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Zombie opera
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For Immediate Release
Date of Latest Press Release : September 19, 2025
Undead Arts will present the 6th Annual Zombie Opera on October 25th, 2025 in Hamilton Park in Jersey City, NJ.
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“Didn’t think opera singing and Halloween were a match? Think again!
What began as impromptu performances during the pandemic lockdown has grown into a destination affair during Halloween weekend in Jersey City.”
— from Gothamist’s 2022 article “7 spooky NY & NJ destinations for spirited Halloween weekend fun”
"These signature events carry with them the creative aspirations of a scene that, at least for one weekend in late October, chooses to put play, and play-acting, ahead of profit. They’re fun, they’re frivolous, they’re freaky, and they’re entirely ours. If we’re a little protective of them — if we’re ready to lose ourselves in their dark and delicious shadows — only a monster could blame us."
— from “Zombies, Gods, Graveyards & Ghosts: One Weekend in Jersey City” by Tris McCall // October 31, 2025
"The Zombie Opera has risen from the catacombs to become one of the city’s best-loved annual events: a combination of serious classical voice and pure theatrical silliness that has scored every halloween since the beginning of the pandemic. "
— from “This Weekend, The Zombie Opera Rises Again” by Tris McCall for Jersey City Times // October 20, 2025
"While the team of Catriona Rubensis-Stevens, Molly Dunn and Katy Gardiner adore their silly business, they remain dead serious about great singing. Zombie Opera continues to attract world-class vocal talent to the Downtown with the promise of a great time. A big audience, too."
— from “Rogue Waves October: Live Music and Musical Events in Jersey City” by Tris McCall // October 1, 2025
"Relentless they are. They just keep coming, popping up in places where we don’t expect them, determined to get at you, right in our faces with their unique mixture of horror, preposterousness, and delight."
— from “Rogue Waves September” by Tris McCall // August 31, 2025
"By now, the Zombie Opera is as entrenched an October tradition as the Ghost of Uncle Joe’s: the annual monster/sci-fi movie come to life at the Hamilton Park gazebo has become an indispensable part of Jersey City’s Halloween."
— from “Rogue Waves June” by Tris McCall // May 31, 2025
“One of Jersey City’s most unique Halloween events”
— Jim Testa, in his 2024 article “‘Tis the season for scary good live music”
“It has since grown into an annual event, pulling in audiences of more than 2,500 people at the 2021 concert and almost 4,000 people at the 2022 concert in Hamilton Park.”
— David Mosca, in his 2023 article “The dead walk the streets when Zombie Opera returns to Jersey City”
“Classical music might not seem a natural fit with Halloween, but the Jersey City Zombie Opera is about to electrify concertgoers.”
— Jim Testa, in his 2022 article “Killing it this Halloween season: Zombie Opera in Jersey City”
“Hoboken and Jersey City host so many fun and exciting events during the Halloween season each year…that locals look forward to.”
— from Hoboken Girl’s 2024 article “Zombie Opera Returning to Jersey City on 10/26”
“A unique event”
— from Hoboken Girl’s 2023 article “Jersey City’s Zombie Opera is Back for 2023”
“Star-studded, limb-ripping performance…Who can resist glam opera diva zombies?”
— from Hoboken Girl’s 2022 article “These New Jersey Zombie Events Are to Die For”
“Annual Halloween Event Was A Spectacle In Jersey City”
— from TapInto’s 2024 article “Zombie Opera ‘From Outer Space’ Rocks Hamilton Park”
“What started as a modest Halloween celebration on the stoops of Jersey Avenue… has now grown into the must-see event of the year.”
— from TapInto’s 2023 article “Jersey City's Zombie Opera is Back on October 28”
“One more [Halloween] tradition that is on its third year of being and already our favorite, for the sheer scope of the talent and creativity involved”
— from their October 2022 post “Zombie Opera Returns!”
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