Austin Opera Announces New Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor

By Francisco Salazar

Austin Opera General Director & CEO Annie Burridge has announced the appointment of Timothy Myers, the company’s current Artistic Advisor, as the newest member of its artistic leadership team.

Supported by a $2.5-million endowment fund created by longtime patrons Sarah and Ernest Butler, Myers will become the Sarah and Ernest Butler Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor, effectively immediately through 2023.

In a press statement Myers, said, “For the past two years, it has been tremendously rewarding to serve Annie and the entire Austin Opera community as their Artistic Advisor, and I am elated to expand our collaboration to include the duties of Principal Conductor. I believe greatly in the future of Austin Opera, and especially look forward to deepening my relationship with the wonderful Austin Opera Orchestra and Chorus.”

Myers has conducted at the Wexford Festival, Santa Fe Opera, Minnesota Opera, and Houston Grand Opera, among others.

The company also announced that Burridge will extend her current contract as General Director & CEO through 2026 and will launch the Austin Opera Forward campaign, a new fund-raising initiative to power the company into the future. Since becoming the General Director and CEO, Burridge has been elected Vice-Chair of national service organization OPERA America, appointed a Nonprofit Fellow at the Aspen Institute, and launched the Opera ATX series.

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