2012-05-14T13:48:23-05:00 2011-06-30 EISNERAMPER LLP 750 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK NY 100172703 990 2010-07-01 132974347 New York City Opera Inc NEWY 6467589441 75 Broad Street NEW YORK NY 10004 ANDREA SCALA NELLIS 2012-05-04 2010 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z X GEORGE STEEL 75 BROAD STREET NEW YORK NY 10004 31104678 false X WWW.NYCOPERA.COM X 1978 NY TO INSPIRE AUDIENCES WITH INNOVATIVE AND THEATRICALLY COMPELLING OPERA 33 33 541 239 0 13928740 17039960 8514077 7518950 263075 169341 469910 353937 23175802 25082188 0 0 0 0 20072419 19646581 77605 46291 1684523 10649907 10645946 30799931 30338818 -7624129 -5256630 17633068 11673581 7978961 5772061 9654107 5901520 X CITY OPERA'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AUDIENCES WITH INNOVATIVE AND THEATRICALLY COMPELLING OPERA, TO NURTURE THE WORK OF PROMISING AMERICAN ARTISTS, AND TO BUILD NEW AUDIENCES THROUGH AFFORDABLE TICKET PRICES AND EXTENSIVE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. true false 711130 23237696 7404713 Mainstage Productions - New York City Opera's 2010-2011 season brought nearly 38,500 opera lovers of all ages to the newly renovated David H. Koch Theater for 36 performances of five productions. The Fall Season ran from October 27-November 20, 2011 and featured the New York premiere of Leonard Bernstein's A Quiet Place in a new production by Christopher Alden, and a revival of Richard Strauss' comic opus Intermezzo. The Spring Season ran from March 22 to May 21, 2011 and featured a revival of Sir Jonathan Miller's production of Gaetano Donizetti's beloved The Elixir of Love, a new production of three one-act operas for soprano entitled Monodramas, that featured the world stage premiere of John Zorn's La Machine de l'tre, Arnold Schoenberg's Erwartung, and the long-overdue American stage premiere of Morton Feldman's Neither, and the New York premiere of Stephen Schwartz's Sance on a Wet Afternoon. 711130 431733 13284 VOX: Contemporary American Lab - In addition to our main stage and concert offerings, NYC Opera continued the groundbreaking VOX Contemporary American Opera Lab, playing to capacity crowds of more than 1,000 over two days at NYU's Skirball Center and the trendy West Village Le Poisson Rouge. Dubbed by The New York Times as an "invaluable contribution to the city's cultural life and the future of American opera" and the only program of its kind in the nation, VOX addresses a critical need by giving composers and librettists an invaluable opportunity to receive coaching from New York City Opera artistic staff and to hear their works-in-progress performed by full orchestra and outstanding professional singers. More than 40 VOX operas have gone on to full productions at the opera houses across the country, including the Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Washington National Opera, and Santa Fe Opera. Notably, two of the 2010-2011 season's main stage offerings were presented at VOX: John Zorn's La Machine de l'tre in 2007 and Stephen Schwartz's Sance on a Wet Afternoon in 2009, illustrating NYC Opera's success with this cornerstone program. From more than 100 submissions-a record for the festival-10 operas received readings in excerpt on May 14 and 15, 2011. VOX 2011 featured opera excerpts by up-and-coming composers Dag Gabrielsen, Andrew Gerle, Allan Jaffe, Hannah Lash, David T. Little, Jeff Myers, Paola Prestini, Huang Ruo, Arlene Sierra, and Yoav Gal. With works that encompassed traditional operatic archetypes, reinterpreted fairy tales, comedic and psychological portraits, and the inclusion of non-traditional folk, electronic, and urban mediums, VOX continued to push the boundaries of contemporary opera. 711130 333392 100595 New York City Opera's Education programs - New York City Opera's education programs reached 5,000 students from 36 elementary, middle, and high schools across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Long Island, New Jersey, and Westchester. Through the "Opera Is Elementary" program, students in grades 2-5 are introduced to the world of opera through engaging, "age-appropriate works," supported by intensive teacher training and multiple in-school workshops by City Opera Teaching Artists, culminating in a live performance of the opera with orchestra. In the 2010-2011 school year, the students studied Oliver Knussen's Where the Wild Things Are. Each participating school submitted a collage illustrating the Sendak classic, which was animated and projected as the opera's scenery, drawing the students directly into the creative process. New York City Opera's eleven-year partnership with West Side Collaborative Middle School integrates arts-based learning into the curriculum of the entire school with an interdisciplinary approach. Each