Forum Opéra

Forum Opéra—also known as AAOL or Association des amis de l'opéra de Lausanne / Association of Friends of the Lausanne Opera House—is a Swiss operatic association that promotes opera and bel canto within the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

Forum Opéra is based on Swiss law according to articles 60 et seq.

[1][2] Created on 17 August 1987,[3] it is chaired by its founder, Georges Reymond, a Swiss lawyer.

It is sponsored by Franco-Swiss mezzo-soprano Renée Auphan,[note 1] and by Swiss tenor Éric Tappy.

[4] Among additional goals,[5] the organization aims to support and promote opera in Romandie and, above all, in Lausanne.