Holden Madagame

Holden Madagame is an American tenor and University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance alumni. He studied with bass-baritone Stephen West as a mezzo soprano, and currently lives in Germany. Holden is a passionate trans activist forging the way for trans-identified artists to work openly in opera and classical music. He hopes to reach out to both audiences and professionals to discuss gender and sexuality whenever possible. Since beginning testosterone in autumn 2015, he has sung often both as a soloist and as a chorus singer. In 2017 he participated in the Glyndebourne Academy, and has since worked for companies such as Passaggio Oper, Fulham Opera, Gerhart Hauptmann Theater in Görlitz, and the Brandenburgisches Konzertorchester. Most recently he collaborated to do the worksho