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Causes: Philanthropy, Private Operating Foundations
Programs: Preservation and promotion of operetta heritage. Maintains a continually expanding library containing america's largest collection of operetta related material - books, scores, sheet music, programs, posters, and other ephemera. Provides research and performance materials to opera and operetta companies, authors, newspapers, radio, performers, and publishers. Produces cds and dvds to enable continued distribution of operetta music and produces live events to showcase rarely performed and all but forgotten music from operettas and early musical comedies. Sponsors a los angeles area group, friends of operetta, whose mission is to entertain, educate, and provide opportunities to share operetta and musical theater.