MISSION
The Premiere Opera Foundation is dedicated to the promotion and preservation of the operatic artform through discovering, nurturing, and honoring the most promising, up and coming opera singers in the world today, by enhancing their careers through financial, educational, and ongoing advisory support, and by providing them the opportunity to be artists in creative service, through our community-centered performances which offer cultural exchange, and extend outreach, education, and essential therapeutic value to continents all over the world, by harnessing the diversity and humanity of our artists and the art form itself.
VISION
The Premiere Opera Foundation is a model for how resources can be offered to artists, and an advocate for the value of artists, in amplifying their essential contributions to communities around the globe. The impact the Foundation seeks:
Expand the awareness of opera, and its educational as well as therapeutic value to all global citizens.
Advance and celebrate the work of today’s opera singers through scholarships, residencies, masterclasses, and related educational initiatives to ensure that they are supported and thriving.
Showcase artists that reflect and represent the diverse world in which we live.
Act as a beacon, to bridge the Golden Age operatic traditions to the current constructs of today's classical music world.
VALUES
Artist-centered
Educational-based
Community connection
Diverse in demographics
Diverse in perspectives
Comprehensive
Sustainable
PHILOSOPHICAL OVERVIEW
Most prominently the mission of the Premiere Opera Foundation will be manifested through our world-class International Vocal Competition. Through some of the most esteemed operatic competition juries ever assembled, and through our international reach and network, we will enhance the careers of our artist contestants by creating the opportunity for them to sing for some of the biggest names in the industry, as well as for our winners to receive financial and ongoing management, advisory, and educational support; which is also exemplified through our prestigious, Premiere Opera Vocal Arts Institute held in the stunning Puglia region of Italy each summer.
Our mission will be furthered through our creation of public Masterclasses, professional development seminars, live audition feedback sessions, and private consultations for our artists to truly hone their craft, under the tutelage of some of the most inimitable professionals in the opera world today. Working intimately with these masters will give our artists unparalleled opportunities to not only perfect their craft on an artistic level, but to also gain valuable insight into the career, as well as to interact with the cognoscenti who can contribute to their advancement on a business level. Further, offering our masterclasses publicly, allows for an interactive experience of increased awareness and understanding as to the current relevance, and intense universal humanity of the operatic art form, that is otherwise stereotyped as stuffy, and out of touch.
Our mission is noble and clear, and we believe that it is imperative for the continuation of this demanding art form, to continue discovering and honoring the most promising, up-and-coming opera singers in the world today, and by which, we will extend outreach, education, and essential therapeutic value to communities and continents all over the world.