# Austin Opera

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{{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](/source/Austin%2C_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](/source/Philip_Glass)'s opera ''[Waiting for the Barbarians](/source/Waiting_for_the_Barbarians_(opera)).''<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](/source/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>

==References==
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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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