"upending preconceptions about voice and gender" -New York Times
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NEWSUpcoming Performances
-Oct. 3, 2019 "For Marsha (P. Johnson)" set by Alexis C. Lamb, at New Haven New Music (Yale School) -April 18 & 19, 2020 Eva and the Angel of Death, composed by Thomas B. Yee, in Austin, TX with Density512 (world premiere) Recent Performances -"For Marsha (P. Johnson)" with Albany Symphony & I AM I AM I AM collective (world premiere) -The Times are Nightfall with Opera Fort Collins -The Priestess of Morphine at Chicago's International Museum of Surgical Sciences (world premiere) Educational Series at New Music Box
Part 1: Does Opera Need Gendered Voice Types? Part 2: Are Voice Types Inherently Gendered? Part 3: Adapting an Ever-Changing System Part 4: Ungendered Voice Types for a New Century |
Aiden K. Feltkamp - Opera Librettist & Diversity Educator
I'm an opera creator who is passionate about diversity and inclusion, and that mission pervades every aspect of my career. I write to explore the crevices and the intersections: the shadowy stories previously unexcavated due to the oppression of their narrators. In life and in fiction, I'm drawn to main characters who live on the margins and open our capacity for empathy by telling stories through a yet-unencountered lens.
I began as a mezzo-soprano specializing in Baroque and New Music repertoire. I'm now a librettist writing from my unique perspective as a trans nonbinary person. I'm also the Director of Emerging Composers and Diversity at American Composers Orchestra and the Founder and Artistic Director of OperaRox Productions.
I began as a mezzo-soprano specializing in Baroque and New Music repertoire. I'm now a librettist writing from my unique perspective as a trans nonbinary person. I'm also the Director of Emerging Composers and Diversity at American Composers Orchestra and the Founder and Artistic Director of OperaRox Productions.