Nick & Lindsay

Sideshow Opera is an opera singer and knife thrower act from Season 14 of America's Got Talent.

Background
Nick & Lindsay Williams are a married couple who reside in the great city of New Orleans. Nick is a classically trained opera singer who studied under Julliard graduate Joseph O. Presti. Lindsay is a classically trained violinist who studied under Linda Sinanian of Stony Brook University. Together, they combine the art of old world circus/sideshow acts with classical music to create a quirky and theatrical experience for audiences of all ages.

Sideshow Opera will be featured in Ripley's Believe It Or Not 2020 publication, BION and TV show TBA. They have toured with popular annual Mardi Gras vaudeville show Vaude D'Gras Circus from New Orleans to the west coast performing in venues such as The Chapel in San Francisco, CA and at The Oakland Metro Opera House in Oakland, CA. They have also performed all over New Orleans in various cabaret clubs from One Eyed Jacks to the House of Blues and the Mercedes Benz Superdome. Sideshow Opera was also featured in productions Look Don't Tell, The World Famous Edwardian Ball and has also entertained for corporate events, private parties, weddings and celebrity clients.

Audition
Sideshow Opera's audition in Episode 1405 consisted of Nick singing opera and Lindsay playing the violin. Lindsay proceeded to throw knives at Nick at first with her hands, and then with her feet, and then blindfolded. After the act, Lindsay threw knives at Simon. Simon Cowell buzzed the act. However, Howie Mandel, Gabrielle Union, Julianne Hough and Simon Cowell all voted "yes," sending Sideshow Opera to the Judge Cuts.