UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

As Violet Caballero
Shakesqueer: A Pride Cabaret
(as part of Philly Pride Arts Festival)

June 26, 2026

The Bard + Opera + Drag = SHAKESQUEER! From the makers of Drag Messiah, Prismatic Arts Ensemble is serving up a pride month drag cabaret celebrating all things Shakespeare! Join co-founders Balena Canto and Violet Caballero as they lead you on a journey through The Bard's timeless stories via the iconic operas, songs, and musicals that he inspired. 

Together we'll ask the questions, "Is something rotten in the city of Philadelphia?" "Why does the drag queen protest too much?" "What's in a drag name?" "In the course of douching, when will the water run clear?"  

In addition to performances, enjoy theatre games (where you can win prizes), stunning raffles, and libations by the Black Squirrel. The curtain rises on Friday, June 26th, 8 pm at The Black Squirrel Club (Fishtown). While many of life's questions may not have answers, there is one thing we do know..."All the world's a stage, and the rest...honey, that's DRAG!"

TICKETS

Summer 2026

Brigitta
Iolanta (Tchaikovsky)

More details coming soon!

As Violet Caballero
Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary
Philadelphia, PA

October 11, 2025

Violet Caballero returns to haunt the halls of Eastern State Penitentiary for a fourth season! Check back soon for event details!

As Violet Caballero
Prismatic Arts Ensemble
Philadelphia, PA

December 2026

Celebrate the holiday season in the campiest way possible! Prismatic Arts Ensemble’s SOLD OUT Drag Messiah, a queer sing-along of Handel’s famous oratorio, returns for a second year!

Violet (they/them) is a classically trained soprano whose performance work ranges from opera to modern musical theatre & cabaret to drag & burlesque. With the Salon Violette series, Violet wants to welcome folks into the wonderful world of classical song in an intimate, non-intimidating space, that allows room for questions, conversations, and an up-close and personal look at the artistic process.  Ticket info coming soon!

Past Performances

  • May 22
    Magda Sorel in Menotti’s The Consul
    Prismatic Arts Ensemble & Liberty City Arts - Philadelphia, PA

  • December 19 & 20
    As Violet Caballero
    Soprano & Tenor Soloist for Drag Messiah
    Prismatic Arts Ensemble - Philadelphia, PA

    October 29 & 31
    Apparition
    Staged, immersive performance of George Crumb’s Apparition
    Prismatic Arts Ensemble at The Perch - Philadelphia, PA

    October 11
    Sonidos Latinos recital with Eugenia Forteza and Gabriel Rebolla
    Performed art songs by various Puerto Rican composers
    Concerts in Fairmount - Philadelphia, PA

    October 10
    Sonidos Latinos recital with Eugenia Forteza and Gabriel Rebolla
    Performed art songs by various Puerto Rican composers
    Teatro at Esperanza - Philadelphia, PA

    September thru November
    As Violet Caballero
    In the Speakeasy at Eastern State Penitentiary’s Halloween Nights

    September 5 & 7
    Lyra
    Alice Tierney (Dunphy)
    Opera on Tap Philadelphia

    June 29
    In recital with Thomas Gaynor
    Performed works by Gounod, Lehár, Melissa Dunphy, and Margaret Bonds
    Roundtable Productions - Moorestown, NJ

    May 27 & 30
    The Birth Project
    Performed The Birth Project by Libby Larsen and Midnight in the 4th Trimester by Jodi Goble

    March 19
    Salon Violette presents Pisces Party
    Performed works by Gounod, Debussy, Crumb, and more.
    Black Squirrel Club - Philadelphia, PA

    February 21
    Featured Artist on the Philly Voices Concert
    Performed The Job by Melissa Dunphy
    Liberty City Arts - Philadelphia, PA

    January 20
    Featured Artist (as Violet Caballero)
    Inaugurate THIS: A Queer Resistance Cabaret
    Produced by Glitter & Garbage Cabaret - Philadelphia, PA
    Read our review in Philly Mag here!

  • October 26
    Featured Artist (as Violet Caballero)
    Very Pure, Very Filthy: A David Lynch Cabaret
    Black Squirrel Club, Philadelphia, PA

    October thru November
    Violet Caballero at the Speakeasy
    Halloween Nights
    Eastern State Penitentiary - Philadelphia, PA

    September 27, 28, 29
    Con Angel
    A Pregnant Pause (Baxter/Rozsnyai)

    Voice 3
    Heroines (Tori Lavan/Adrienne Rich)
    Alter Ego Chamber Opera - Philadelphia, PA

    August 9 & 11
    Juliette
    Romeo & Juliette (Gounod)
    Prismatic Arts Ensemble - Philadelphia, PA

    May 31
    Featured Artist (as Violet Caballero)
    Fire Werk With Me: A Twin Peaks Cabaret
    Black Squirrel Club, Philadelphia, PA

    April 19
    Featured Artist
    Finding Our Light: An Immersive Recital
    Prismatic Arts Ensemble - Philadelphia, PA

    April 12
    Con Angel (cover)
    A Pregnant Pause (Baxter/Rozsnyai)
    Modern Traditionalist Productions - Westminster, MD

    February 2
    Featured Artist
    Obradors, Alvarez, Crumb
    Open Mic at the Perch - Philadelphia, PA

  • October 14
    Recital Soloist
    Gounod, Obradors, Offenbach
    Concerts in Fairmount - Philadelphia, PA

