The Atlanta Opera will offer active and retired military personnel free access to its Spotlight Media streaming platform and its library of Operas, Short Films, and Concerts.

This latest offering is part of the company’s Veterans Program which has distributed thousands of tickets to military personnel and their families to attend performances at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre and other venues free of charge. The program was created in partnership with The Home Depot Foundation.

The program kicked off in 2015 with the presentation of David T. Little’s “Soldier Songs,” a work aimed at presenting the stories of veterans, and was furthed by the 2016 presentation of “Silent Night” and the more recent “Glory Denied” film recording.  

“We are grateful for the service our men and women in uniform provide to this nation, in our communities at home and overseas,” said Tomer Zvulun, the Carl W. Knobloch Jr. General & Artistic Director, himself a military veteran, in an official press statement. “It’s important to us, and to this community, that we tell their stories and find other ways to honor their service.”