""It was about finding beauty in struggle and giving voice to those who have been silenced.""
""I always knew my path was in music," she has said."
""Opera gave me the language to express who I truly am.""
""Representation matters," Sinclairé notes. "When a young person sees me on stage, I want them to know there's space""
Breanna Sinclairé was the featured soloist in the world premiere of cellist-composer Andrew Yee's Trans Requiem at Trinity Church Wall Street on September 18, 2025. The composition was written for and inspired by transgender voices and centers finding beauty in struggle and giving voice to the silenced. Sinclairé trained at the California Institute of the Arts and earned a master’s from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, becoming the first trans woman in that opera program. Her career spans roles in Carmen, The Magic Flute, West Side Story, and collaborations with major ensembles and LGBTQ+ organizations. She became the first transgender woman to sing the U.S. National Anthem at a professional sporting event in 2015 and continues to perform with symphonies, opera companies, Pride events, and gay men’s choruses nationwide.
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