If you value Opéra de Baugé, please consider making a gift to help us improve what we do and ensure the survival of our festival. Or, if you do not feel able to make a gift, please consider becoming a member of our association for a subscription of 50 euros per annum.
Our association is not for profit and is managed entirely by unpaid volunteers. We keep our ticket prices low, compared to other opera festivals of our standard, by maintaining a very tight budget. And we have almost no financial support from public entities.
Most opera festivals rely on ticket sales for less than 50% of their income. But Opéra de Baugé has to rely on ticket sales for about 75% of its income.
For French tax-payers – a gift by a French tax payer is tax-deductible. We will provide you with a receipt enabling you to claim back 66% of the value of your gift. For companies the deduction is 50%.
We have created a page on HelloAsso to make it easy for you to donate or subscribe as a member. Click on this link.
For UK tax-payers – you too can use Helloasso but the best way to help us financially is to make a GiftAided donation to the UK charity Opera de Bauge (see link in the header bar).
If you are not based in France or the UK, you are still most welcome to make a donation to our UK charity. Our largest donor over several years is a US family foundation, whose support has been crucial to us. They give to the UK charity via Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), a US organisation set up to transfer donations to non-US charities, enabling donors to enjoy similar tax advantages to gifts they make to US recipients.