[1] The organization was founded in 1970 and has been led by President and CEO Marc A. Scorca since 1990.
[2] In April 2014, advisers from Opera America worked with San Diego Opera to develop a plan to prevent that company's closure.
[3] The National Opera Centre at 330 Seventh Avenue, Chelsea, Manhattan, has two performance venues: the Marc A. Scorca Hall[4] and the Plácido Domingo Hall.
[citation needed] In 2018, the Christman Opera Company performed Theodore Christman's operas Adriana McMannes and A Metamorphosis in Plácido Domingo Hall.[7][relevant?]
The Opera Center has been the venue of premieres and workshops of works by composers such as Clint Borzoni and Bruce Wolosoff.