responses. Although a perfectionist known for exacting standards, she dislikes analysis of opera in strictly technical terms, insisting on asking "But how does it make you feel?" She and her wife, fellow opera singer Beth Clayton, whom she met in 1997, travel about 10 months of the year. For the other two months, they live in a home which they built in the middle of the desert on the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico. In June 2002, she was featured as the cover story for the Opera News magazine and requested that the magazine include her public coming-out statement. She stated that her sexuality and her long-term relationship with Clayton were a very important part of who she is as an artist. Racette and Clayton were married in the summer of 2005. The subject of Racette's homosexuality has been covered in numerous other magazine interviews and articles since. References External links Official website Patricia Racette interview by Bruce Duffie 1965 births Living people People from Manchester, New Hampshire American operatic sopranos Richard Tucker Award winners University of North Texas College of Music alumni Date of birth missing (living people) American lesbian musicians LGBT people from New Hampshire Musicians from New Hampshire Grammy Award winners 20th-century LGBT people 21st-century LGBT people 21st-century American women opera singers