![]() ![]() (If you want to hear some of that great tenor sound, check out “The Devil in the Details”.) She attended Wichita State University - the same place that gave us Alan Held and Joyce DiDonato - with the intent to become an operatic tenor. In her sixth year of doing drag, Rosé comes from a “dense education” in the performing arts. “There’s a lot of us now to be honest, but it’s more uncommon to have someone who takes the process strategically and seriously as I still do.” Though she’s not the only one who takes a technical approach to her art, Rosé is rare among working drag queens. ![]() They think, rehearse, repeat and then onstage, they trust the preparation. I remember spotting it early on, watching Rosé’s season of the show: she was the sort of queen who practiced technique, in the same way that opera singers do. “I really liked to have everything so set and exhaust all of the control that I actually have over my body and my capabilities so that when the moment comes to actually perform it, I can truly let go and trust.” Photo courtesy of Voss Events. “I’ve always been someone who is really into the study and preparation of a performance,” Rosé says in a phone call from Copenhagen, between rehearsals for the RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq the World tour. She has appeared on The Voice and America’s Got Talent, and she’s one-third of the drag queen girl group Stephanie’s Child, alongside Lagoona Bloo and Jan Sport - meaning Rosé doesn’t just lip sync, but she real-life sings.įor anyone with even a whiff of a theatre-kid background, watching Rosé kill it on that show made perfect sense: she showed up ready. ![]() Living smack in the middle of that Venn diagram where opera intersects with the art of drag is Rosé, the Scottish-born queen best known for being a finalist in season thirteen of RuPaul’s Drag Race. And the cool thing is that these two artforms - both very into gender-bending, exaggerated drama and mixing the visual with the musical - are influencing each other and making each other better. Even Canada’s indie opera scene knows it. Talking with drag queens: Rosé Interview Jenna Simeonov May 2, 2022Ĭall it an excuse to binge Drag Race if you must, but there’s undoubtedly common ground in the worlds of drag and opera. ![]()
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