‘As One’ turns transgender issues into opera

Kimberly Reed, a filmmaker, used her own story as inspiration for “As One.” (Photo courtesy Long Beach Opera)Composer Laura Kaminsky enlisted the help of a transgender filmmaker help create her opera, “As One,” about a man who becomes a woman. (Photo courtesy Long Beach Opera)How do you write an opera about a man who becomes a woman? One ingenious solution: split the role between two performers, one male, the other female.
That’s the path chosen by “As One,&rd