@OperaQueens

Classical music QTBIPOC+ in drag, gender-bent, queerified 👑🌈🎶 Proudly 🍁 🔜 SEPT 5: LATIN NIGHT @Tranzac ft. @TanyaSmania 🥲

 Toronto, Ontario
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Joined November 2020
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Earlier this May, @operaqueens was thrilled to open the Dora Awards 2024 Press Conference at Meridian Hall @TAPA_TO! Queen Mother drag diva @tanyasmania serenaded attendees with one of opera's most iconic divas, Adriana Lecouvreur. 👑🎉🎶 📸 Anne-Marie Krytiuk #doras2024
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AN OFFICIAL PRIDE TORONTO AFFILIATE EVENT For tickets: tickets.buddiesinbadtimes.co…
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A trip I won’t soon forget! Still in disbelief that I had this incredible opportunity to début and pitch in Edinburgh, Scotland this past August!!! 🥹 Opera. In drag. Sold out. And they loved us!!! Bring us @OperaQueens back any time!!! #worldtour #manifesting #loveislove 💗🌈🎶
Tanya Smania 👑@TanyaSmania2 Sep 2023
Tosca - “I lived for art, I lived for love”. Incredible début in the UK!!! 🇬🇧🎉🎶 Wonderful, warm, SOLD OUT Electric Cabaret @OperaQueens @edfringe @Cvenues 🤩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎶 drive.google.com/drive/folde… vimeo.com/ondemand/operaquee… (Promo code Spotlight2023) 🎞️⛈️🍁 youtu.be/Xz4d1xcixxg
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Tosca - “I lived for art, I lived for love”. Incredible début in the UK!!! 🇬🇧🎉🎶 Wonderful, warm, SOLD OUT Electric Cabaret @OperaQueens @edfringe @Cvenues 🤩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎶 drive.google.com/drive/folde… vimeo.com/ondemand/operaquee… (Promo code Spotlight2023) 🎞️⛈️🍁 youtu.be/Xz4d1xcixxg
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Last week @TanyaSmania had an incredible début as one of history’s most iconic and controversial divas - CLEOPATRA. Music by Berlioz, Massenet, @MarchandDr. Merci bien, Montréal!💋🌈🎶 Aug 9-12 @OperaQueens @JMusicales. Lucas Bouk as Marc-Antoine, 📸 Lauren Halasz 🙏🏽 👑🎉
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So thrilled to represent Canada in the UK via my company @OperaQueens next month in Scotland!!! 🎉🌈🎶
CanadianUK
@CanadianUK10 Jul 2023
Less than a month to go until @edfringe kicks off and we are delighted to announce the ten extraordinary 🇨🇦 productions that will be showcased at Spotlight Canada: The Pitch Session 2023 on Aug 21! In partnership with @CdnHeritage. Read more at culturecanada.co.uk/top-cana…
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@CanadianUK10 Jul 2023
@OperaQueens @anandamdance @ricebeansthtr @rsdancecompany @SavageSociety33 @BelfryTheatre @CanadasNAC @AtlanticBallet @milezerodance @TOdancetheatre
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@CanadienRU10 Jul 2023
@OperaQueens @anandamdance @ricebeansthtr @rsdancecompany @SavageSociety33 @BelfryTheatre @CanadasNAC @AtlanticBallet @milezerodance @TOdancetheatre
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Tune in as I give dating advice to my protégé @MikeZFan in between my drag role début as Tosca. Diva meets diva meets diva! 🎉💋🎶 #KissofTanya
MikeZFan 范祖铭 - Tenor (they/them)@MikeZFan21 Jun 2023
Hot off an intense month with @tapestryopera, @unwraptheatre, & @operaqueens, I’m excited to share my first radio play with you! 💋🏳️‍🌈🎶 “Kiss of Tanya” airs tomorrow, Sat, & Sun ft. @TanyaSmania! Visit my bio & the website and socials of @programsoundFM for details. 🎉📻🎶
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Happy June! 🎉🌈🎶 I’m absolutely delighted to announce that I’m making my professional company début @TapestryOpera @HarbourfrontTO this June 15-18 in the world première of Chan’s “Dragon’s Tale”! 🐉🇨🇳🎶 Admission is FREE & by the water outdoors! 👉🏽🌊🎶 tapestryopera.com/performanc…
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🟠JUNIOR🔴 Canada’s largest children’s festival is returning to @HarbourfrontTO this weekend! This year, JUNIOR is co-curated by our very own Artistic Director Lisa Marie DiLiberto & Nathalie Bonjour! 📅: May 20 - 22 🕚: 11am Onwards 📍: Harbourfront Centre 🔗 in bio!
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Casting Call🎭 Next Draft, in partnership with Unwrap Theatre, is looking to cast actors for a short film to fill the respective roles. Check out submission guidelines in the images above and email [email protected] for any questions or if you require assistance! #tya
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In these times especially, a reminder from la diva @TanyaSmania that drag reigns supreme! 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 An honour and pleasure to sing this magnificent role of Adriana for @OperaQueens film #DramaQueens. Drag is beautiful, powerful, and shows us what is possible within us all. 💪🏽👑🎶
OperaQueens@OperaQueens28 Apr 2023
Drag diva @TanyaSmania is a #DramaQueen! 👑🌈🎶 Tanya takes on the legendary Cilèa prima donna Adriana Lecouvreur in our film “Drama Queens”! 🤩 Link to watch our @CanadaCouncil @Conseilartscan #DigitalNow project: vimeo.com/ondemand/operaquee…! 🎥
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HOLY SHIT! Just evil.
The Intellectualist
@highbrow_nobrow27 Apr 2023
Montana bill sponsor: I prefer my transgender daughter commit suicide rather than allow her to transition. - Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe (R)
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🎻🏳️‍🌈🎵 Any classical music fans in our Ottawa queer communities? Our friends at Chamberfest have given Qu'ART some free 🎟 community tickets to share for this Tuesday's amazing #Sybarite5 show! April 25 7pm ⭐ Want one? - DM or email us for details! – at Ottawa, Ontario
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‘Why has this person been erased?’: the untold story of the Black French maestro | Music | The Guardian theguardian.com/music/2023/a…

‘Why has this person been erased?’: the untold story of the Black French maestro

In rousing new historical drama Chevalier, the story of Joseph Bologne, often crudely referred to as ‘Black Mozart’, is finally given the spotlight it deserves

theguardian.com
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Gay relationship drama is not something I’ve ever experienced…at all…ever…… 😘🌈🎶
OperaQueens@OperaQueens19 Apr 2023
Sneak peak of @MikeZFan’s Samson in our @OperaQueens film #DramaQueens”! Love isn’t be patient & kind in this fiery duet. Exploring that gay relationship drama!!! 🔥🌈🎶 Visit vimeo.com/ondemand/operaquee… to learn more! 👆🏽👑🎶 youtu.be/w7p6dXe8p2g
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Final dress rehearsal tonight at @portlandopera Go TEAM RUSALKA
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Becoming a princess! Orchestra dress #1 tonight! Go team Rusalka. Cizí kněžna. @portlandopera
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Wonderful photos by EstherBrycePhotography.com of @TanyaSmania’s sold out début as Adriana Lecouvreur @cinquefoil_! Tanya’s signature role of diva actress Adriana comes to @OperaQueens Fri, Apr 14 via @Vimeo on demand! 🎥 “DRAMA QUEENS”: vimeo.com/ondemand/OperaQuee…
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