Homestay Hosts

HOST AN ARTIST IN YOUR HOME!
Thank you for your interest in becoming a Homestay Host. Please read on below to learn about the program and our needs for the upcoming 2025 Season. We appreciate you!

Paul & Sue Gauthier
Homestay Coordinators
Vero Beach Opera Board Members

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2025 Season Homestay Needs

La Traviata
Performance date: January 12, 2025
Housing needed for: 21 artists
Dates housing is needed:
CAST & CREW: January 4, 2025 – January 13, 2025 (8-9 nights) CHORUS: January 8-12 (4 nights)

"Love is Timeless" Concert
Performance date: February 8, 2025
Housing needed for: 3 artists
Dates housing is needed: February 7 – 9, 2025 (2 nights)

I Pagliacci
Performance date: March 23, 2025
Housing needed for: 18-20 artists
Dates housing is needed:
CAST & CREW: March 15 – March 24, 2025 (8-9 nights)
CHORUS: March 19-23, 2025 (4 nights)

Rising Stars Vocal Competition
Performance dates: April 16, 17, 18, 2025
Housing needed for: 10-15 singers
Dates housing is needed: April 15 – 19, 2025 (4 nights)

See for Yourself!

We put together a 3-minute video featuring Homestay Hosts & Artists describing their experiences!

YOU SAVE US SO MUCH MONEY!

Homestay Hosts: Our Heroes!

Each season, Vero Beach Opera Homestay Hosts open their homes to provide accommodations to our visiting artists. This helps us bring in the best artists in larger numbers because we don't have a lodging expense, AND it’s really fun and enriching for both the hosts and the artists. Twenty-one Homestay Hosts graciously accommodated fifty artists during the 2024 season, saving us 202 nights of lodging expenses. Over the past seven seasons, Homestay Hosts saved Vero Beach Opera 1,375 nights of lodging expenses.

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