Breathe Aria - Good Country

'Good Country', a chamber opera. Performed April 15, 2019, Austin, Texas as part of the Cohen New Works Festival.
Barmaid - Chang Liu
Charley - Holden Madagame
Violin 1 - Christabel Lin
Violin 2 - Phil Davidson
Viola - Meagan Peaco
Cello - Julia Dixon
Conducted & Composed by Keith Allegretti
Libretto by Cecelia Raker Ehrenfeld
Directed by Lane Stanley, associate director Matt Schulz
Stage manager Kirk Baltzell
Design by Stephanie Fisher, Tucker Goodman, Morgan Riddle, Adam Miller-Batteau, and Kendra S. Wiley
Video shot and edited by Logan Smith

[@CelesteM]

Even though I'm only singing for fun and not professionally, knowing you're out there in the classical world sounding this amazing after T is such an inspiration. Thank you for everything you do.

[@HoldenMadagameTenor]

That makes me so happy to hear. Thank you for saying so. It helps keep me motivated to hear this.

[@CelesteM]

@@HoldenMadagameTenor Absolutely ❤️ Aside from being encouraging on a personal level, your visibility is making it easier for people like me to discuss transition with our voice teachers who may not have any previous experience with trans people, so thank you for that!

[@HoldenMadagameTenor]

@@CelesteM That's hugely important. It can be so frustrating feeling like you're the only one, and having the people around you not understand. That's exactly what I hope people use my videos and articles for. :)

[@thomasnguyen6144]

I will always love your tenor voice.

[@cyriel_g6110]

Thank you so much... for existing.
I'm a mezzo soprano, and I wanted to be a professional singer. Then, I discovered a few times ago that I'm actually trans. My world and my hopes collapsed. I was like « what can I do ? Singing is my life. I can't exist without singing. But I definietly can't be happy as a woman. »
But thanks to you, I found that, maybe, I won't have to choose between two parts of me.

[@HoldenMadagameTenor]

I'm so happy that you've found inspiration through my journey.

[@thomasnguyen6144]

Hey, you could be a tenor after starting T.

[@花乃きのこ]

It’s not the kind of music you were trained for, but I think you could play a really good Valjean in Les Miserables if you wanted to.