Fort Worth Opera

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Fort Worth Opera
1300 Gendy Street
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Phone (817) 731-0726
Neighborhood: Cultural District Ft. Worth,
URL : http://www.fwopera.org/

About:

Our Mission: To educate, entertain, and expand the horizons of current and future audiences and artists through variety and artistic integrity.

Our Passion: To become recognized internationally as an organization that preserves and expands the transcending Art of opera.

After 60 years of producing opera over the fall and winter, Fort Worth Opera embarked on a monumental change: it condensed its entire schedule to an annual spring festival – with all of its operas and concerts being presented over a four week period and multiple operas being performed on each weekend. The inaugural Fort Worth Opera Festival opened in May, 2007 and featured the company's first main-stage world premiere, Frau Margot, by composer Thomas Pasatieri.

Fort Worth Opera also boasts a highly successful opera education program. The Children's Opera Tour brings the exciting and colorful world of opera to over 50,000 school children each year across the state of Texas. The tour provides the first experience with classical music and drama for many elementary and middle school students. Fort Worth Opera's other educational and community outreach programs bring an operatic experience to people in every age, ethnic and social group.

Over 500 performers and production personnel are employed by Fort Worth Opera each year. This includes local performing arts groups, such as the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Worth Dallas Ballet and the Texas Boys Choir. Approximately 85% of Fort Worth Opera's annual budget is returned to Tarrant County.