Welcome to the Living Opera Foundation
Five years ago, Norman and I asked ourselves a simple but urgent question: how can we create the culture we want to live in and invite others to join us?
That question grew out of a deeply personal period between 2016 and 2018, when Norman faced an intense battle with performance anxiety during a series of life-changing, high-profile debuts. Watching him navigate that experience made both of us confront a harder truth: even at the highest levels, the structures meant to support artists often fail them. Out of that realization came a principle that still guides every decision we make today: we make the impossible, possible.
From Spark to Action
What started as a conversation around the dinner table has evolved into a movement that spans continents. In five years, Living Opera has become both a production company and a foundation, a creative house producing original work in music, media, and live performance while supporting artists through education, research, and opportunity.
From the beginning, every initiative has embodied four tenets: service, purpose, story, and excellence. These are the cornerstones of what Living Opera builds, whether a masterclass, a recording, or a research project mapping the economics of culture.
A Collective Story
None of this happens alone. Living Opera is made possible by singers, musicians, designers, filmmakers, researchers, donors, and supporters who believe the arts can be both generous and self-sustaining.
It is a collective story written by many hands and guided by shared conviction.
Living Opera looks ahead with conviction, building the systems and stories that will shape the next generation of culture.