] This meant that she was raised as male because doctors failed to realise that she was biologically female, a fact even she did not discover until she was 19 years old. [1] [5] She was very badly bullied during her school years. [5] [6] She went to an all-boys comprehensive school where she would regularly get kicked, punched, spat at, and have obscene things screamed at her; even outside school, she would get the same treatment because she was slightly different and did not behave like all the other boys. [4] [7] This left her with agoraphobia and PTSD. [7]
At age 12 she was discovered while singing in a park in Swansea. [8] In 2000 she released a compilation CD of ten years of her recordings she called The Unknown Story of Lisa-Lee Dark. [8] In 2004, Dark released an album entitled Breath of Life. [1] As of 2009 it had sold 50,000 copies. [9] She has released several more since, [4] including one in French. [9] She had previously worked on films, backing tracks and voiceovers. [3]
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