Austin Opera, The Dallas Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Opera San Antonio, and Houston Grand Opera are joining forces to create the Texas Opera Alliance.

The new partnership aims to advance and protect the future of opera in Texas. In its first year, the initiative will focus on cross-promoting digital content and programming as well as proving member companies access to an array of publications and online resources, webinars, and supplementary programming.

Each organization will be creating digital offerings for Texas audiences.

“I’m heartened and inspired by the unprecedented level of collaboration between our five companies in recent months. I believe these cost-effective strategies to expand our mutual offerings will serve as a new model for the growth and sustainability of our art form,” stated Annie Burridge, General Director & CEO of Austin Opera and Vice-Chair of OPERA America, in a press release. “Nearly every project we are currently working on at Austin Opera intersects with a member of the Texas Opera Alliance, from co-productions to the engagements of Texas-based artists. For example, HGO Studio Artist Elena Villalón has now appeared on the digital stages of Houston, Dallas, and Austin. And thanks to Austin-based philanthropists Sarah and Ernest Butler, a fleet of innovative co-productions between HGO and Austin Opera will now be made available to an audience with no geographical limitations.”