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By Janos Gereben
FOUNDED 1980 by Richard Goodman PRODUCTIONS/PERFORMANCES PER SEASON Three/12 MAIN VENUE Julia Morgan Theater, Berkeley, 320 seats, 85 percent average attendance ANNUAL BUDGET $216,881 expenditure in fiscal 2005 $216,961 revenue, 40 percent from ticket sales No endowment, but there is a campaign on to match a $100,000 challenge grant. LEADERSHIP Jonathan Khuner, music director since 1984; artistic director since 1994 BOARD PRESIDENT Dale Robards STAFF/VOLUNTEERS Small number of part-time contractors/about 50, including board members
FOUNDED 2001 by Thomas Busse PRODUCTIONS/PERFORMANCES PER SEASON Two/four MAIN VENUE San Francisco JCC, 500 seats, 50 percent average attendance ANNUAL BUDGET $30,000 budget, no endowment LEADERSHIP Thomas Busse, music director BOARD PRESIDENT Dan Stanley STAFF/VOLUNTEERS No paid staff/20
FOUNDED 1991 by Ted Weis PRODUCTIONS/PERFORMANCES PER SEASON Two/four MAIN VENUE Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, 785 seats ANNUAL BUDGET $750,000 budget, 40 percent of income from ticket sales, no endowment LEADERSHIP Michael Morgan, artistic director BOARD PRESIDENT Roberta Emerson STAFF/VOLUNTEERS Two/30
FOUNDED 1952 by Orva Hoskinson and Ann Pool MacNab PRODUCTIONS/PERFORMANCES PER SEASON Four/30 MAIN VENUES Yerba Buena Center Theater, 720 seats, 60 percent average attendance Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, 750 seats, 80 percent average attendance ANNUAL BUDGET $750,000 expenditure in fiscal 2005 $750,000 revenue, 45 percent from ticket sales, no endowment LEADERSHIP Barbara Heroux, artistic director; Baker Peeples, resident music director BOARD PRESIDENT John Vlahos STAFF/VOLUNTEERS One full-time, two part-time/200
FOUNDED 1992 by Raquel and Doug Holt PRODUCTIONS/PERFORMANCES PER SEASON Two/eight, plus two fund-raising concerts MAIN VENUE Livermore Performing Arts Theater, 420 seats, 75 percent average attendance ANNUAL BUDGET $110,000 expenditure in fiscal 2005 $110,000 revenue, 40 percent from ticket sales, no endowment LEADERSHIP Different music director for each production; currently Alexander Katsman BOARD PRESIDENT Lynne Freeman STAFF/VOLUNTEERS No paid staff/30
FOUNDED 1889 by Walter Bartlett, revived in 2002 by Maria Billingsley PRODUCTIONS/PERFORMANCES PER SEASON Five/10 MAIN VENUE Masonic Hall, Martinez, 150 seats Telfer Hall, Martinez, 200 seats Alhambra Performing Arts Center, Martinez, 350 seats ANNUAL BUDGET $105,00 expenditure in fiscal 2005 $108,000 revenue, 15 percent from ticket sales, no endowment LEADERSHIP Maria Billingsley, executive director; Cesare Curzi, music director BOARD PRESIDENT Ana Billingsley STAFF/VOLUNTEERS One/30
FOUNDED 1987 by Constance Lisec PRODUCTIONS/PERFORMANCES PER SEASON Three/24 MAIN VENUE Fairfield Center for Creative Arts, 375 seats ANNUAL BUDGET $75,918 expenditure in fiscal 2005 $67,815 in revenue, 34 percent from ticket sales, no endowment LEADERSHIP Constance Lisec, general director; Philip Kuttner, music director BOARD PRESIDENT Anita Flueck STAFF/VOLUNTEERS One/75
FOUNDED 1989 by Thomas Dean and Sheldon Norberg, reconstructed in 1998 by Thomas Dean and Lori Zook. (The original Oakland Opera Company, founded by Alice Taylor, was active in the 1970s and 1980s.) PRODUCTIONS/PERFORMANCES PER SEASON Three/24 MAIN VENUE Oakland Metro, 134 seats, 90 percent average attendance ANNUAL BUDGET $296,435 expenditure $290,056 revenue, 24 percent from ticket sales, no endowment LEADERSHIP Thomas Dean, artistic director; Deirdre McClure, music director BOARD PRESIDENT Thomas Dean STAFF/VOLUNTEERS Five part-time/45
FOUNDED 1984 by Irene Dalis PRODUCTIONS/PERFORMANCES PER SEASON Four/32 MAIN VENUE California Theatre, San Jose, 1,100 seats, 90 percent average attendance ANNUAL BUDGET $3,925,563 expenditure in fiscal 2005 $4,823,897 revenue, 46 percent from ticket sales, $313,063 endowment LEADERSHIP Irene Dalis, general director; David Rohrbaugh, music director BOARD PRESIDENT Joe Pon STAFF/VOLUNTEERS 23/60
FOUNDED 1977 by Donald Pippin PRODUCTIONS/PERFORMANCES PER SEASON Six/27 MAIN VENUE Legion of Honor, 320 seats, 78 percent average attendance ANNUAL BUDGET $223,909 expenditure in fiscal 2005 $332,410 revenue, 30 percent from tickets, no endowment LEADERSHIP Donald Pippin, artistic director BOARD PRESIDENTS Isabella Horton Grant and Charles Lafollette STAFF/VOLUNTEERS Two full-time, three part-time/80, including board members
FOUNDED 1996, reorganized in 2002 PRODUCTIONS/PERFORMANCES PER SEASON Four/16 MAIN VENUE Florence Gould Theater, Legion of Honor, 320 seats, 100 percent average attendance ANNUAL BUDGET $206,000 expenditure in fiscal 2005 $250,205 revenue, 36 percent from ticket sales, no endowment LEADERSHIP Barnaby Palmer, music director BOARD PRESIDENT David Rockman STAFF/VOLUNTEERS No paid staff/10
FOUNDED 1923 by Gaetano Merola PRODUCTIONS/PERFORMANCES PER SEASON Nine/72 MAIN VENUE War Memorial Opera House, 3,146 seats, 82 percent average attendance ANNUAL BUDGET $57,787,273 expenditure in fiscal 2005 $57,580,454 revenue, 34 percent from ticket sales, $68,406,658 endowment LEADERSHIP David Gockley, general manager; Donald Runnicles, music director BOARD PRESIDENT Karl O. Mills STAFF/VOLUNTEERS 90/646
FOUNDED 1956 by Henry and Maria Holt PRODUCTIONS/PERFORMANCES PER SEASON Three/16 MAIN VENUE Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto, 420 seats, 78 percent average attendance ANNUAL BUDGET $476,212 expenditure in fiscal 2005 $460,363 revenue, 42 percent from ticket sales, no endowment LEADERSHIP Position of general director is vacant; music directors alternate with production BOARD PRESIDENT Riva Bacon STAFF/VOLUNTEERS Four part-time/110
(Janos Gereben is a regular contributor to San Francisco Classical Voice. His e-mail address is janosg@gmail.com.)
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