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← LOS ANGELES OPERA COMPANY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LOS ANGELES OPERA COMPANY.

Totals

Total revenue
$50,290,780
Total expenses
$46,819,143
Contributions and grants received
$32,260,976
Grants paid
$143,000
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$36,836,109
Management and general expenses
$4,775,230
Fundraising expenses
$5,207,804
Program service expenses (Part III)
$36,836,109

Program services were 78.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • 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

  • CHRISTOPHER G KOELSCH

    EX. OFFICIO DIR., PRES. & CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,001,078
    From this org
    $974,878
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,200
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $844,878
    Bonus
    $130,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,950
    Filer's total
    $1,001,078

  • 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

    LIFE TRUSTEE

    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

    LIFE TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT T COOK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALICE COULOMBE

    DIRECTOR (THRU 9/12/24)

    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

    LIFE TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR MICHAEL A FRIEDMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHAUDI FULP

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 12/11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALEXANDER FURLOTTI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JUAN CARLOS GONZALEZ

    DIRECTOR

    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

  • CATHERINE H HELM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WILLIAM CHASE HODGE-BROKENBURR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOAN HOTCHKIS

    LIFE TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RIAN JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    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

    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

    LIFE TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALI LEEMANN

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 9/17/24)

    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

  • LINDA MAY

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 12/11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CLAUDE MANN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PATTY MCKENNA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER MCCORMICK

    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

  • OLIVIA NEECE

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 12/11/24)

    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

  • BARRY A SANDERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LIONEL SAUVAGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HEINRICH SCHELBERT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHARLOTTE SCHOENMANN

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 3/18/25)

    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

    LIFE TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MRS JANET STANFORD

    DIRECTOR

    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

    LIFE TRUSTEE

    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

    LIFE TRUSTEE

    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

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANN ZIFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN P NUCKOLS

    EVP, CHIEF STRATEGIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $510,904
    From this org
    $496,469
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,435
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $452,719
    Bonus
    $43,750
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,435
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $510,904

  • RUPERT H F HEMMINGS

    VP, ARTISTIC PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $353,249
    From this org
    $320,961
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,288
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $320,961
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,874
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,414
    Filer's total
    $353,249

  • KATHLEEN A RUIZ

    VP, CFO

    Total calculated
    $361,669
    From this org
    $303,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,765
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $303,904
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $45,190
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,575
    Filer's total
    $361,669

  • DIANE RHODES BERGMAN

    VP, MARKETING, COMM & TECH SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $314,835
    From this org
    $263,814
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,021
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $263,814
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $42,998
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,023
    Filer's total
    $314,835

  • JILL K BOYD

    VP, HR & LABOR RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $263,089
    From this org
    $251,028
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,061
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,028
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,061
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $263,089

  • ANDREA FUENTES

    VP, LA OPERA CONNECTS

    Total calculated
    $188,725
    From this org
    $179,775
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,950
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,775
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,950
    Filer's total
    $188,725

  • PATRICIA C MCLEOD

    SR DIRECTOR OF DEVT. (THRU 11/4/24)

    Total calculated
    $247,125
    From this org
    $230,948
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,177
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,948
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,324
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,853
    Filer's total
    $247,125

  • CHUL PARK

    SR DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $222,029
    From this org
    $204,137
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,892
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,137
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,362
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,530
    Filer's total
    $222,029

  • PAUL HOPPER

    SR DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $206,010
    From this org
    $196,577
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,433
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,577
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,433
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $206,010

  • KELLY TRAVIS

    STAGEHANDS - AUDIO CREW

    Total calculated
    $167,282
    From this org
    $167,282
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,282
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $167,282

  • JEFFREY KLEEMAN

    TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $176,423
    From this org
    $162,513
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,910
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,513
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,802
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,108
    Filer's total
    $176,423

  • TEHVON D FOWLER-CHAPMAN

    FORMER VP, LA OPERA CONNECTS

    Total calculated
    $112,768
    From this org
    $111,203
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,565
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $31,203
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $80,000
    Deferred
    $1,565
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $112,768

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
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 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 4A
TEHVON FOWLER-CHAPMAN RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $80,000.
PART I, LINE 7:
NONFIXED PAYMENTS TWO EXECUTIVE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED A DISCRETIONARY, NON-FIXED PAYMENT. THESE AMOUNTS ARE REPORTED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B).
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 $732,783 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
2024
Filed
23 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620619349301227

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