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Obtain expert advice and assistance: |
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Benefit from counsel available on a broad range of issues, including production, marketing and public relations, education, fundraising, long-range planning, and board building. |
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Consult by telephone, in person, and through referral with noted peers. |
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Receive visa support letters for international artists engaged to perform with your company. |
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Receive member publications: |
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Read our magazine for everyone involved in producing opera. Articles address issues in production, fundraising, marketing, human resources, board governance, education, and administration, along with field news and articles on the history and performance of opera. |
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Receive the Annual Field Report, a concise statistical look at the state of opera in North America. |
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Be included in and receive copies of: |
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- Membership Directory, an annual directory with contact information for company, affiliate, business, and educational members and a name listing of individual members.
- Professional Company Member Directory, listing names and contact information for principal staff at member companies.
- Technical Production Personnel Directory, an annual directory of contact information for more than 130 opera companies and over 500 technical and production staff members, including phone numbers and e-mails. |
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Keep up to date with E-Media Watch, a biweekly summary of press coverage of opera. |
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Receive monthly e-bulletins for singers, composers/librettists, technical/production professionals, opera educators, or trustees. Bulletins are a combination of articles, opportunity listings (such as audition information, calls for scores, job openings, and grant deadlines) and synopses of pertinent news items. |
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Receive copies of research studies, such as recent reports on audience development. |
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Gain visibility: |
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Publicize performances through online Season Schedule of Performance database, Broadcast News e-newsletter, and in our magazine. |
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Link from OPERA America’s Web site in company listings. |
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Advertise auditions in Opera Source. |
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List new operas and music theater pieces in the online North American Works Directory and the semi-annual supplement to our magazine. |
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Advertise sets, costumes, titles, prop, and other materials for rental or sale in the online Production Directory free of charge. |
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Receive one annual, complimentary, electronic mailing list of OPERA America's Company, Business, and Affiliate members, and substantial discounts on subsequent mailing list purchases. |
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Benefit from OPERA America’s work with the national media to place stories that promote the work of Company Members. |
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Access exclusive information: |
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Be included in Future Season Schedule, available only to General Directors, for assistance in planning co-productions. |
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Search and post to the online Production Directory of set, costume, prop, or title rental or sale information. |
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Access the entire online Opera Source, containing thousands of listings of opportunities for educational and career advancement in opera for administrators, singers, composers, technical/production professionals, and teachers. |
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Access OPERA America's Information Service, including proprietary benchmarking statistics on aspects of company operations, human resource issues, information on past productions of a particular opera, peers to contact about commissioning an opera, and other topics. |
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Access data from OPERA America’s many field-wide surveys. |
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Request OPERA America staff to perform small research projects to address specific needs. |
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Communicate with peers by mail, telephone, and e-mail, and benefit from a regular exchange of information and resources among the various professional specialties. |
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Help shape the agenda of OPERA America's seminars, Annual Conferences, and special publications. |
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Network with colleagues and opera company staff and trustees at the Annual Conference and regional meetings including special fundraising, marketing, and public relations sessions. |
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Save: |
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Post unlimited free job notices on the OPERA America Web site. |
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Receive substantial discounts on publications, registration and meeting fees, and advertising in our magazine. |
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Access Club Quarters, a chain of private hotels offering economical rates in major cities. |
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Receive free registration for your staff for all online learning courses. |
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Use facilities in OPERA America’s New York office to check e-mail or hold meetings. |
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Get funding: |
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Apply for grants from The Opera Fund, which supports the creation and development of new works and related audience development. |
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Become an Advocate: |
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Benefit from membership in the American Arts Alliance, OPERA America's lobbying representative on Capitol Hill. |
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Receive monthly Legislative Updates and periodic Action Alerts related to important federal legislation and regulation. |
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Access regular counsel on the establishment and management of your own government affairs committee to monitor and respond to important issues on the local and state levels, as well as on the federal level. |
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Support Your Trustees: |
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Designate three trustees to receive all the benefits of individual membership, as well as the e-newsletter, Trustee/Volunteer Update. |
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Nominate a trustee to OPERA America’s National Trustee Council. |
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Send trustees to special sessions on governance issues at the Annual Conference. |
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