Opera on the James: By Numbers

July, 2006

Date of incorporation: July 2005

Date of 501(c)(3) approval by the IRS: December 2005

Federal Employer ID Number: 56-2521625

Contact information: Opera on the James Inc.
P.O. Box 35
Lynchburg, VA 24505
Tel: (434) 238-2222
Fax: (434) 384-0037
info@operaonthejames.org
www.OperaOnTheJames.org

Box office: (434) 846-8499 (Academy of Fine Arts)

Size of board: 24

Number of officers: 4

Number of committee chairs: 6

Ongoing paid staff: 1 (artistic director)

Auditorium productions in 2005-06: 2:
Three Terrrific Tenors: November 13, 2005
Pagliacci, April 7 & 9 2006

Total seats available for all three performances: 1,124

Seats sold for all three performances: 1,124

People involved in presenting Pagliacci: over 100

Ticket prices in 2005-06: $12 students, $25 general admission, $40/45 reserved, $50/55 patron reserved

Living-room productions 2005-06: 5:
Announcement of First Season: 3 presentations, with musical highlights
(Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Lexington; audiences of 35, 25, and 35)
Preview of Met Broadcast Season (Lynchburg; audience of 22)
Introduction to Pagliacci (Farmville; audience of 35)

Collaborating/assisting organizations in 2005-06: 23
Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra, Lynchburg Academy of Gymastics & Power Tumbling, Academy of Fine Arts, Virginia School of the Arts, Randolph Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg College, First Christian Church, Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg City Schools, Givens Books, Academy Café, Holiday Inn Select, Paramount Theater, Greater Lynchburg Transit Company, Theater Development Fund Costume Collection, Guthrie Theater Costume Rentals, Hampden-Sydney Music Festival, Ash Lawn Opera, The Design Group, Lynch’s Landing, Main Street Eatery, Meriwether’s Market Restaurant, Dante Aligheri Society

Auditorium productions in 2006-07: 3:
Cosi Fan Tutte, October 27, 29, 30,Academy of Fine Arts
Tribute to Marian Anderson, February 25, Virginia University of Lynchburg
Tragedy of Carmen, April 19-22, Academy of Fine Arts

Total seats available for all eight performances: 3,250
(350 seats x 7 performances in the AFA; 800 seats in 1 performance at VUL)

Listing in The News & Advance’s “101 Things to Do in Central Virginia:” No. 35

Grants awarded for support for 2006-07 season to date: 2
Greater Lynchburg Community Trust, in support of the full season
Virginia Commission for the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts, in support of Tribute to Marian Anderson

Individual donors in 2005-06: 85

Corporate ads in Pagliacci program: 25

2005-06 Expenses: $76,325

2006-07 Budget:$187,500