Opera Company of Philadelphia and Hancock Shaker Village employ business principles and practices to survive and thrive

Sector Leaders Investments initiative supports “game-changing” efforts to protect and advance the missions of arts and cultural organizations.Troy, Mich. –  American popular culture may be much more attuned to Oprah than opera, but that's not stopping the Opera Company of Philadelphia . Determined to expand its audience beyond the opera house, the Company started staging Pop-Up Opera  – public flash mob performances that immerse an unsuspecting public in music and story. They've given Philadelphia “Brindisi” and “Toreador” in Reading