The Friends and Supporters at FEDORA

Our association was founded by Hans-Dietrich Genscher and Daniel Barenboim in order to support the Staatsoper’s artistic development nationally and internationally and thus contribute to international understanding. With respect to this idea, our association in October 2015 became a member of FEDORA, the European circle of philanthropists of Opera and Ballet.

We are happy about one further step of our association on its way to an international network and about the new contacts to other Friends’ associations of outstanding European opera houses and we are looking forward to common projects.

We cordially thank Christian Freiherr von Weber, member of our board of curators, who enables the FEDORA-membership by his generous donation and represents our association.

Our members of the status »Donor« and »Patron«can benefit from the additional events offered by FEDORA.

About FEDORA

FEDORA was created in Paris early in 2014 as a European network of private philanthropy with the purpose of contributing to the future of opera and ballet and hereby promoting the European idea. By means of an annual prize-giving, international new opera productions and emerging artists are supported. FEDORA currently federates over 40 organizational members of outstanding European Opera Houses in 13 countries and increases steadily. Jérôme-François Zieseniss, president of the Circolo La Fenice in Venice, is FEDORA’s president.

In order to promote international exchange, the involved houses host extraordinary events and meetings around excellent opera performances for members of FEDORA. Also at the annual prize giving ceremony, interesting contacts with the international guests can be established.

Since 2017, FEDORA has been building a platform – funded by Creative Europe – to make innovative and border-crossing projects in the spheres of opera and ballet more visible.

Press release

Click here for more information about the platform