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Episode 10: Three way conversation with special guest Elizabeth Joan Harris. Swapping stories of the history behind castrati and the science behind THICC vocal folds that make up the "gay voice".ELIZABETH JOAN HARRIS, BELLA FIGLIA, IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY, GENRE- FLUID ARTIST AND SOUND DESIGNER. bella figlia extracts the divinity from the mundane, fuses the grotesque to the holy, and finds the sensual in the spiritual. When she’s not making her own work, she runs her own business FEEL IMAGINE GENERATE helping creatives find their voice through music therapy, music lessons, creative coaching, audio production and songwriting, and trans voice alteration. @feelimaginegenerate @bellafiglia777 Source material:​The church and the Baroque · V&A. Victoria and Albert Museum. (n.d.). https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-church-and-the-baroque?srsltid=AfmBOooGHlET62CU9pS9aUPMmmuWAY8x9MUJ140TYV7C6qfeKYM8Wx9D ​McCormack on Trans Identity and castrati roles. Haymarket Opera Company. (n.d.-a). http://www.haymarketopera.org/mccormack-on-trans-identity-and-castrati-roles ​Portrait of a castrato. (n.d.-a). https://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/85218/excerpt/9780521885218_excerpt.pdf ​Theology of the odd body: The castrati, the church, and the transgender moment | free inquiry. (n.d.-a). https://secularhumanism.org/2015/07/cont-theology-of-the-odd-body-the-castrati-the-church-and-the-transgender-m/ ​What a queer institution was the castrati - the gay & lesbian review. (n.d.-b). https://glreview.org/article/what-a-queer-institution-was-the-castrati/ ​The eroticism of emasculation: Confronting the baroque body of the castrato. (n.d.-b). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249977612_The_Eroticism_of_Emasculation_Confronting_the_Baroque_Body_of_the_Castrato ​Handel, sarrasine - göttingen. Forum Opéra. (2024, May 16). https://www.forumopera.com/spectacle/handel-sarrasine-gottingen/ ​Leight, E. (2021, February 12). A teenage Tevin Campbell didn’t feel ready to sing prince’s songs. now, he’s glad he did. Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/tevin-campbell-interview-im-ready-prince-1125830/ ​The male soprano - believer magazine. (n.d.-c). https://www.thebeliever.net/the-male-soprano/ ​OperaWireAdmin2. (2024, May 28). Göttingen International Händel Festival 2024 Review: Sarrasine. OperaWire. https://operawire.com/gottingen-international-handel-festival-2024-review-sarrasine/ ​O’Brien, K. (2022, September 9). “who cares what gender I am?” inside the extravagant world of a rare male soprano. The Age. https://www.theage.com.au/culture/music/who-cares-what-gender-i-am-inside-the-extravagant-world-of-a-rare-male-soprano-20220906-p5bfst.html ​Privilege, possibility, and perversion: Rethinking the study of early modern sexuality | request PDF. (n.d.-a). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249157492_Privilege_Possibility_and_Perversion_Rethinking_the_Study_of_Early_Modern_Sexuality ​YouTube. (n.d.-a). https://youtu.be/IudnowP8ZNg?si=jqwCguMUWVvkC2IZ ​YouTube. (n.d.-b). https://youtu.be/BeBovcbVeQ4?si=keGmeU7y8iKEFPgv ​YouTube. (n.d.-c). https://youtu.be/dkDwl2EJJXw?si=HuUFpQfLZNmQSP7T ​YouTube. (n.d.-d). https://youtu.be/mlufdXGZB_M?si=amsOL6374R-NBgdc ​YouTube. (n.d.-e). https://youtu.be/HcOoVrXwprA?si=9rOCSg_NbgVr6Pot