Aerial Opera

You will get a show stopping one of a kind performance to have me singing opera or classical covers of pop songs in the air, always live, and usually with no amplification whatsoever. It always has guests raving and talking well after your event in my experience! I am also an excellent stand alone aerialist or vocalist should your event require one or the other-my costumes and equipment are nothing short of what you would see at the Moulin Rouge. Extremely high end, ultra glamour, always quality. Always on time, professional, generous with my time, and willing to go the extra mile to give your guests a once in a lifetime performance and experience.

Described by Theater Mania as a performer who is "worth the price of admission alone" (Nutcracker Rouge-Company XIV), and by Opera News as giving the “best all-around performance” (Handel's Ariodante - The Princeton Festival), soprano Marcy Richardson has brought the art of marrying aerial arts, pole dancing, and burlesque with live classical singing to opera and entertainment companies worldwide. Recent performaces include “My Favorite Things” at the Windmill Soho in London, Santa’s Secret with Voss Events (NYC), Lust Caution at Bushwick’s Red Pavilion with Astarte Creative, and Varietease at Duane Park NYC. Her upcoming performances include SNCTM Society’s Masquerade Ball in New York, Opus and Love Affair with Fabrika Philly, and the role of Papagena in The Magic Flute with Opera Columbus. On the NYC nightlife scene, she has performed with Company XIV, the Bartschland Follies and New York, New York with Susanne Bartsch at the Mckittrick Hotel, Sony Hall, House of X and The Public, Blunderland at House of Yes, Speakeasy Times Square at Bond 45, The Great Gatsby Party at Capitale the People’s Ball at Brooklyn Public Library, The Blind Man’s Ball at The Weylin with Matte Projects, Green Fairy at The Red Room, Schtick-a-pole-in-it at DROM, Frizqué NJ, the Hot Jazz Festival with Shanghai Mermaid at DROM, Sid Gold’s Request Room, Zavo NYC, Secret Loft NYC, Cirque Central Entertainment, Spiegelworld at St. Anne’s Warehouse, Dixon Place, Le Poisson Rouge, The Slipper Room, Lavo NYC, and many more.

Equally at home on the operatic and concert stage, she has performed as a soloist in many of New York's most acclaimed concert halls, including Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. She took home the 2018 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Female Performance in an opera for her acrobatic aerial and vocal portrayal of Amour in Gluck's Orphée with Against the Grain Theater, a co-production with Opera Columbus.

She appeared as “Star” in the movie Hustlers, and has filmed pole work for the HBO series Betty as well as featured burlesque background on Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She is based in both London and New York when she is not on the road, and has a private pole and voice studio in Brooklyn for both live and virtual teaching and training.

While furloughed, she could be seen hanging in a hoop from fire escapes in both her backyard and over the street at Duane Park for "outdoor dining with ambient street performance" in sub zero temps without batting an eyelash. With almost 14 years of pole and aerial training under her belt, she got her start in the air as a competitive pole dancer, and is the 2014 Pole Sport Organization National Level 4 Championship winner. She is originally from Grosse Pointe, MI and a BM/MM graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.