Opera Orlando has been selected as one of 10 finalists for the 2027 Victory Cup Initiative.

Now in its 12th year, the Victory Cup Initiative supports nonprofit organizations across Central Florida. The funding Opera Orlando has requested would expand “Operalogie,” the company’s education and artist-development program that includes the Opera Orlando Youth Company, SINGS!, LAUNCH, the Apprentice and Studio Artist programs and the Florida District of the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. The programs offer education, mentorship, performance opportunities and professional training for singers ages 8 through adulthood.

Opera Orlando joins such finalists as Boys Town Central Florida, CrossTown Ministries, East Coast Zoological Foundation, HOPE Helps, Mead Botanical Garden, Orlando Center for Justice, Osceola Council on Aging, The Kitchen House and Who We Play For.

The finalists were selected from a field of 186 nonprofit applicants across Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Brevard counties after passing compliance review and evaluation by 271 Central Florida judges.

Opera Orlando will present alongside the other finalists at the 12th annual Victory Cup Story Showcase Breakfast on Feb. 23, 2027, at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.