It is the only professional opera company in Indiana, and it hosts a number of fully staged productions each season.
[1] The company is led by General Director David Craig Starkey and Board President Michael Schultz.
[4] In 2008, Bill Oesterle, a local business entrepreneur, purchased the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church building in the Meridian-Kessler neighborhood of Indianapolis and leased it to the Indianapolis Opera.
The Indianapolis Opera went on to use the building for rehearsals, educational programs, and smaller performances.
In 2015, the opera began producing performances at the Schrott Center for the Arts on the campus of Butler University.