Sasha Velour from ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ is now starring in an Opera Philadelphia digital production

The Season 9 winner of "RuPaul’s Drag Race" plays a benevolent spirit who helps explore mother/daughter relationships in composer Angélica Negrón's 11-minute opera film with director Matthew Placek.

Sasha Velour stars in Angelica Negron's "The Island We Made," a film by Matthew Placek premiering on the Opera Philadelphia Channel on Friday, March 19, 2021Read moreMatthew Placek

by David Patrick Stearns

Updated March 17, 2021, 11:53 a.m. ET

Published March 17, 2021, 10:03 a.m. ET