Queer Opera is dedicated to giving the stage to singers who don't comfortably fit into the storylines traditionally told in mainstream opera. Through innovative casting, these roles and relationships are given new life that looks more like 2019 - instead of 1819. Selections will include opera scenes from Trouble in Tahiti and West Side Story as well as a song cycle by gay composer Jake Heggie, "Here and Gone".
Proceeds from ticket sales help to produce the Queer Opera Experience - a week-long summer program where singers workshop opera scenes while being cast as characters that align more closely to their own identity.