Greater Worcester Opera is a not-for-profit local opera company in Worcester, MA, with a two-fold mission of opera performance & education. Greater Worcester Opera (formerly known as Worcester Opera Works) is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose two-fold mission includes opera performance and education. The company produces mainstage opera and concerts, as well as touring opera for students. GWO strives to provide high quality, entertaining operatic productions to the audiences of Central MA, while at the same time providing valuable performing opportunities to the area's wealth of local, professionally-trained singers .