How much does an opera company pay a lead opera singer?

Answer 1

Many will say 'not enough'! It is the rare musician who is compensated for the years of study and practice required to become an Opera singer.

Your answer depends on talent, skill, luck and reputation. Longer-term, better known opera singers earn more than do newly minted voices.

There may be union scale wages for members of the opera chorus, but named singers are paid by contract amounts -- in multiple tens of thousands.

Answer 2

There is no average salary for opera singers. In the US singers are freelance, which means they get paid per performance. Fees vary broadly according to the size of the opera house, the size of the role, the career of the singer, and how good one's agent is at negotiating. Also, it is next to impossible to find out what anyone else is making; it's sort of a taboo subject.

Answer 3

Much depends on what music is being played and for what kind of venue, be it Opera, Operatta, A Musical, etc., and what the local union scale for musicians is in a particular city/state/country.

Musicians in, say, New York City will command a better pay scale than those musicians in Poortown, Anystate for example. The well known bigger cities have a larger audience and sell more tickets obviously, so their pay scale will be higher for the musician. Few people attend Opera in Poortown, Anystate.

Bottom line is that there is no cast in stone wage that can be expected to be paid for a pit musician. The pay scale varies by region.

Answer 4

It depends. If you tour, you usually get payed by the day/per week. If you work at an opera house full time, you get payed monthly or per performance.

Answer 5

That would entirely depend on what singer you want to hire and you would have to arrange the fee with the singers agent or the singer.

Answer 6

There is no set fee and it would depend on numerous factors, such as, the company, the performance, who the singer was, broadcast rights etc.

Answer 7

2.2million 2.2million