Brand, Business of Opera, Women in Business, C-Suite, Changemakers, Classical Voice, Arts Management, Business Partnership, Arts Venues, Best Practices, Symphony, Tourism, Business Development James Mowdy Brand, Business of Opera, Women in Business, C-Suite, Changemakers, Classical Voice, Arts Management, Business Partnership, Arts Venues, Best Practices, Symphony, Tourism, Business Development James Mowdy

OI Interview | Emma Scherer, Santa Fe Symphony's Executive Director

(Santa Fe, NM) - We’re especially excited to share this chat with Emma Scherer, who we’ve known since her time at The Santa Fe Opera, working closely with Charles MacKay, while also running the company’s Executive Office and Board Relations. We met in 2015, when I had the opportunity to onsite consult with SFO public relations and apprentice artists that season. I was immediately impressed by everything Emma did and how she did it; a professional’s professional who kept everything and everyone moving forward, towards that day’s business goals, with an eye to the evening’s performance and everything that meant for Mr. MacKay and countless others. Fast-forwarding to the present, Emma has been The Santa Fe Symphony’s Executive Director since September 2021 and is preparing for the company’s 40th season in 2023/4. However, on the way there, Emma and collaborators launched the Art + Sol | Santa Fe Winter Arts Festival in February 2023…

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Best Practices, Brand Values, Business of Opera, Women in Business, C-Suite, Performing Arts, Corporate Governance, OI Insights, Classical Voice, Digital Media, Opera, Opera Innovation James Mowdy Best Practices, Brand Values, Business of Opera, Women in Business, C-Suite, Performing Arts, Corporate Governance, OI Insights, Classical Voice, Digital Media, Opera, Opera Innovation James Mowdy

OI Interview | Allison Swenson, Opera Omaha’s New General Director

(Santa Fe, NM) - We were thrilled when we heard about Allison Swenson’s move to Omaha as General Director, but a little sad, too. Allison’s been an incredible force at Santa Fe Opera for many years, and it’s been wonderful to watch her progress to leading that company’s robust and successful development arm. However, in opera as in any other business, the only way is up. So, this progression to General Director at one of the Midwest’s most important, vibrant and cutting edge small companies is absolutely in line with the professional that we’ve come to know and admire…

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Artist Management, Best Practices, Brand, Women in Business, C-Suite, Changemakers, Classical Voice, Brand Values, COVID, Technology, Business of Opera, Performing Arts, Virtual Performance James Mowdy Artist Management, Best Practices, Brand, Women in Business, C-Suite, Changemakers, Classical Voice, Brand Values, COVID, Technology, Business of Opera, Performing Arts, Virtual Performance James Mowdy

OI Interview | Operabase CEO Ulrike Köstinger

(Santa Fe, NM) - We first connected with Ulrike Köstinger via Instagram and Zoom during the pandemic. At the time, Ulrike was Chief Content and Partnership Officer for Operabase, CueTV and holding company Arts Consolidated. Operabase, the world’s go-to opera database, has documented global operatic activity since 1996, enjoying global brand recognition for decades. With over 600,000 performances on file, Operabase has recorded the work of artists in more than 3000 theatres, has 1.3 million business of opera and enthusiast subscribers, and publishes opera season information in 34 languages. After 2+ years in her previous role, Köstinger became Arts Consolidated/Operabase CEO on January 1, 2023…

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Q&A, Arts Management, Artist Management, Crisis Management, Relationship Management, Strategic Counsel, Business of Opera, Women in Business, Working Conditions, COVID Margaret Thompson Q&A, Arts Management, Artist Management, Crisis Management, Relationship Management, Strategic Counsel, Business of Opera, Women in Business, Working Conditions, COVID Margaret Thompson

Q&A: Artist Managers Share Insights, Brand Ethos and Unique How-To

Most people with a working knowledge of the business of opera understand how artists are often represented by managers who help them navigate their careers and/or how getting a manager is a primary goal for most young singers. The concept of a Hollywood-style or rock-and-roll music agent is already culturally imprinted, but when those concepts are extrapolated to opera, it can often mean different things…

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Breaking Opera's Rules | OI Insights Q&A with Claudillea

We discovered London-based artist Claudillea Holloway by accident. Like many things these days, it started on Instagram. While scrolling through the stories of friend and tenor Elliott Paige, a video of Claudillea performing an operatic cover of The Rolling Stones’ Paint It Black appeared. Given OI’s love of all things that move the dial for opera, we literally fell out of our chair, screaming…

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