When discussing the potential of the Arts District and the new AT&T Performing Arts Center, it is not long before you get to the idea of inter-institutional collaboration. One of the most intriguing collaborations the Arts District has given birth to so far is the upcoming partnership between the Dallas Opera and the Dallas Theater Center, which will co-present chamber operas in the Wyly Theatre beginning in the 2011-2012 season.

“Collaboration in the Arts” is the topic of conversation for the next Dallas Opera General Director’s Roundtable, a program launched earlier this year by new opera head Keith Cerny. The next program installment will bring together Cerny, the DTC’s Kevin Moriarty, and general director of Opera Company of Philadelphia, David Devan, on Sept 19 for a conversation about collaboration within the performing arts. The panel will be hosted by yours truly, and it is presented in partnership with D Magazine.

You have to be a Dallas Opera subscriber to attend, but you hardly needed more of an excuse for that. Hope to see you there.