Opera Europa is the European association of opera houses and festivals. Its membership encompasses 116 opera companies in 36 countries.

Opera Europa acts as a platform for discussion and collaboration on subjects of common concern to opera professionals, and encourages specialist forums to focus on specific areas of expertise.

Five principle areas help to define Opera Europa’s goals for its members and their work in OPERA:
- Open debate – increased benefit of working together to seek solutions
- Public – engagement with attracting new audiences from all parts of society
- Economics – seeking to generate more income from all sources
- Resources – seeking to generate good practice in managing resources
- Artistic creativity – encouraging the circulation of new work

Opera Europa has therefore developed a range of professional services for its members’ use, such as specialist forums, research databases and expert consultancy. But Opera Europa also supports initiatives for the art form and the wider audience, as a partner of the European Opera-directing Prize, and as the coordinator of the European Opera Days.

Following the first edition of the European Opera Days in 2007, Opera Europa has launched the OPASS, European Opera Passport (www.opass.eu), encouraging young cultural tourists up to 30 years old to travel through Europe and enjoy opera.

For more information about Opera Europa and its activities, visit www.opera-europa.org.