Dolce Cultural Tours invites you to take your trustees, donors, and devoted audience members on tours to the most stunning performances around the world.
Operas, orchestras, chamber music, dance, and more — our bespoke multi-day tours are built to enrich your patrons with art and experiences that echo your company’s mission at home.
We deliver curated, luxury experiences that support your philanthropic goals by strengthening relationships among your patron family.
Dan Cooperman, Principal
For 15 years, Dan has specialized in building patron relationships through high-touch donor trips and experiences, both domestically and abroad. As a musicologist turned fundraiser, with frontline tenures in the opera and dance fields, he knows how to craft engaging patron tours that fortify donor bonds and amplify philanthropic support.
Our tours allow you to customize the perfect combination of performance, cuisine, history, and art for your patrons’ enjoyment. From your first call with Dolce Cultural Tours to your day-by-day logistics, we’ll craft an experience that reflects the mission and values of your company.
Our promise:
To help you set the goals and character of your perfect tour
To curate performances, festivals, and experiences that align with your goals
To amplify your travel experience with top-tier restaurants, historical and art tours, and other excursions
To deliver a seamless tour to your patrons with professionalism and premium service
Our trips are designed to fortify your relationships with your patrons by putting you front and center. Throughout your tour, we’ll make sure your travelers look to you as their tour leader and resident expert — while we take care of the logistics in the background.
Our promise:
To set you up to be your patrons’ trusted guide
To enable you to foster community through group chats and social activities
To design educational moments that highlight your unique knowledge
To schedule your traveler communications before, during, and after your trip
To help you leverage your trip to connect with non-traveling donors at home
Contact us to schedule a free consultation to plan your perfect tour.
Dolce Cultural Tours specializes in tour service for opera companies. Principal Dan Cooperman brings more than a decade-long tenure at OPERA America, the national membership association for opera in the United States and Canada. His relationships across North America and Europe offer entry to esteemed festivals and companies worldwide.
Arena di Verona
Bregenz Festival
Bayreuth Festival
Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
Glyndebourne Festival
Janáček Brno Festival
Rossini Opera Festival
Salzburg Festival
Savonlinna Opera Festival
and more
English National Opera
Finnish National Opera
Gothenburg Opera
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Munich State Opera
Norwegian Opera & Ballet
Royal Danish Opera
Teatro Real
Teatro San Carlo
and more
Central City Opera
Des Moines Metro Opera
The Glimmerglass Festival
LA Opera
The Metropolitan Opera
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
San Francisco Opera
The Santa Fe Opera
Sarasota Opera
and more
We'll get started with a zero-commitment conversation about your dream destination and goals for your company's next patron tour.