2025-07-29T13:10:47-07:00 2024-09-30 990 2023-10-01 010496860 OPERA MAINE OPER 2078797678 PO Box 7733 Portland ME 04112 Constance Bingham Treasurer 2074151441 2025-07-28 1 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Constance Bingham PO Box 7733 Portland ME 04112 700022 0 X www.operamaine.org X 1995 ME Opera Maine produces creative inspiring and professional opera performances of artistic excellence. We foster young operatic talent, provide educational opportunities, and engage our audience, supporters, and community in collaborative ways that excite enthusiasm for the art form. 15 15 3 100 0 0 380472 417560 97633 212800 3308 7595 -10094 11992 471319 649947 0 0 0 0 129057 147705 0 0 59090 387018 462549 516075 610254 -44756 39693 220938 310023 18954 37796 201984 272227 Opera Maine is dedicated to providing creative and inspiring opera productions and other performances of artistic excellence, and ensuring that they are accessible to and representative of our community. We foster young operatic talent, provide educational opportunities related to opera, and engage our audiences in ways that excite enthusiasm for the art form. 0 0 353376 0 198297 On July 25 and 28, Opera Maine presented the largest and grandest opera in our 29-year history, Aida by Giuseppe Verdi. Perfomed at Merrill Auditorium in Portland, directed by Opera Maine Artistic Director Dona D. Vaughn, and conducted by Maestro Israel Gursky, Aida featured a 61 person orchestra, a 44 person chorus, 30 supernumeraries, and eight internationally renowned principal singers. The chorus and orchestra musicians were primarily local artists based in Maine and Northern New England. Audiences were enthralled by this deeply moving opera, its ancient Egyptian setting, gorgeous singing. and tale of tragic love. Critics acclaimed the production as a "massive, memorable spectacle" featuring "immense theatrical flair" with "affectingly intimate passages". The 3059 audience members were primarily from Maine, with additional representation from 26 states and Canada. Through Opera Maine's "Opera for All" initiative, 257 youth aged 25 and under attended the opera at no cost. 34030 0 13128 Opera Maine's Studio Artist Program (SAP) presented two performances of Ricky Ian Gordon and Michael Campbell's Rappahannock County, featuring five emerging opera singers playing 30 diverse roles and premiering a new two piano score composed specifically for our production. Performed at Portland Stage in Portland, Maine, this contemporary chamber opera dramatically explored the devastating impact of the Civil War on a small Virginia community. The audience of 401, our largest SAP audience to date, described the opera as compelling and insightful, and attended pre-show talks with Opera Maine dramaturg Calien Lewis, and post show conversations with the librettist, the conductor, the director Richard Gammon, and Dr. Everett McCorvey (professor and founder of the American Spiritual Ensemble). 9050 0 1375 Community Programs: Opera for All is Opera Maine's multi-faceted initiative to make opera inclusive and accessible to everyone in our community. In our FY'24 school program, our teaching artist, accompanist, and six Education Outreach Artists from the University of Southern Maine performed for more than 1,100 students in seven K-12 schools in four counties. Opera for All also partnered with South Portland based PSL Serices/STRIVE to provide opera education and performance to 50 adults and young adults with intellectual disabilities. STRIVE participants also created scenic elements and puppets for Aida under the guidance of Opera Maine's scenic department. Opera Maine partnered with Bowdoin College to present two free concerts in the Bowdoin Museum of Art. Dramaturg Calien Lewis gave free community lectures on Aida at the Portland Public Library and the Curtis Memorial Library and provided pre-show talks for both Aida and Rappahanock County. In the second year of our successful Opera Film Series, we expanded our programming to include screenings of five acclaimed opera productions. 81808 0 0 Overhead expenses properly allocated to programs 81808 0 0 478264 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 93 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 ME X Caroline Koelker 2078797678 PO Box 7733 Portland ME 04112 Caroline Koelker Executive Director 32 0 X 63624 0 0 Dona D Vaughn Artistic Director 10 0 X 21334 0 0 Arlene Palmer Schwind President 10.00 0 X X 0 0 0 Ann Elderkin Immediate Past President 1 0 X 0 0 0 Leslie Hart Secretary 2 X X 0 0 0 Constance Bingham Treasurer 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Astor Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 James Becker Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Jane Berentson Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Rosemary Harris Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Hunt Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Katherine Mohlin Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Larry Rubinstein Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Warren Schubert Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Serrage Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 April Ylvisaker Tardiff Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Toy Watson Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Peter Plumb Clerk 1 0 X 0 0 0 84958 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 101360 0 5000 311200 5572 417560 Ticket Sales Mainstage (Aida) 711190 198297 198297 0 0 Ticket Sales and Audition Fees Studio Artists 711190 13128 13128 0 0 Film Series 711190 1375 1375 0 0 0 0 0 0 212800 7595 0 0 7595 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62067 101360 50075 11992 0 11992 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 649947 212800 0 19587 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95241 41435 35871 17935 0 0 0 0 43638 2399 19187 22052 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8826 1555 4212 3059 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24815 21093 1861 1861 4150 2734 1416 12382 4343 7146 893 2732 2732 2526 2273 253 300 240 30 30 8042 5721 1606 715 Mainstage Direct Production Costs 353376 353376 0 0 Studio Artist Direct Production Costs 34030 34030 0 0 Community Programs Direct Costs 9067 9067 0 0 Development 11129 0 0 11129 610254 478264 72900 59090 49878 28098 42161 108521 13000 16000 3500 104 0 0 0 0 603 2068 111796 145032 10200 220938 310023 8954 258 37538 10000 18954 37796 X 201984 272227 0 0 201984 272227 220938 310023 39693 30550 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 192429 321879 342610 380472 417560 1654950 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 192429 321879 342610 380472 417560 1654950 223186 1431764 2538 7906 25 3308 7595 21372 0 0 0 0 0 11323 83454 92727 -10094 11992 189402 1865724 212800 0.76740 0.80195 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Fundraising Events, net of contributions RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Gala 147347 101360 45987 0 3720 4000 23740 1600 12927 Serenades 16080 0 16080 0 0 0 0 2950 1138 0 163427 101360 62067 0 3720 4000 23740 4550 14065 50075 11992 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The 990 is drafted by the treasurer and forwarded to all board members for review before filing Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 There were no requests during the year. The return is on extension until ugust 15, 2025.