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ALO announces new strategies
After announcing that it was more than $1 million in debt and that its managing director had departed, Austin Lyric Opera revealed its newest fundraising and austerity plans Wednesday.
In a release, the ALO board said that it had adopted several strategies for the organization to move forward.
- Effective July 1, Kevin Smith, former president and CEO of the Minnesota Opera, will begin as ALO’s interim director. He will assist the board in a search for a general director.
- Wednesday performances have been canceled for the upcoming season. Each of ALO’s three productions will run for three shows, instead of four.
- The Long Center for the Performing Arts will take on all of ALO’s box office functions.
- An aggressive emergency fundraising campaign has netted nearly $1 million in donations and pledges.
In May, ALO leaders announced that they accepted the resignation of general director Kevin Patterson and that organization faced more than $1 million of debt.
Story developing. Updates to come.
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