{{Short description|Opera company in Austin, Texas, US}} '''Austin Opera''', formerly known as the '''Austin Lyric Opera''', is an opera company based in Austin, Texas. The company was founded in 1986. Its key personnel include Annie Burridge as general director, and Timothy Myers as artistic advisor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Staff - Austin Opera |url=https://austinopera.org/about/staff/ |website=Austin Opera |access-date=27 June 2018}}</ref>

In January 2007, it staged the North American premiere of Philip Glass's opera ''Waiting for the Barbarians.''<ref>{{cite news |first=Steve |last=Smith |title=Opera Review: 'Waiting for the Barbarians'. In Austin, Echoes of a Distant War in an Opera's American Premiere |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/22/arts/music/22glas.html |work=The New York Times |date=January 22, 2007 |access-date=2008-06-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Swed |title=OPERA REVIEW; Glass premiere is toast of Austin |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1198846261.html?dids=1198846261:1198846261&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+22%2C+2007&author=Mark+Swed&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=OPERA+REVIEW%3B+Glass+premiere+is+toast+of+Austin&pqatl=google |work=Los Angeles Times |page=E.1 |date=January 22, 2007 |access-date=2008-06-06 |archive-date=2011-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524223725/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1198846261.html?dids=1198846261:1198846261&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+22,+2007&author=Mark+Swed&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=OPERA+REVIEW%3B+Glass+premiere+is+toast+of+Austin&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==Further reading== *{{cite news |title=Opera, waltzing, comedy, city politics and a dinosaur |url=http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=210146&SecID=2 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129163925/http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=210146&SecID=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |work=News 8 Austin |date=May 30, 2008<!-- 2:31 PM --> |access-date=2008-06-06 }}

==External links== * {{official|http://www.austinopera.org/}}

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