
The Birth of A New Model: The For-Profit Opera Company
Written By: Joel Burcham, DMA. Just Imagine Imagine having what has never been created in the United States. Imagine instead of having the traditional patronage model, we create the "For-Profit Opera Company". Imagine if this model is used what we could do, would happen, and the possibilities. Imagine a modern opera company whose revenue is self-generating and self-sustaining. This company utilizes multiple streams of revenue to retain comparable staff and set contracts with