Chautauqua Opera Guild

Building Future Opera Audiences Together

The Chautauqua Opera Guild is raising funds to keep the magnificent art form of opera vibrant here on the grounds, and we’d love your help. We are working with Chautauqua Institution to build a model that focuses on both immediate and long-term contributions to support the 2024 season and beyond.    

To achieve this, we are asking you to join the Opera Guild or make a donation at any level. We already have a commitment from one generous donor for $50,000 and need your help to reach our goal of $150,000. The money you give will go toward the 2024 summer assembly season and will afford the Opera Company the opportunity to present a smaller operatic work in the amphitheater next summer in addition to various on-site performances of scenes from the previously announced “The Summer Place,” the opera partly underwritten by the Guild about Chautauqua. If we exceed that goal, funds may also be used for additional opera activities to be determined together with General and Artistic Director Steven Osgood.

You also have an opportunity to provide long-term sustainability for opera production through the Opera Guild Endowment Fund. Gifts to this fund are pooled together and invested to provide payout annually. The Opera Company relies on this critical support each year in developing their budget. 

Opera represents a vital piece of the unique Chautauqua mix. Because these are difficult financial times, we need you to help protect and elevate opera’s place within the mix. What better place could there be to show your support and enthusiasm for this wonderful art form? Help us continue a great legacy of the past 94 years. 

TO JOIN the Guild or make an additional donation, visit giving.chq.org/opera-guild/ or mail a check payable to Chautauqua Opera Guild to Chautauqua Opera Guild Membership, PO Box 61, Chautauqua, NY 14722-0061. In the memo section, please indicate if your gift is for membership or a donation. Please list your contact information such as email address and/or phone number.   Membership starts at $50.00. A gift of any amount will be most welcome. 

If you would like to support endowment, please mail a check payable to Chautauqua Foundation, Office of Advancement, PO Box 28, Chautauqua, NY 14722 and indicate in the memo section the gift is designated to the Opera Guild Endowment Fund.