The Queen's Throat
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| Author | Wayne Koestenbaum |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Opera, gay men |
| Published | 1993 |
| Publisher | Da Capo Press |
| Publication place | United States |
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| ISBN | 978-0306810084 |
The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire is a 1993 book by Wayne Koestenbaum with an introduction by Tony Kushner. It was published in German in 1996 with the title Königin der Nacht – Oper, Homosexualität und Begehren [Queen of the Night – Opera, Homosexuality and Desire][1]
Summary
Koestenbaum explores the relationship between gay men and opera, with frequent reference to his own experiences.[2] In particular, he finds a strong identification of the "opera queen" with the "diva".[3] His connection between the two is the voice: he describes it as genderless, and it allows female singers to become vicarious surrogates for closeted or fearful male listeners, and proves that the body of the opera singer and the queer body are both restrained.[4]
References
- ↑ Wayne Koestenbaum (1996). Königin der Nacht – Oper, Homosexualität und Begehren (in German). Translated by Joachim Kalka. Klett-Cotta Verlag. ISBN 978-3608917147.
- ↑ Kopelson, Kevin (Spring 1994). "Tawdrily, I Adore Him". 19th-Century Music. 17 (3): 274–285. doi:10.2307/746570. JSTOR 746570.
- ↑ Clum, John M. (May 1994). "Opera without Queens/Queens without Opera". Performing Arts Journal. 16 (2): 107–115. doi:10.2307/3245765. JSTOR 3245765. S2CID 192219392.
- ↑ Hadlock, Heather (November 1993). "Peering Into The Queen's Throat". Cambridge Opera Journal. 5 (3): 265–275. doi:10.1017/s0954586700004067. JSTOR 823809. S2CID 191470104.