“Lucia’s Voice” documentary wraps principal photography
Film features first transgender person as lead in a U.S. opera
Making history in May of this year, Lucia Lucas became the first transgender woman in a principal role in Opera. Read:Tulsa Opera makes LGBTQ+ history.
Kirkpatrick & Kinslow Productions (KKP) announces principal photography has wrapped on the cutting edge, timely documentary: Lucia’s Voice. Lucas, and internationally renowned opera singer, performed the lead role of Don Giovanni with Tulsa Opera in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The film features Lucas as the first baritone transgender woman hired in the U.S. by a professional opera company to perform the lead in a standard work.
KKP has also produced Boomtown: An American Journey, Unlikely Family and Susan’s Story.
The Emmy Award-winning KKP Producers, Russ Kirkpatrick, and Andy Kinslow, are joined by L.A. based Executive Producer Josh Bachove (Lizzie, Yoga Hosers, The Little Hours – all of which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival), and critically acclaimed Director James Kicklighter (The American Question, Desires of the Heart, Angel of Anywhere) for the feature-length film.
Tulsa and Oklahoma crew were utilized in filming.
Tulsa Opera Artistic Director Tobias Picker discovered Lucas and cast her in this high-profile role on a worldwide stage coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, the LGBTQ uprising led, in part, by transgender activists.
Picker said, “Lucia’s dominance of this art form, and of this opera, in particular, combined with her unique life experience, is stunning for audiences with a fresh take on the philandering protagonist’s conquests and ultimate demise.”
“In the era of the ‘Me Too’ movement, this opera has incredible impact to opera fans, and to LGBTQ community members, and others, perhaps just being introduced to opera,” said Lucas.
Principal filming on the documentary began in April. The film investigates the life of Lucas and her love of opera. It will also examine the affection the mid-sized modern American city of Tulsa, Oklahoma has historically had for the arts.
In the early 1900s, Tulsa had an Opera House before it had running water.
In addition to filming in Tulsa, plans may include visits to Europe where Lucas has performed in Dublin, London, Brussels and Berlin, and in her home state of California.
Copyright The Gayly. 6/20/2019 @ 4:15 a.m. CST.