Across the Board - Fall/Winter 2024

The articles featured here appear in the Fall/Winter 2024 issue of Across the Board, a publication of OPERA America for opera company trustees.

From OPERA America's President and CEO:

The depth of discussions and variety of performances on display at the World Opera Forum and Opera Conference this spring reflects the creativity and energy driving the opera field right now. It’s a challenging operating environment, but our companies are looking to the future. They are working to identify their unique place in the opera ecosystem in order to convey a compelling value proposition to ticket buyers and funders.

This issue of Across the Board offers a window into how five companies in the Bay Area are thinking about programming and audiences. Their progress echoes the findings of two research initiatives we have undertaken recently. We offer glimpses of those takeaways here, with full detail coming soon in webinars, publications, our National Trustee Forum from March 5–7 in New York City, and our Opera Conference 2025 from May 20–23 in Memphis.

I hope you will take advantage of these resources and support your company as the most informed trustees you can be.

- Marc A. Scorca