Joining Opera Europa
Opera Europa welcomes professional opera companies which stage at least one production per year, as well as affiliated organisations. For more information, please contact Gemma Coll Torra.
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Find our more by downloading our guide:
Joining Opera Europa: Your guide to our work & team
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Membership benefits
Opera Europa’s information systems offer:
- Operabook, our custom-made casting and production database, including records from our member companies and beyond since 2011
- Address book with key staff in member companies to facilitate communication and participation
- Mailing lists for specialist networking opportunities and broader sharing of collegial advice
- A comprehensive and updated database of members’ future production plans hosted on www.operabook.org, allowing a collaborative marketplace for co-productions, rentals and exchanges for those who contribute
- Access to the document centre with presentations and programmes of past events and relevant documentation
- Free placement of job offers on the Opera Europa website. Reduced advertising rates in our newsletter and on our website
- Possibility to become a contributor to OperaVision (made possible thanks to the support of the European Commission under the Creative Europe programme) and place extracts or full-length performances on the platform
- Beyond the online services, members benefit from live networking and participation opportunities via
- Discounted rates for attendance of our 2 main annual conferences
- Discounted rates for attendance of our specialist forum meetings
- Access to exclusive members-only meetings online
- Consultation on management issues from the Opera Europa executive team
- Involvement in professional advocacy and lobbying through association membership of Pearle* and Culture Action Europe as well as reciprocal membership benefits with Opera America
- Voting and eligibility rights at Opera Europa’s General Assembly of Members
A printed newsletter keeps members informed of activities, conference programmes and professional issues affecting member companies.