Roadkill!!! Greatest Hits! A Roadkill Opera Movie

Stephan Alexander Parker published the sheet music and commercially released a CD of A Roadkill Opera in 2013. The music from A Roadkill Opera, originally composed for Ferdinando Paer's 1804 opera Leonora, has received a resurgence of interest since Parker began promoting it at the GRAMMYs in 2015.

To commemorate the Chicago Opera Theater's 2024 North American premiere of Leonora, Parker prepared the first vinyl release of the 2-disc, 180-gram, gatefold album Roadkill!!! Greatest Hits! A Roadkill Opera. The Direct Metal Mastered double LP has the complete 2013 studio recording of A Roadkill Opera on three sides, with the fourth side carrying comedy highlights from the outfit whose true story is told in A Roadkill Opera, the Roadkill On A Stick Frozen Foods Theatre Company (active in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 1988-1992).

Roadkill!!! Greatest Hits! A Roadkill Opera Movie is a mash-up of live performance highlights by the comedy troupe in 1988 and 1992 with live performances of the opera in 2016 and the 2013 studio recordings of the songs from A Roadkill Opera. Also included are live and studio recordings of the Americana song Jackson Hole, written and performed by Dave Rohrer.

The movie and album have two companion books:

A Roadkill Opera: Silver Dollar Showroom Edition is the libretto or script for the opera. It includes bios from the 2013 world premiere cast for A Roadkill Opera, lyrics to the opera's songs, and the script for the improv comedy sketch Frozen Roadkills on a Stick.

Hungry Men Don't Swerve tells how a cold spell in Jackson Hole led to A Roadkill Opera, the underground opera sensation. The deluxe full-color interior takes the reader on a ride from 50-below-zero temperatures in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to Chicago, Vienna, Minneapolis, London, Washington DC, Nashville, Gaithersburg, Los Angeles, and ultimately, back to Chicago for the North American premiere of Leonora in 2024. It also includes the lyrics to Dave Rohrer's song Jackson Hole and the script for the improv comedy sketch Cod Piece Dining Room.

The movie has mostly live performances where the LP has mostly studio performances. The movie also has additional documentary information about the comedy troupe.

Roadkill!!! Greatest Hits! A Roadkill Opera Movie had its premiere screened before a live audience on June 3, 2025, at Cult Classic Brewing.

Public release for FREE streaming premiere:
Sunday, August 31, 2025
7:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time / 4:30 pm Pacific Daylight Time

Join in the livestream commentary if you can!

English, with English supertitles.

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