Reimagining opera to create intimate, site-specific productions for
contemporary audiences and singers.
Breaking Glass Arts presents operas in English in unique venues, and designs productions to be immersive and participatory experiences. In doing this, we aim to attract new audiences to opera and offer exciting opportunities to local singers. We focus on under-performed and American works, particularly those which tackle social issues.
Women owned, operated, and focused.
BGA is a women owned and operated company, with all of our permanent staff being female. To better reflect the singer population, BGA is committed to keeping our total singers cast each season at 50% female or greater. We plan to meet this goal by focusing works which have more female characters, and changing the sex of some roles. Women have a huge disadvantage in the opera world, with fewer roles available and far more competition.
Some statistics:
- Of Opera America's list of the top ten operas produced in North America, only 38% of the roles are for women.
- At BGA's first season auditions, 86% of the singers were women.
- Of Opera on Tap Colorado's singer roster, 72% are women. (Opera on Tap accepts singers on merit only.)