year, 6th graders participate in an intensive study of music and performance-building skills. The next year, as 7th graders, they produce original musical and dramatic scenes; and by the 8th grade, they work with City Opera performers, directors, and stage designers to create a 30-minute original opera, which they then perform for their school and community. In the 2010-2011 season, 6th and 7th grade students completed a study of the life and many works of quintessential American composer, Leonard Bernstein. As part of their study they attended a concert-Lucky to Be Me: The Vocal Music of Leonard Bernstein. All students in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades studied and attended Gaetano Donizetti's The Elixir of Love. New York City Opera's High School Partnerships are semester-long, multi-visit collaborations that enable classroom teachers to introduce political, economic, and social history into their curricula through intensive study of select operas. These partnerships are tailored to meet the needs of each high school, focused on the interest of each school. In 2010-2011, NYC Opera completed residencies at the Repertory High School for the Performing Arts, the High School of Economics and Finance, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. High School of the Arts and Technology. In the "Opera is Instrumental" and High School Vocal Seminar programs, 75 high school-age instrumentalists and vocalists received intensive coaching from New York City Opera's musical and dramatic staff. 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EARNINGS GENERATED BY THE GENERAL ENDOWMNET FUNDS ARE INTENDED TO HELP OFFSET BASIC ARTISTIC AND PRODUCTION COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PRODUCING OPERA. DESIGNATED OR RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE INTENDED TO HELP FUND SPECIFIC PROGRAMS , SUCH AS VOX AND CITY OPERA EDUCATION, OR TO SUPPORT SPECIFIC ARTIST INITIATIVES, SUCH AS SECIAL FUNDS FOR VISITING ARTISTS OR THE CREATION OF ARTIST AWARDS. PART XII LINE 2D SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES NETTED AGAINST REVENUE PER TAX RETURN ARE INCLUDED IN EXPENSES PER AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF $553,012. COSTS OF GOODS SOLD, NETTED AGAINST REVENUE PER TAX RETURN ARE INCLUDED IN EXPENSES PER AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF $152,876. POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS - RELATED CHANGES OF $1,426,082 OTHER THAN PERIODIC COSTS NOT REFLECTED IN EXPENSES FOR TAX PURPOSES. PART XIII LINE 2D SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES, NETTED AGAINST REVENUE PER TAX RETURN, INCLUDED IN EXPENSES PER AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF $553,012. COSTS OF GOODS SOLD, NETTED AGAINST REVENUE PER TAX RETURN, INCLUDED IN EXPENSES PER AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF $152,876. FIN 48 DISCLOSURE PART X, LINE 2 CITY OPERA IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD'S ACCOUNTING STANDARDS CODIFICATION ("ASC") 740-10-05 RELATING TO ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES. DUE TO CITY OPERA'S GENERAL TAX-EXEMPT STATUS,ASC 740-10-05 HAS NOT HAD, AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE A MATERIAL IMPACT ON CITY OPERA'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 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DIRECTORS CHARLES PETSCHEK AND MICHAEL GELLERT ARE DISTANT COUSINS. DIRECTOR JAMES MARLAS IS THE PRIMARY SHAREHOLDER OF SANDY ALEXANDER, INC., A PRINTING COMPANY THAT PROVIDES IN-KIND PRINTING SERVICES TO THE ORGANIZATION. BYLAWS FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 IN FISCAL YEAR 2011,THE FOLLOWING CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE BYLAWS OF NEW YORK CITY OPERA, INC,: THE CITY CENTER OF MUSIC AND DRAMA, INC. WAS REMOVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF THE CORPORATION, AND IT WAS DECREED THAT THE CORPORATION SHALL NOT HAVE MEMBERS; THE TITLES AND ROLES OF THE OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND SECRETARY - WERE TRANSFERRED TO COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES OF THE CORPORATION, HAVING PREVIOUSLY BEEN HELD BY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS; AND THE POSITION OF HONORARY DIRECTOR WAS REMOVED. REVIEW OF FORM 990 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY MANAGEMENT BEFORE DISTRIBUTION TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. UPON APPROVAL BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, THE FORM 990 IS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT WHICH TIME EACH MEMBER IS REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE PROCEDURE AND SIGN THE ATTACHED CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT IN WHICH