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'''Lisa Lee Dark''' (born ], ] in ]),<ref>(The Daily Telegraph newspaper, April 25, 2000)</ref> is a ] ] and ].
'''Lisa Lee Dark''' (born '''Lee Dark'''; 16 April 1981) is a Welsh opera singer, songwriter, and voice actress.


==Early life== ==Early life==
Lisa Lee Dark was born Lee Dark<ref name="boll">{{cite news |last=Davies |first=Daniel |date=13 September 2004 |title=Lisa-Lee album launch |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tm_objectid=14635278&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=lisa-lee-album-launch-name_page.html |accessdate=20 December 2008 |work=The Western Mail |publisher=walesonline.co.uk}}</ref> in the ] area of ] on 16 April 1981.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/930685638/?match=1&terms=%22Lisa%20Lee%20Dark%22 |title=Why I'll be twice as good as the average pop star |first=Maria |last=Williams |publisher=] |date=11 July 1999}}</ref> Her distant relatives include Italian opera singer ].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Gledhill |first=Ruth |date=2004-11-20 |title=Highs and lows |url=https://advance.lexis.com/api/permalink/cb108367-ef74-4009-98d1-0be841d39832/?context=1519360&federationidp=M9JDTX59593 |access-date=2024-09-02 |work=The Times}}</ref> She was born with the rare medical condition ], which leads to excessive generation of ] during the early part of foetal life.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Mark |date=2018-03-25 |title=I want people to see me as a human being first and foremost |url=https://advance.lexis.com/api/permalink/f27f8b6c-8462-4de4-8113-fe64193f664a/?context=1519360&federationidp=M9JDTX59593 |access-date=2024-09-02 |work=Wales on Sunday |pages=6–7}}</ref> This meant that she was raised as male because doctors failed to realise that she was biologically female, a fact even she did not discover until she was 19 years old.<ref name="boll" /><ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 – Changing Sex |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths/lisaleedark.shtml |accessdate=6 August 2008}}</ref> She was very badly bullied during her school years.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Claire |date=2000-05-08 |title=Showbiz loves the girl who was a guy |url=https://advance.lexis.com/api/permalink/de8237e8-0971-4c55-bb3d-ef2cffcde404/?context=1519360&federationidp=M9JDTX59593 |access-date=2024-09-02 |work=The Mirror |pages=18}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Mark |date=2018-03-24 |title=The woman who didn't realise she was female until she was 19 |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/woman-who-didnt-realise-female-14447283 |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Wales Online |language=en}}</ref> This left her with ] and ].<ref name=":3" />
Born with ], doctors failed to realise that she was female.<ref>(Bella magazine, August 21, 2001)</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths/lisaleedark.shtml |title = BBC Radio 4 - Highs and Lows|accessdate=2008-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://archive.thisisherefordshire.co.uk/2000/5/26/66515.html | title = Website will help air rare conditions|accessdate=2008-08-01}}</ref> In severe cases, the female sex organ becomes enlarged so it resembles the male sex organ, and Dark was originally raised as a boy.

Bullied at school<ref>(News of the world sunday magazine, December 12, 2004)</ref>, with family problems<ref>(The Catholic Herald newspaper, October 29, 2004)</ref>, and abused by a paedophile group<ref>(The Times Newspaper, November 20, 2004)</ref>, Dark believes that this is what pushed her into the entertainment industry.

==Acting career==
Dark first starred in a European advert<ref>(The Universe newspaper, May 28, 2000)</ref> due to a case of mistaken identity<ref>(The Mirror newspaper, May 8, 2000)</ref>. Her other acting roles have been voice over work on low budget European horror movies, and minor voice over work on five Hollywood movies{{fact}}.


