Opera Philadelphia has announced that it will stream “The Island We Made.”

The new digital offering will combine ethereal electronic music, personal storytelling, arthouse filmmaking, and the transformative art of drag lip-sync to form an art-opera film.

“The Island We Made” was created by composer Angélica Negrón, drag superstar Sasha Velour, and filmmaker Matthew Placek and is based on the memories and individual relationships of its collaborators.

Negrón’s music blends synths, heavy pauses, pulsating drones, and ‘90s micro-samples from the soundtrack of her childhood and is performed by vocalist Eliza Bagg and harpist Bridget Kibbey.

In a statement, Negrón said, “The inspiration behind this piece is the shared personal stories between Matthew, Sasha, and me, about the limitations of relationships in general, but also particularly those connected to the women that shaped us. The deep resonance that conversations that we’ve never had with loved ones can have on us and the ways these can find their voice in other vessels and sometimes even within us.”

Velour, who plays an omniscient observer said, “I imagined the character as the embodiment of Queerness,” said Velour, “a loving non-judgmental spirit who haunts a house and tends to a person who is busy shaping an idea of it for themselves. In my touring experiences as a drag queen, people have often told me that seeing and listening to drag has helped them better understand their own identity, relationships, maybe even their own inner fabulousness better. It is really the biggest honor; I think it’s also one of the reasons that drag has been such an enduring fixture of art and performance!”

The film was shot inside a mid-century Staten Island house and premieres on the Opera Philadelphia Channel on March 19, 2021.