Did Brigham Young ever comment about his drag queen son?

[Hagoth]

The founder of the LDS Young Men's program:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._Morris_Young

[moksha]

It is hard to know since Brigham Young Jr. did not begin his operatic career as Madam Pattirini until 1885 and his dad died in 1877. It would be nice to think that Brigham Young Sr. would have been a fan of Madam Pattrini.

Brigham Jr. continued with his Madam Pattirini singing engagements into the early 20th century. It would be neat if he could time travel and give a command performance with the Utah Symphony. It could be a black tie affair for many General Authorities. Even if Elder Oaks were to write a legal treatise against it afterward, it would still be an enchanted musical evening. Think how fun it would be for Madam Pattirini to sing the Flower Duet from Lakmé with young Mormon singer David Archuleta as Madam Chiquitita.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMVFXfoaS3w

Even better if the two of them could perform the main chorus of O Fortuna from Carmina Burana with LDS opera star Michael Ballam. Elder Oaks would enjoy that!


Michael Ballam

O Fortuna - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXFSK0ogeg4

[Give It Time]

I'm with Moksha. Considering the number of wives and children he had and younger Brigham, very intelligently, waited until Dad was a memory, older Brigham probably didn't know.

[Give It Time]

One thing I've observed growing up in Utah, moving away and living in two other states and then moving back to Utah when my children were school-aged, is boys and men dressing in drag is huge here. I didn't see it at all in the two other places I lived (and one of those places was the Bay Area). I had forgotten all about it until our first Halloween back and about half of the Cub Scouts were dressed in drag.

[moksha]

I'm with Moksha. Considering the number of wives and children he had and younger Brigham, very intelligently, waited until Dad was a memory, older Brigham probably didn't know.

Had the Saints of this era been into saloons and lounges, perhaps Madam Pattirini could have established a permanent gig performing at the Seagull Cage. It would have been the "operatic" destination for the entire Intermountain West.