Opera Ithaca has announced it is pausing productions due to funding.

The company took to social media and said, “This isn’t easy to share: Opera Ithaca is pausing productions while we navigate significant delays in state grant funding. We’re deeply grateful for this community and everyone who has lifted us up for more than a decade.”

Opera Ithaca was founded in 2014 and launched with a production of Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle.” Since then, They have produced productions of “Don Giovanni,” “Die Fledermaus,” “The Abduction from the Seraglio,” “Thumbprint,” “Cenerentola,” “Hamlet,” “Song from the Uproar,” and the world premieres of Bonnie Montgomery’s “Billy Blythe” and “We Wear the Sea Like a Coat.”

The company has also been committed to educating the singers of tomorrow with its Apprentice Artist Program. 

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