Towards a Shared Operatic Future
Date: 24 April 2026
Venue: Wyndham Singapore Hotel, Singapore
Theme: Co-Productions, Talent, and New Audiences for a Changing Region
Format: Closed-door, invitation-only summit
The Opera Asia Inaugural Summit was convened in Singapore on 24 April 2026, bringing together opera leaders, educators, producers, artists, and cultural stakeholders for a focused day of dialogue, exchange, and strategic planning.
The Summit marked an important foundation-building moment for Opera Asia as a newly formed non-profit registered in Singapore, created to strengthen connection, collaboration, and visibility across the operatic ecosystem in Asia.
Purpose of the Summit
The closed-door Summit served as a platform to:
- Assess the current state of opera across Asia and the wider region
- Understand different national and organisational contexts
- Identify shared challenges and opportunities
- Encourage regional collaboration between opera institutions
- Explore future pathways for co-productions, touring, talent development, and audience growth
Key Discussion Areas
The Summit focused on:
- Co-productions and shared resources
Exploring shared productions, touring circuits, repertoire exchange, cost-sharing, and resource-sharing. - Talent development
Discussing regional training initiatives, young-artist exchanges, mentorship, opera studio models, and career pathways. - New audiences
Exploring storytelling, education, digital engagement, community outreach, and new ways of presenting opera. - Regional exchange
Encouraging stronger collaboration between companies, conservatories, artists, producers, and cultural partners. - International cultural relations
Positioning Asia as a growing voice in global opera creation, presentation, and exchange.