Innovating Sustainability in Opera for Longevity in Dynamic Environments - Climate Intervention, Opera, and Sustainable Business Model Innovation
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2025-07-15
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Climate change has become an unavoidable conversation within the business of opera,
particularly as simultaneous conversations position Earth’s environment and opera as “dying.”
As a result, opera houses worldwide have restructured and experimented with interventions to
increase sustainability and limit climate impact. However, no study has comprehensively charted
these interventions, nor investigated their impact upon opera as an institution. Evaluating data
gathered from fieldwork undertaken at three different, and geographically distinct, European
opera houses, this thesis presents a holistic look at the impact of sustainability upon opera
business models. Rooted within design-centric sustainable business model innovation theory, this
thesis illustrates the successes and shortfalls of the present, ideates a hypothetical future through
the presentation of ISOLDE 2.0, a new integrated business model for opera and sustainability,
and suggests a hopeful future for the climate-opera space.
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