Friends of the Dallas Opera
Enhance your entire opera experience by taking full advantage of the social, artistic, intellectual and educational beneftis when you join as a Friend of the Dallas Opera.
The Friends of the Dallas Opera Program is a great way to get involved and have direct impact on the behind-the-scenes operations of the Opera. The Friends of TDO help support the vital daily functions of the opera, while benefitting from insider access to special donor privileges such as exclusive events, backstage tours, cast parties, and subscriptions.
Levels of The Friends Program
| Associate $50+ |
Affiliate $100+ |
Sustainer $250+ |
Guarantor $500+ |
Benefactor $1,000+ |
Inner Circle $3,000+ |
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| Membership card with Arts District restaurant discounts | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Seating Priority | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Discount on single tickets | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Invitations to Friends Events | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Entr’acte Newsletter | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Donor-only talk-back session | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Educational outreach spotlight event | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Libretto (1) | • | • | • | • | ||
| Backstage Tour | • | • | • | • | ||
| Opera News Magazine | • | • | • | • | ||
| Playbill donor listing at least once per season | • | • | • | |||
| Private Guarantor Event | • | • | • | |||
| Dress Rehearsal Tickets | • | • | ||||
| Meet the Conductor backstage | • | • | ||||
| Priority access to Chamber Opera Series | • | • | ||||
| Parking Pass | • | |||||
| Priority ticket service | • | |||||
| Early priority seating renewal | • | |||||
| Priority seating upgrade | • | |||||
| Priority box office access | • | |||||
| Inner Circle cast parties | • | |||||
| Intermission receptions | • | |||||
| Season Kick-off Event | • | |||||
| Exclusive Inner Circle event invitations | • | |||||
| Reserved seating for special concerts | • | |||||
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- Associate $50–$99
- Friends of the Dallas Opera membership card with exclusive discounts to The Capital Grille, Salum Restaurant and One Arts Plaza Restaurants: Fedora Restaurant & Lounge, Jorge’s Tex Mex Café, and Screen Door.
- Priority Seating
- 10% discount on single tickets
- Invitations to Friends Events
- The Dallas Opera newsletter, Entr’acte
- Affiliate $100–$249
- All of the above plus:
- Invitation to post-performance talk back session
- Invitation to event spotlighting TDO’s educational outreach including a panel discussion with local arts leaders and a performance excerpt from this year’s TDO2go program, Bizet’s Doctor Miracle.
- Sustainer $250–499
- All of the above plus:
- Backstage Tour: admission for two
- One year subscription to Opera News Magazine
- Complimentary libretto for one opera
- Guarantor $500–$999
- All of the above plus:
- Playbill donor listing at least once per season
- Invitation to private Guarantor Event
- Grand Benefactor $1,000–$2,999
- All of the above plus:
- Dress Rehearsal: admission for two
- Opportunity to Meet the Conductor backstage
- Priority access for Chamber Opera Series opening production The Lighthouse
- Inner Circle $3,000
For information on the Individual Giving Programs, please contact Friends Manager Tracey Hull at 214.443.1062 or tracey.hull@dallasopera.org.