    September thru November
    Violet Caballero at the Bloodline Lounge
    Halloween Nights
    Eastern State Penitentiary - Philadelphia, PA

    March 31 & April 2
    Annina (cover) and Ensemble
    Verdi’s La Traviata
    OperaDelaware - Wilmington, DE

    March 24 & 26
    Annina (cover) and Ensemble
    Verdi’s La Traviata
    Opera Baltimore - Baltimore, MD

    January 25
    Vela in Nothing is Created nor Destroyed (Rudman/Leonard) & Shopkeeper in Behind the Counter (Guzman/Abrams) - Celestial Serial Operas: January Edition
    ENA Ensemble - Philadelphia, PA

  • November 19
    Soprano Soloist - Mozart’s Requiem
    Delaware ChoralArts - Wilmington, DE

    August 6
    Recital with Mark Loria, pianist - Sueños de noche - featuring the music of Debussy, Lieberson, and Hall
    Moorestown Library - Moorestown, NJ

    July 30
    The Milliner - Garth Baxter’s Lily: An American Opera (film)
    Modern Traditionalist Productions - Westminster, MD

    July 17
    Soloist - EIPIANOPIRA 2022 - 70th birthday recital celebrating the music of Amaral Vieira
    Gabriel Rebolla, pianist
    Piracicaba International Piano Festival - Virtual Performance

    July 10
    Pamina - Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (outreach performance)
    Hilltop Singing - Chester Springs, PA

  • December 4 & 5
    Della
    David Conte’s The Gift of the Magi
    Delaware Valley Opera - Lake Huntingdon, NY

    February 13
    Mona Lisa/The Cricket
    Night Dances: A Digital Concert Experience - featuring the music of Felix Jarrar & Juliana Hall
    Prismatic Arts Ensemble - Virtual Performance

  • May 1 & May 25
    Solo Recital w/ Mark Loria, pianist
    Midsummer Romances- featuring the music of Crumb, Obradors, and Robert Schumann
    Groupmuse - Virtual Performance

    February 28 & March 1
    Ensemble
    Donizetti’s Anna Bolena
    Baltimore Concert Opera - Baltimore, MD

    February 18
    Cantor
    Installation Mass of Archbishop Nelson Perez
    Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter & Paul - Philadelphia, PA

    January 25
    Soloist
    Opera on a Winter’s Night
    Garden State Philharmonic - Island Heights, NJ

  • September 20 & 21
    Several Roles
    Between: The Elevator (6 serial operas for 2 sopranos)
    ENA Ensemble - Philadelphia, PA

    August 23
    Heavenly Voice & Thibault (cover)
    Verdi’s Don Carlos
    The Verdi Project - New York, NY

    July 26
    Solo Recital w/ Mark Loria, pianist
    Midsummer Romances- featuring the music of Ligeti, Villa Lobos, Obradors and R. Schumann
    Private Residence - Philadelphia, PA

    July 21
    Soloist
    Selections from Aida, La Boheme, Der Rosenkavalier
    Opera Libera - West Chester, PA

    June 4
    Soprano #1
    Timothy Arliss O’Brien’s Lifting the Multiverse & Selections by Elaine Fine, Barbara Strozzi and Heitor Villa-Lobos
    ENA Ensemble - Philadelphia, PA

    May 18
    Soloist
    Various Selections from La Boheme, Don Giovanni, The Snow Maiden
    Old York Road Symphony - Ardley, PA

    April 27 & May 4
    Ensemble
    Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking
    OperaDelaware - Wilmington, DE

    March 22
    Soloist
    Daniel Bowman’s Orbit
    Symphony 21 - Salisbury, MD

    March 15 & 17
    Leïla
    Selections from Bizet’s Les pêcheurs de perles
    Center Stage Opera - York, PA

  • November 18

    Cantor
    Dedication of the Shrine of Saint Katharine Drexel
    Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul - Philadelphia, PA

    November 17 & 18
    Soloist
    Remembering Romberg
    Concert Operetta Theater - Philadelphia, PA

    November 9
    Rosina
    Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia
    Center Stage Opera - York, PA

    April 28- May 6
    Kate Pinkerton
    Puccini’s Madama Butterfly

    Suor Osmina
    Puccini’s Suor Angelica

    Female Lover/Sopranino
    Puccini’s Il Tabarro
    OperaDelaware - Wilmington, DE

  • December 16 & 17
    Soloist
    Handel’s Messiah
    Philadelphia LDS Temple Choir - Philadelphia, PA

    December 12
    Soloist
    Vivaldi’s Gloria
    Thomas Jefferson University Choir - Philadelphia, PA

    September 27
    Soloist
    Faure’s Requiem
    Tri-State Chorale - Milford, PA

    August 12, 13, 19, 20
    Yum-Yum
    Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado
    Delaware Valley Opera - Narrowsburg, NY

    June 30
    Soloist
    Beethoven's Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80
    Philadelphia International Music Camp & Festival - Bryn Mawr, PA

    June 25
    Suzel
    Mascagni's L'amico Fritz
    Center Stage Opera - York, PA

    May 20 & 21
    Daisy
    Leo Fall's The Dollar Princess
    Concert Operetta Theater - Philadelphia, PA

    April 29 & May 7
    Ensemble
    Rossini's Semiramide
    OperaDelaware - Wilmington, DE

    April 7 & 9
    Ensemble
    Rossini's Semiramide
    Baltimore Concert Opera - Baltimore, MD