Lisa Lee Dark
| Lisa Lee Dark | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Lee Dark |
| Born | 16 April 1981 |
| Origin | Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Opera, classical crossover, Christian, new-age, dance |
| Occupation(s) | Opera singer, song writer, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1992– present |
| Labels |
Angel Guardian Records (2008 – present) |
| Website | officiallisaleedarkblog |
Lisa Lee Dark (born 16 April 1981 in Swansea, Wales), is a Welsh opera singer and voice actress.
Dark was born in Clydach, one of the Swansea valleys. She is related to Adelina Patti (1843–1919) and Bette Davis (1908–1989) Dark was born with a rare medical condition called Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). This meant that throughout Dark's childhood she was raised as a boy because doctors failed to realise that she was biologically female.
Dark only discovered that she was biologically female at the age of 19. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is a disorder that affects one in 15,000 births worldwide, with varying degrees of masculinisation.
Dark was very badly bullied during her school years. She went to a tough 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, all because she was slightly different and did not behave like all the other boys.
Dark, at the age of ten, first starred in a European advert due to a case of mistaken identity. Her other voice-over acting work has been on low budget European horror movies; Dark has also done voice-over work, by creating 'evil chants', for a few Hollywood movies and the American television serial Buffy the vampire slayer. Dark has to date mostly been Uncredited for this work.
Dark was first heard singing in her local park by a record producer at the age of six, but due to fear and shyness Dark didn't begin to record until the age of nine (three weeks before her tenth birthday). Originally Dark began recording classical, new age and sacred pieces of music for TV and film soundtracks; in 1992, by complete accident, Dark began to record dance music; Dark, who has an 8–9 octave vocal range, had the ability to mimic other singers. During the 90's Dark would mimic / copy other dance hits, and these were released on the mid-priced budgeted music market, Dark also achieved minor dance hits on the dance music charts by recording remixes of hit songs and releasing them on white labels. This brought Dark her first commercial success, as these recordings sold almost a million copies.
Dark's early live work consisted of her mimicking / copying well known singers like Sarah Brightman, Taylor Dayne and Kim Wilde.
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