CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE LIGHTHOUSE OPERA COMPANY, INC.

under section 402 of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law

"The purpose for which the Corporation is formed is to establish an opera company that chiefly performs standard opera in their original languages, in diverse settings throughout the Bronx and beyond; to shine a light on the range, depth and breadth of talented and diverse, classically trained singers, by providing opportunities to perform the standard opera repertoire."