Links

Thank you for joining us for this conversation at the O2 Conference on Feb 5, 2026. Below are links to articles, books, shows, videos, companies, artists, and educators that our panelists highlighted.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us: info@amplifiedopera.com.

We look forward to connecting with you.

Panel Participant Websites:

• Dorian Block

• Katherine Goforth

• Teiya Kasahara

• Jaime Martino

• Michael Mori

• Rosemary Thomson

• Opera Kelowna

• Tapestry Opera

Performances/Works:

• The Queen In Me

• As One (this is a trans story written by a cis-gender composer for cis-gender voices)

• Lili Elbe (starring Lucia Lucas)

• The World’s Wife (starring Lucia Lucas)

• True Voice Award Recital (Katherine Goforth)

• Trans Requiem by Andrew Yee (starring Katherine Goforth and Breanna Sinclairé)

Articles/Books/Documents/Resources:

• “Chicago Theatre Standards”

• Trans Like Me by CN Lester

• Queering Vocal Pedagogy by William Sauerland

• Honoring Trans & Gender Expansive Students in Music Education by Garnet & Paulk

• COR — Canadian Opera Resource

Videos:

• Tessitura: A Documentary on Lydia Cornett and Brit Fryer 

• The Sound of Identity: A Documentary on Lucia Lucas 

• How Teiya Kasahara is transforming the world of opera

• Building Gender Inclusivity into Opera | Opera America

• Gender & Opera | COC in Conversation Canadian Opera Company

• The trans opera singer who went from soprano to tenor

More Artists/Educators:

• Leo Balkovetz 

• Lucas Bouk

• Rossa Crean 

• Claire Forstman 

• CN Lester

• Lucia Lucas

• Holden Madagame

• Bryce McClendon 

• Eli McCormack 

• Nika Printz 

• Breanna Sinclairé

• Jay St. Flono 

• Sam Taskinen 

• Mari Esabel Valverde 

• Patricia Yates 

• Mia Mingus’s work on restorative justice accountability in the workplace

• Rachel Cargle, anti-racism educator

More Organizations/Collectives:

• Chamberqueer (NYC)

• Opera Q (Toronto)

• Opéra Queer (Argentina)

• Queer Opera (Portland State University, Portland OR; on hiatus/non-professional company)