Editing Opera Australia (section)

===Educational outreach===
Oz Opera was established after the merger of the AO with the VSO in 1996 with [[Lindy Hume]] as its director. Its aim is to present opera to audiences throughout metropolitan and regional Australia. It presents performances in primary schools across New South Wales and Victoria, adapting large-scale scores to suit young audiences.<ref>Opera Australia. "Life Amplified" 2009, p.&nbsp;51</ref>

Oz Opera, now called Opera Australia Touring and Outreach (Opera Australia's education, access and development arm), presented the ''La bohème'' production in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], the [[Northern Territory]] and [[Western Australia]], attended by 13,350 people, while OzOpera's Schools Company performed to over 63,500 primary age children in more than 360 performances in urban and regional [[New South Wales]] and Victoria.{{Citation needed lead|date=March 2019}} Since then the touring and outreach arm of the company has performed to a great many more people around Australia and toured other states, including South Australia, Queensland and Tasmania.