An accomplished actor, singer, and patron of the arts, Edgar Foster Daniels has held leadership positions in the world's prestigious opera companies and music festivals. He is currently a life director of Lyric’s Board of Directors, a managing director of the Metropolitan Opera Association, an active director of the Los Angeles Opera and sits in the Board of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. He has served on the board of the Washington Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, the Spoleto Festival USA…

The Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation otherwise contributes to the flourish of the opera community and generously supports the most important new opera productions and creators of our time.

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The Metropolitan Opera productions made possible by The Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation.

The Lyric Opera of Chicago productions made possible by the Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation.

The Santa Fe Opera productions made possible by the Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation.

The Los Angeles Opera productions made possible by The Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation.

The Houston Grand Opera productions made possible by the Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation.

The Washington National Opera productions made possible by the Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation.

The San Francisco Opera productions made possible by the Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation.

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2011: Edgar Foster Daniels, Leading Man on Stage and Off

If the lives and careers of Edgar Foster Daniels seem like a playwright's invention, that's only fitting: one of those careers was in drama, as an actor in eight Broadway Shows and numerous television appearances.

2011: Salzburg - USA, Cordial ties to the Festival

The Salzburg Festival Society is a huge patron… Salzburg has a lot to thank the American Festival patrons for: when the Kleines Festspielhaus was to be remodelled into the Haus für Mozart and the public purse only took on part of the costs, Alberto Vilar provided the Festival with the basic funding... For years Edgar Foster Daniels financed the English articles in the programme booklets...

2009: The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival present the 2009 Gifford Philips Award to Edgar Foster Daniels

The prestigious award honors organizations or individuals who have served and supported with distinction the Festival...

2007: The Summit Society

To Honor The Major Donors To The Santa Fe Opera

2005: An American Tragedy, Opera in Two Acts by Tobias Picker

Commissioned by The Metropolitan Opera
World Premiere: 2 December 2005, The Metropolitan Opera

The commission and production were made possible by the Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation

2002: A life in the theater, Edgar Foster Daniels

Lyric Opera National Board Member Edgar Foster Daniels is one of very few individuals who bring real-life, professional opera and theater experience to the Director's table.

2001: Opera News. Angels in America

Producing opera in America is an expensive proposition. LEONARD J. LEFF talks to the women and men who are helping to foot the bill.

1999: The Great Gatsby, Opera in Two Acts by John Harbison

Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera to celebrate the 25th anniversary of James Levine's company debut.
World Premiere: 1999, The Metropolitan Opera.
Presented by the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2000 in Mark Lamos's original Met production.
Revived by the Met in 2002.

The commission and production were made possible by the Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation