Courtney Rizzo

Courtney Rizzo is the Director of Financial Planning at LA Opera, having worked at over a dozen opera and theater companies across the country in production and arts administration. She began her career as a freelance stage manager working on projects such as The Ring Cycle at Seattle Opera in 2009 and 2013, Moby-Dick at San Francisco Opera and broadcast on PBS Great Performances, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch starring Jinkx Monsoon, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Courtney transitioned to crunching numbers for The Lion King at Disney Theatrical Group and for Lincoln Center’s international consulting arm while earning her MBA at New York University. She got her start at Michigan State University with a bachelor’s degree in vocal music and an internship at Wharton Center for Performing Arts in an office labeled “supply closet.” Courtney grew up singing with the Grammy-Award winning MSU Children’s Choir, spent a year in the New York Choral Society, serves as a board member for the Angeles Chorale, and is a founding member of mirabai.