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OPERA America has revealed the 18 global participants selected for the 2025 Leadership Intensive. The Intensive offers participants an extended professional development experience. Learn more about the program!...

Marc A. Scorca, President/CEO of OPERA America, has announced his retirement after 33 years of leadership. ...

OPERA America has announced the induction of seven exemplary artists, administrators, and advocates to the Opera Hall of Fame as the class of 2024....

OPERA America has announced the recipients of the 2024 National Opera Trustee Recognition Awards, which honor outstanding trustees of North American opera companies for their exemplary leadership and service on behalf of their respective organizations....

OPERA America has announced grants to five companies to support the commissioning of new works by women composers as part of its Opera Grants for Women Composers program, generously supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation....

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, has announced a key board leadership transition and the promotion of two esteemed staff members....

OPERA America has announced the 2024 Campbell Opera Librettist Prize recipient, Kelley Rourke. ...

OPERA America has announced the opera professionals selected for the 2024‒2025 Mentorship Program for Opera Leaders of Color. The program advances racial equity in the field by pairing BIPOC administrators with established leaders who can help them achieve their career goals.  ...

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, welcomes a new class of board members that includes creators, administrators, and opera company trustees....

MORE Opera receives a $25,000 grant from OPERA America to enhance vocal arts education and culturally responsive programming for underserved communities in NYC over the next two years....

Experience Giacomo Puccini's The Girl of the Golden West presented by Washington Opera Society at the Atrium of the Embassy of France in Washington, DC. Cocktail attire encouraged....

OPERA America has announced the recipients of the 2024 Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors....

OPERA America has announced the recipients of its 2024 Repertoire Development Grants. ...

OPERA America has announced Opera Passport by OPERA America, a new North American ticket discount exchange program among opera companies in the United States and Canada. ...

OPERA America has announced the recipients of the 2023 National Opera Trustee Recognition Awards, which honor outstanding trustees of North American opera companies for their exemplary leadership and service on behalf of their respective organizations....

OPERA America has announced grants to five opera companies to support the commissioning of new works by women composers as part of OPERA America's Opera Grants for Women Composers program. The program, supported generously by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, promotes the development of new works by women and raises the visibility of women writing for the operatic medium....

OPERA America has announced the election of Susan G. Marineau as the 14th chair of its Board of Directors....

OPERA America has announced the 2023 Campbell Opera Librettist Prize recipient, Deborah Brevoort. Conceived and funded by acclaimed librettist and lyricist Mark Campbell, the Prize is the first award in the history of American opera created specifically to honor the work of opera librettists. The annual winner receives an award of $7,000 to support creative development and career advancement....

OPERA America has announced grants totaling $200,000 to six American opera companies through its Next Stage Grants program....

OPERA America has announced the second-round recipients of the 2023 Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors....

OPERA America has announced the next cycle of IDEA Opera Grants (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access), a program that supports composers and librettists who identify as Arab, Asian, Black, Latinx, Native American, and/or Pacific Islander in the development of new operatic works and the advancement of their careers in the opera industry.  ...

OPERA America has announced the first-round recipients of the 2023 Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors. ...

OPERA America is pleased to recognize the leadership achievements and dedication of three women administrators who have been selected as protégés in the 2022‒2023 Mentorship Program for Women Administrators. ...

OPERA America has announced the eighth cycle of the Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Prize to four teams of creative artists. The biennial prize recognizes promising stage directors and designers for their ingenuity in bringing operatic work to life for contemporary audiences and connects these rising artists with producers who can advance their careers. ...

Decameron Opera Coalition, the celebrated national alliance of independent opera companies, is together again with a digital video songbook for the holiday season.   ...