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Lisa Lee Dark
Born (1981-04-16) 16 April 1981 (age 45)
OriginSwansea, Wales
GenresOpera, classical crossover, Christian, new-age, dance
OccupationsOpera singer, songwriter, voice actress
InstrumentVocals
Years active1992–present
LabelsAngel Guardian Records, VIP international Records
WebsiteBlog

Lisa Lee Dark is a Welsh opera singer, songwriter, and voice actress.

Early life

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Lisa Lee Dark was born in the Clydach area of Swansea on 16 April 1981.[1] Her distant relatives include Italian opera singer Adelina Patti.[2] She was born with the rare medical condition congenital adrenal hyperplasia, which leads to excessive generation of testosterone during the early part of foetal life.[3] This meant that she was assigned male at birth and raised as such because doctors failed to realise that she was born with a virilised female reproductive system, a fact even she did not discover until she was 19 years old.[4][5] She was very badly bullied during her school years.[5][6] She went to an all-boys comprehensive school where she would regularly get kicked, punched, spat at, and have obscene things screamed at her; even outside school, she would get the same treatment because she was slightly different and did not behave like all the other boys.[3][7] This left her with agoraphobia and PTSD.[7]

Music career

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At age 12 she was discovered while singing in a park in Swansea.[8] In 2000 she released a compilation CD of ten years of her recordings she called The Unknown Story of Lisa-Lee Dark.[8] In 2004, Dark released an album entitled Breath of Life.[4] As of 2009 it had sold 50,000 copies.[9] She has released several more since,[3] including one in French.[9] She had previously worked on films, backing tracks and voiceovers.[2]

Dark claims an 8–9 octave vocal range.[2][3]

References

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  1. ↑ Williams, Maria (11 July 1999). "Why I'll be twice as good as the average pop star". Wales on Sunday.
  2. 1 2 3 Gledhill, Ruth (20 November 2004). "Highs and lows". The Times. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Smith, Mark (25 March 2018). "I want people to see me as a human being first and foremost". Wales on Sunday. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  4. 1 2 Davies, Daniel (13 September 2004). "Lisa-Lee album launch". The Western Mail. walesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  5. 1 2 "BBC Radio 4 – Changing Sex". Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  6. ↑ Collins, Claire (8 May 2000). "Showbiz loves the girl who was a guy". The Mirror. p. 18. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  7. 1 2 Smith, Mark (24 March 2018). "The woman who didn't realise she was female until she was 19". Wales Online. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  8. 1 2 Doyle, Christine (25 April 2000). "Lisa-Lee's refuge in music". The Daily Telegraph.
  9. 1 2 "Opera star wants to give back to charities". South Wales Evening Post. p. 16. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
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