Next Stage Grants provide financial support to Professional Company Members and their producing partners for subsequent productions of existing, under-performed North American works. 

The goals of the program are to:

• Encourage opera companies to program recent or neglected North American works;
• Build support for the necessity and viability of presenting subsequent productions in the opera field; and
• Increase knowledge of the growing North American repertoire.

Grant Details

Applications for the 2025 Next Stage Grants have closed.

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Professional Company Member staff can log in to view past grant guidelines and other application materials. To learn about becoming a Professional Company Member, visit Organizational Membership.

Next Stage Grants were offered previously from 1995 to 1998, supported by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

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