Founded: 1984

Opera San José is a professional, regional opera company that is unique in the United States. Maintaining a resident company of principal artists, this company specializes in showcasing the finest young professional singers in the nation. In addition to mainstage performances, Opera San José maintains extensive educational programs in schools and in the community at large, and offers Previews lectures and Introduction to Opera talks for all mainstage productions. In its twenty-three year history, the company has never run a deficit, and recently received its second consecutive Four-Star rating from Charity Navigator.