THEY MUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND SET FORTH ANY EXCEPTIONS TO THE POLICY. THE POLICY AND ACKNOWLEDGED CONFLICTS ARE REGULARLY AND CONSISTENTLY MONITORED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE WILL BRING TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION ANY MATTERS THAT ARISE FROM THESE ACTIVITES. COMPENSATION PRACTICES FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A COMPENSATION OF THE GENERAL MANAGER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR IS DETERMINED, REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY A BOARD-DESIGNATED COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF VOTING BOARD MEMBERS WHO DO NOT POSSESS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO THE EMPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENT. COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BASED ON CONSIDERATION OF COMPARATIVE DATA FROM SIMILARLY STRUCTURED ORGANIZATIONS AND BUDGETARY ANALYSIS. THE COMMITTEE PROVIDES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. COMPENSATION PRACTICES FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15B COMPENSATION FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES IS DETERMINED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BASED ON CONSIDERATION OF COMPARATIVE DATA FROM SIMILARLY STRUCTURED ORGANIZATIONS AND BUDGETARY ANALYSIS. FORM 8868 EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE FOR AN EXEMPT CORPORATION CITY OPERA'S APPLICATIONS FOR EXTENSIONS OF TIME TO FILE FOR AN EXEMPT ORGANZATION, FORMS 8868, WERE PAPER FILED. IRS FILINGS AND TAX COMPLIANCE PART V, LINE 2A FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2011 THE EMPLOYEES OF NEW YORK CITY OPERA, INC. ("CITY OPERA")WERE REPORTED AND PAID UNDER THE EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF CITY CENTER MUSIC AND DRAMA ("CCMD"). CCMD ADMINISTERED THE PAYROLL PROCESS ON CITY OPERA'S BEHALF AND CITY OPERA REIMBURSED CCMD FOR ALL COMPENSATION PAID. COMPENSATED OFFICERS, KEY EMPLOYEES AND HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED ON SCHEDULE J FOR REPORTING PURPOSES. CCMD ALSO PROVIDED SERVICES TO CITY OPERA IN CONNECTION WITH ITS OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE DAVID H. KOCH THEATER AND OTHER ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES PROVIDED TO CITY OPERA UNDER A MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE AGREEMENT. CITY OPERA HAD A COMMON PAY MASTER WITH CCMD. THE RELATIONSHIP WAS TERMINATED ON SEPTEMBER 3OTH. PUBLIC INSPECTION FORM 990 PART VI, SECTION C LINE 19 THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, FORM 990 AND FORM 1023 ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. RECONCILIATION OF NET ASSETS FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 5 OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS: CHANGE IN POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS $ 1,426,082 UNREALIZED GAINS/LOSS 77,961 ------------- $ 1,504,043 ============= SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM SERVICES PART III, LINE 2 The 2010-2011 season marked the launch of a new concert series that showcased the diverse music of the season's composers. Guests at the Fall Gala enjoyed An Evening with Christine Brewer, starring one of America's foremost Wagnerian sopranos, singing excerpts from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, Puccini's Turandot, and popular American songs by Arlen, Gershwin, and Kern. Fall concert-goers also enjoyed two nights of music at Lucky to Be Me: the Vocal Music of Leonard Bernstein. Featuring Broadway favorites like Victoria Clark, Donna Murphy, Cheyenne Jackson, and Michael Cerveris, the concert featured selections from the Kaddish Symphony, Mass, Songfest, Wonderful Town, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, On the Town, and West Side Story, among others. Additionally, Late Night with LB-two cabaret performances of Bernstein's work-took place at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse. In the spring, the concert series continued with The Musical Worlds of John Zorn, featuring the experimental music master with avant-garde innovators including Marc Ribot, Dave Douglas, Uri Caine, and Sylvie Courvoisier. Spring Gala guests were entertained by "Defying Gravity": The Music of Stephen Schwartz, a salute to the composer sung by Anne Hampton Calloway, Kristin Chenoweth, Raul Esparza, Lauren Flanigan, and Victor Garber. To close the 2011-2012 season, NYC Opera presented the free concert Rufus Wainwright Goes to the Opera! at the World Financial Center's Winter Garden during the River to River Festival on June 28, 2010 for an audience of more than 2,500. All totaled, New York City Opera's new concert series served an audience of more than 13,000.