Our Mission

We are the national association for opera companies, and their partners – both individuals and organizations – in Canada. Our mandate is to advance the interests of Canada’s opera and music theatre community and to create greater opportunity for opera audiences and professionals alike. It seeks to create and sustain an environment that makes opera and music theatre central to Canadian life.

About Us

We provides services in advocacy, communications, and support for Canadian opera creation. Working in collaboration with OPERA America, we lead members in dialogues relating to artistic quality and creativity, education and audience development, community service, governance, resource development, promising partnership opportunities, international trends in opera production and new technologies.

Other services include Annual Meetings, Opera Summits and Colloquia, regional roundtables, and High Notes, our monthly electronic newsletter.

We are a registered national arts service organization governed by a ten-member Board of Directors.