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Strategic Alliance Business Model Evolution

Opera Philadelphia
Opera Philadelphia, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird, 2016, the Apollo Theater, New York City. Opera Philadelphia is developing partnerships to co-create new operas with other organizations. Photo by Sofia Negron, courtesy of Opera Philadelphia.
Opera Philadelphia, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird, 2016, the Apollo Theater, New York City. Opera Philadelphia is developing partnerships to co-create new operas with other organizations. Photo by Sofia Negron, courtesy of Opera Philadelphia.
Opera Philadelphia, We Shall Not Be Moved, September 2017, The Wilma Theater. Photo by Dominic Mercier.
Opera Philadelphia, We Shall Not Be Moved, September 2017, The Wilma Theater. Photo by Dominic Mercier.
We Shall Not Be Moved, 2017. Photo by Dave DiRentis, courtesy of Opera Philadelphia.
We Shall Not Be Moved, 2017. Photo by Dave DiRentis, courtesy of Opera Philadelphia.

New multi-year partnerships embed Opera Philadelphia’s artistic practice within other organizations to co-create operas and foster deep, collaborative relationships. Building on an existing strategic alliance with the Apollo Theater to co-commission and co-produce works by Black artists and composers, the company seeks to work with organizations related to and outside of the opera genre to nurture mutual artistic, branding, and fundraising efforts that imagine and implement new economic models for the arts.

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Opera Philadelphia

Opera Philadelphia is committed to embracing innovation and developing opera for the 21st century. The company presents both traditional and new repertoire and a wide array of programming that aims to diversify opera audiences. 

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