City: San Antonio, TX

Category: Shopping

Telephone: (210) 225-5972

Address: 909 NE Loop 410, Suite 636

Description: Local businessman Mark A. Richter founded the San Antonio Opera in 1997 with the stated mission “to produce fully staged opera in an evolving fashion, starting with modest budgets, increasing its production and musical values with each opera until the level of grand opera is achieved.” The company grew at such a rate that only three years later the opera’s production of Madame Butterfly was budgeted at $70,000. It produces full operas with a full symphony orchestra and professional costumes. A night at the opera is a popular outing for San Antonio locals and visitors alike.For those hoping to perform professionally, the San Antonio Opera hosts chorus auditions several times a year. Most Opera events are currently performed at the Lila Cockerell Theatre, but the company plans to move into the San Antonio Performing Arts Center in 2012.