World Opera Forum June 3-8, Los Angeles: Important Dates Coming Up

About the World Opera Forum & Opera Conference 2024

OPERA America welcomes the international opera community to Los Angeles — June 3–8, 2024 — for a weeklong global gathering of opera administrators, artists, trustees, and advocates.

World Opera Forum (June 3–5): The second-ever World Opera Forum welcomes opera leaders from around the world to Los Angeles for a global conversation about the future of the art form. Directly preceding Opera Conference 2024, the forum will engage opera leaders from six continents in discussion of the strategies needed to guide the sector through today’s dynamic landscape of art, politics, and technology. The forum is hosted by OPERA America in collaboration with Opera Europa, Ópera Latinoamérica, and the Association for Opera in Canada.

Opera Conference 2024 (June 5–8): Opera Conference 2024 brings opera administrators, artists, trustees, and advocates from across North America together in Los Angeles to move the art form forward. Directly following the second-ever World Opera Forum, the conference will weave the global discourse of the forum into four days of sessions, discussions, and networking focused on advancing the industry in the United States and Canada. The conference is hosted by LA Opera, which will headline a festival of performances throughout the greater Los Angeles area.

Important Dates

Early-Bird registration: Through April 4, 2024
Standard registration: April 5 – June 8, 2024
Hotel booking deadline: May 10, 2024
World Opera Forum event dates: June 3–5, 2024
Opera Conference 2024 event dates: June 5–8, 2024

Important Links

World Opera Forum — operaamerica.org/WOF2024
Opera Conference 2024 — operaamerica.org/Conference2024
Performance Festival — operaamerica.org/Festival2024
Schedule — operaamerica.org/Schedule2024
Registration Rates — operaamerica.org/Rates
Hotel & Travel — operaamerica.org/Hotel
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) — operaamerica.org/FAQ

Membership

The Association for Opera in Canada offers a broad range of services and benefits to its members and affiliates at all levels. Through our unique arrangement with OPERA America, when you join Association for Opera in Canada, you also gain access to a broad range of OPERA America benefits and services as well, extending the value of your membership throughout North America and around the world.

Support

Your support helps us deliver our mandate to advance the interests of Canada’s opera and music theatre community and to create greater opportunity for opera audiences and professionals alike. Together, we can create and sustain an environment that makes opera and music theatre central to Canadian life.