Florida Grand Opera is the nation’s 7th oldest and 11th largest opera company which was created by the successful merger of the Greater Miami Opera (1941) and the Opera Guild Inc. of Fort Lauderdale. Florida Grand Opera exists to produce opera and musical programs in South Florida for the benefit of residents, visitors, opera lovers, novices, children, singers, musicians, creative artists, and theater technicians. Its productions and programs are designed to educate and increase audiences for opera, to enrich the art form through training and performance, and to culturally enhance and celebrate its diverse community, so that opera will be a central cultural force in the life of its community now and in the future.