OPERA America's 2024 Annual Field Report is designed to provide leaders in the field with a comprehensive overview of the financial health and productivity of opera companies in North America.

The key findings of the Annual Field Report are drawn from the fiscal year 2023 data submitted by OPERA America’s Professional Company Members (PCMs) in the annual Professional Opera Survey administered by SMU Data Arts. The report aggregates PCMs into five budget groups based on the size of their operating budgets in order to provide general benchmarks for companies of similar size.

Also included in this year's Annual Field Report:

• The Field at a Glance in 2023
• Special Report on New Audience Research
• OPERA America's 2024 Year in Review

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New KPI Format

The structure of this 2024 report has been reworked extensively to improve its readability and usefulness to company staff and trustees. Findings are now presented around “key performance indicators” (KPIs) that focus on the most pertinent takeaways — with explanations of each metric, insights into historical trends, and analysis of the recent data on which the report is based. The accompanying charts highlight trends over the past five fiscal years — FY2019 to FY2023.

Full data tables in the same style as prior years’ reports are available for download at the link below. Data tables are available for U.S. companies in all five budget groups and for Canadian companies in budget groups 2 and 3.

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The 2024 Annual Field Report and OPERA America Year in Review are made possible with member support, a grant from the Wallace Foundation, and generous special contributions from opera company trustees Tania Beasley-Jolly (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis), Alexander D. Crary (Washington Concert Opera), Janet Farrell (IN Series), Sharon Gaudino (OperaDelaware), Susan Geyer (The Dallas Opera), Annette W. Jarvis (Utah Symphony | Utah Opera), Richard Koseff (Opera Colorado), Mary Kramer (Detroit Opera), Brian H. Powell (Austin Opera), Jerry Roth (Opera Parallèle), Arlene Palmer Schwind (Opera Maine), Chris Uzelac (Lamplighters Music Theatre), and anonymous donors.

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Download the Annual Field Report for free by completing the form below. Once submitted, you will receive an email with a direct download link.

For questions about the Annual Field Report, contact Irene Fitzgerald-Cherry, research manager, at IFCherry@operaamerica.org.