American Friends of Baltic Opera Festival, a not-for-profit entity, established under section 501(c)(3 of the United States, was established in 2026 to encourage support for and attendance at the Baltic Opera Festival and financial support. Our goal is to encourage and promote the creation of new art works, new artistic ideas and the international exchange of artistic concepts and works of art and present at the Baltic Opera Festival. The organization is committed to art as a testimony to human ingenuity, to its vast importance in communication, education, cultural understanding and international co-operation, and to the view that in order to shape the artistic future we need to nurture our artistic present.