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← LOS ANGELES OPERA COMPANY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LOS ANGELES OPERA COMPANY.

Totals

Total revenue
$46,611,716
Total expenses
$51,141,852
Contributions and grants received
$28,623,328
Grants paid
$75,000
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$41,577,846
Management and general expenses
$5,093,404
Fundraising expenses
$4,470,602
Program service expenses (Part III)
$41,577,846

Program services were 81.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • CHRISTOPHER G KOELSCH

    EX. OFFICIO DIR., PRES. & CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,239,626
    From this org
    $1,181,099
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,527
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $691,099
    Bonus
    $490,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $48,142
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,385
    Filer's total
    $1,239,626

  • JAMES CONLON

    EX. OFFICIO DIR., MUSIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    not reported

  • MARC I STERN

    HONORARY CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • KEITH R LEONARD

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • CAROL F HENRY

    CHAIRMAN, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BERNARD A GREENBERG

    VICE CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LESLIE A DORMAN

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ROBERT RONUS

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • EUGENE P STEIN

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MARILYN ZIERING

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • REGINA WEINGARTEN

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • PENELOPE FOLEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • PAUL D TOSETTI

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MR AHSAN AIJAZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PATRICIA N ARTIGAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES R ASPERGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HAIG S BAGERDJIAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • FRANK BAXTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PAUL BLOCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LISA BRATKOVICH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR IMAN H BRIVANLOU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MR BRIAN BROOKS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BARBARA BURTIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARLENE CHAVEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JANET CIRIELLO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALICIA CLARK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT T COOK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALICE COULOMBE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALEXIS DEUTSCH-ADLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATHLEEN K EBERHARDT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MRS CHAZ EBERT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GEOFF EMERY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR ANNETTE ERMSHAR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DON E FRANZEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR MICHAEL A FRIEDMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALEXANDER FURLOTTI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JUAN CARLOS GONZALEZ

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • THOMAS GOTTSCHALK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DIANE GRAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MONICA GUTIERREZ-ROPER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CORNELIA HAAG-MOLKENTELLERPHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NICOLAS HAMATAKE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARY HAYLEY

    DIRECTOR (THRU 5/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CATHERINE H HELM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WILLIAM CHASE HODGE-BROKENBURR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOAN HOTCHKIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RIAN JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 03/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TIM C JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MS JANET C JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICHARD JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MONIQUE KAGAN

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAWRENCE A KERN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • THOMAS F KRANZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHERRY LANSING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SCOTT R LORD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NORA MANELLA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CLAUDE MANN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER MCCORMICK

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PATTY MCKENNA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES MULALLY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GARY MURPHY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GREGORY NAVA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR LESLIE A PAM PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LINDA PASCOTTO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANDREA PESSINO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LINDA PIERCE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HAROLD B RAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • COURTNEY REUM

    DIRECTOR (THRU 09/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BARRY A SANDERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LIONEL SAUVAGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LORRAINE SAUNDERS

    DIRECTOR (THRU 02/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HEINRICH SCHELBERT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • R CARLTON SEAVER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LISA SEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TINA SEGEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOAN SEIDEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LINDA SHAHEEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARILYN SHAPIRO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARVIN SHAPIRO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSAN SHAPIRO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERIC L SMALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR VINA SPIEHLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TERRY STANFILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MRS JANET STANFORD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHIRLEY STARKE-WALLACE

    DIRECTOR (THRU 04/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEANIE STEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR ELLEN G STRAUSS PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MIMI TECHENTIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BARBARA AUGUSTA TEICHERT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICHARD TROOP

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRIGITTA B TROY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GILLIAN WAGNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRIS WALKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GEOFFREY P WHARTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALYCE WILLIAMSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANDREW XU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ZEV YAROSLAVSKY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ELLEN ZETCHER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOAKIM ZETTERBERG

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANN ZIFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATHLEEN A RUIZ

    VP, CFO

    Total calculated
    $339,634
    From this org
    $279,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,934
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $279,700
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $37,088
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,846
    Filer's total
    $339,634

  • JILL K BOYD

    VP, HR & LABOR RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $248,571
    From this org
    $236,733
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,838
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $236,733
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,838
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $248,571

  • JOHN P NUCKOLS

    EVP, CHIEF STRATEGIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $566,955
    From this org
    $529,441
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,514
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $385,691
    Bonus
    $143,750
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $37,514
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $566,955

  • TEHVON D FOWLER-CHAPMAN

    VP, LA OPERA CONNECTS (THRU 02/24)

    Total calculated
    $207,165
    From this org
    $189,735
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,430
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,735
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,620
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,810
    Filer's total
    $207,165

  • ANDREA FUENTES

    VP, LA OPERA CONNECTS (AS OF 02/24)

    Total calculated
    $126,746
    From this org
    $117,936
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,810
    Hours/week
    40

  • DIANE RHODES BERGMAN

    VP, MARKETING, COMM & TECH SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $294,405
    From this org
    $244,018
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,387
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $244,018
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $41,577
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,810
    Filer's total
    $294,405

  • RUPERT H F HEMMINGS

    VP, ARTISTIC PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $355,155
    From this org
    $313,758
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,397
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $313,758
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,288
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,109
    Filer's total
    $355,155

  • PATRICIA C MCLEOD

    SR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $239,595
    From this org
    $209,379
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,216
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,379
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,834
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,382
    Filer's total
    $239,595

  • CHUL PARK

    SR DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $219,442
    From this org
    $195,345
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,097
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,345
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,924
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,173
    Filer's total
    $219,442

  • KELLY TRAVIS

    OPERA HEAD VIDEO

    Total calculated
    $178,677
    From this org
    $178,677
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,677
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $178,677

  • SCOTT SHEPHERD

    STAGEHANDS CARPENTER

    Total calculated
    $168,880
    From this org
    $168,880
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,880
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $168,880

  • ROBERT C KLEIN

    STAGEHANDS OPERA HEAD

    Total calculated
    $163,752
    From this org
    $163,752
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,752
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $163,752

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THROUGH ITS CONTRACT WITH AMADEUS MUSIC PRODUCTIONS, JAMES CONLON IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE HOUSING BENEFITS AND MAY USE FIRST CLASS TRAVEL.
PART I, LINE 7:
NONFIXED PAYMENTS TWO INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED A DISCRETIONARY, NON-FIXED PAYMENT. THESE AMOUNTS ARE REPORTED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B). THE OFFICER'S REPORTED COMPENSATION INCLUDES A BONUS OF $180,000 RELATED TO SERVICES PERFORMED IN CALENDAR YEAR 2022; VESTING TOOK PLACE IN 2022 AND PAYMENT TOOK PLACE IN 2023.
FORM 990, PART VII, SEC. A, LINE 5
PAYMENTS FOR MUSIC DIRECTOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY JAMES CONLON WERE MADE TO THE AMADEUS MUSIC PRODUCTION CORP (A COMPANY UNRELATED TO LA OPERA). JAMES CONLON RECEIVED $730,817 IN COMPENSATION FOR HIS SERVICES.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
3 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530979349301913

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