Opera Boston was an opera company in Boston, Massachusetts. It specialized in innovative repertoire and rarely heard works, along with opera education and outreach programs designed to bring opera education to children both in schools and after-school programs throughout the Boston area.
After eight years, it was announced on 23 December 2011 that Opera Boston would cease operations on 1 January 2012. Board chairman Winifred Gray and president Gregory Bulger cited "an insurmountable budget deficit" as the reason.
Its home base was the Cutler Majestic Theatre, a 1903 Beaux-Arts opera house designed by architect John Galen Howard.
In addition to its regular season the company mounted an Opera Unlimited Festival which presented 20th and 21st century chamber opera in an outdoor setting, free of charge. The Festival also commissioned new works.
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