IRCF Awards Vero Beach Opera $25,000

Founded in 1989, Vero Beach Opera strives to enrich the cultural lives of our community members and to support rising opera stars in their careers by producing professional opera productions, concerts and international vocal competitions of the highest quality which promote an increased awareness and deeper appreciation of opera to expanding and diverse audiences of all ages.

Striving towards sustainability, Vero Beach Opera established an endowment fund at Indian River Community Foundation in 2016 which has now surpassed $1M. Indian River Community Foundation recently awarded Vero Beach Opera $25,000 from the Community Enrichment Fund in recognition of the leadership and dedicated volunteer service of Román and Joan Ortega-Cowan.