==Music career== ==Music career==
At age 12 she was discovered while singing in a park in Swansea.<ref name=Doyle2000>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/752631867/?match=1&terms=%22Lisa%20Lee%20Dark%22 |title=Lisa-Lee's refuge in music |first=Christine |last=Doyle |date=25 April 2000 |publisher=] }}</ref> In 2000 she released a compilation CD of ten years of her recordings she called ''The Unknown Story of Lisa-Lee Dark''.<ref name=Doyle2000/> In 2004, Dark released an album entitled Breath of Life.<ref name="boll" /> As of 2009 it had sold 50,000 copies.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |title=Opera star wants to give back to charities |url=https://advance.lexis.com/api/permalink/134f127f-29c2-4b8f-b4aa-3a7dc4dccec1/?context=1519360&federationidp=M9JDTX59593 |url-status= |access-date=2009-09-29 |work=South Wales Evening Post |pages=16}}</ref> She has released several more since,<ref name=":0" /> including one in French.<ref name=":4" /> She had previously worked on films, backing tracks and voiceovers.<ref name=":2" />
===The beginning===
Aged six, Dark was approached in her local park by a record producer, who offered to take her into the recording studio to record her voice<ref>(Messenger of Saint Anthony, October,2005)</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = God and I | url = http://www.messengersaintanthony.com/messaggero/arretrati/ottobre.asp?anno=2005|accessdate= 2008-08-01}}</ref>. Dark refused for three years before she began recording.


Dark claims an 8–9 octave vocal range.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />
Originally recording classical pieces of music for TV film and compilation albums, in 1992 Dark began to record dance music, leading to recording lead vocals for dance music<ref>(Now magazine, June 14, 2000)</ref>, new age, and with Christian classical crossover group "New Era".

===Solo music career===
In 1998 Dark signed her first solo recording contract, releasing the album ‘The unknown story of Lisa Lee Dark’. There were three more dance albums released, achieving moderate success with sales of 160,000 records for the dance record label VIP international records.

In 2004, Dark released her fifth studio album<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.uktradeinvestusa.com/newproducts/newproducts_detail.asp?a=44921&i=...|title= Sopranos triumph over adversity recorded in new solo album|accessdate=2008-08-01}}</ref> titled "''Breath of life''". This would mark Dark’s attempt into the classical crossover music market as a solo artist, but due to problems out of Dark’s control this album turned out to be a huge flop.

===The come back===
In 2008, Dark returned to the music industry with the release of her debut opera album, "''Sola, perduta, abbandonata''". This album contains Dark’s debut opera performance in ]’s opera ], playing the part of Liu. A limited edition second album "''The screen behind the mirror''" was also released, containing Dark’s debut opera recordings and her audition for the opera company that she is signed to.

Dark is related to ] and ]<ref>(The church of England newspaper, November 19, 2004)</ref>.


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Lisa Lee Dark
Birth nameLee Dark
Born (1981-04-16) 16 April 1981 (age 43)
OriginSwansea, Wales
GenresOpera, classical crossover, Christian, new-age, dance
Occupation(s)Opera singer, songwriter, voice actress
InstrumentVocals
Years active1992–present
LabelsAngel Guardian Records, VIP international Records
WebsiteBlog
Musical artist

Lisa Lee Dark (born Lee Dark; 16 April 1981) is a Welsh opera singer, songwriter, and voice actress.

Early life

Lisa Lee Dark was born Lee Dark in the Clydach area of Swansea on 16 April 1981. Her distant relatives include Italian opera singer Adelina Patti. 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. This meant that she was raised as male because doctors failed to realise that she was biologically female, a fact even she did not discover until she was 19 years old. She was very badly bullied during her school years. 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. This left her with agoraphobia and PTSD.

Music career

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

Dark claims an 8–9 octave vocal range.

References

  1. ^ Davies, Daniel (13 September 2004). "Lisa-Lee album launch". The Western Mail. walesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  2. Williams, Maria (11 July 1999). "Why I'll be twice as good as the average pop star". Wales on Sunday.
  3. ^ Gledhill, Ruth (20 November 2004). "Highs and lows". The Times. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  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.
  5. ^ "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. ^ 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. ^ Doyle, Christine (25 April 2000). "Lisa-Lee's refuge in music". The Daily Telegraph.
  9. ^ "Opera star wants to give back to charities". South Wales Evening Post. p. 16. Retrieved 29 September 2009.

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