In this episode, Bryce speaks with classical singer and performing / creative artist, Katherine Goforth (she/her). They discuss the opera industry landscape for transfeminine singers whose voices have changed, decentering practices of domination in the rehearsal room and the voice studio, and the Barbie movie which Katherine finds "excruciating."
Release Date: September 1, 2023
Recording Date: August 14, 2023
Name of Podcast: Beyond Travesti
Episode Title & Number: Katherine Goforth: Season 1, Episode 1
Talking Points
Topic #1: Katherine's intro to opera [6:25]
Topic #2: True Voice Award and wanting to self-actualize and self-determine [9:18]
Topic #3: Revolutionary Thinking and Faggots and their Friends... [16:40]
Topic #4: Katherine's goals for her singing and creative work [20:40]
Read the episode transcript here.
Relevant Links
Goforth Awarded the First "True Voice Award"
Faggots and their Friends... in the New York Times
Nu Nah-Hup: Sacajawea's Story at Opera Theater Oregon
Katherine Goforth and Wenwen Du, Nacht und Träume by Franz Schubert
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