Killer Queen Opera will present a cabaret performance of the new musical “Goat Balls” at Pangea in New York on Nov. 13 and 14. The performances will take place at 7 p.m. both evenings in the East Village venue’s cabaret room. Composed by Steven Smith with book and lyrics by Lisa Hickman, the work is described by the company as {…}
Killer Queen Opera will open its 2026-27 season with a fundraising gala titled “The Operatic World’s Fair” on Friday, Nov. 6, at Ideal Glass Atelier in Manhattan’s East Village. The evening is modeled on the international expositions of the past and imagines what a World’s Fair devoted to opera might look like in New York City. The program draws on {…}
Killer Queen Opera will present “It’s a Travesti!” on June 18, 2026 at the Theater Under St. Marks in New York City. The cabaret, created and produced by Marie Anello alongside Killer Queen Opera, explores the queer and cross-dressing legacy of opera through new arrangements of classic works. The cast features Marie Anello, Joe Montoya, Samuelito Flores, Scam Likely aka {…}
Killer Queen Opera is set to present the second installment of The Patricia Ellen Singing Artist Residency, featuring sopranista Jay St. Flono in the monodrama “Good Church Boys Do Not Become Artists,” on May 21, 2026 at Gallery Particulier in Brooklyn, New York. Told in three acts, the work blends memoir, performance, and recital to explore identity and self-realization, examining {…}
Killer Queen Opera will present the inaugural concert of the Patricia Ellen Singing Artist Residency on April 25 at 7:30 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church of Brooklyn. Sopranista Jay St. Flono serves as the program’s first artist-in-residence. Titled “Waters and Airs: The Beautiful Voice,” the program is an autobiographical song recital tracing St. Flono’s journey as an artist. Organized into {…}
Killer Queen Opera and Gallery Particulier will present the new opera “MADAM” for three performances in Flatbush on Nov. 7 – 11, 2025. The site-specific production will be staged in the gallery’s intimate performance space. The opera, by composer Felix Jarrar and librettist Bea Goodwin, centers on Polly Adler, a Jewish immigrant and prominent Prohibition-era New York madam whose influence {…}
Killer Queen Opera is set to present “Madam, the life and story of Polly Adler” on March 1, 2025. The opera is written by Bea Goodwin and composer Felix Jarrar and explores the life of the Belarusian-Jewish immigrant who ushed in modern-era sex work. Starring as Polly is Karina Camile Parker. She is joined by a cast that includes Annika {…}
Killer Queen Opera is set to present “La Voix Humaine” on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. The screening and live concert will take placce at Brooklyn Art Haus in Williamsburg and features a presentation of the company’s film of the opera, directed by Karina Parker, followed by a live recital starring soprano Marina Renèe Nuñez and pianist Giulia Magarelli. Killer Queen {…}