For Divine Celiane, who goes by “Celiane The Voice,” music is more than sound — it’s “audible art.” Born in Berkeley, raised in Richmond and living now on Bethel Island, the 49-year-old singer, actress and self-described “technohuman” has built her own genre, “Electronica Hip Opera,” to showcase a voice that refuses to be confined.

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“I created the genre Electronica Hip Opera because I’m an opera singer. That is what my voice was made for,” Celiane said. “I knew my sound wouldn’t change, so I made a genre to fit me and all the musical elements I love.”

Her invention sprang partly from frustration. She says producers often asked her to change her sound or downplay her operatic training. Instead, she and her executive producer decided to create music around her voice — much

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