41.   I found her in a small opera company in Germany.

42.   I would love to see Atlanta have an opera company commensurate in budget with other cities of its size and prestige.

43.   I hope our opera companies can get through this phase rather quickly.

44.   In Los Angeles, the opera company has appealed to Hispanic communities with zarzuelas.

45.   In the continuing debate over the reasons for the dwindling of classical music audiences, the managers of opera companies and orchestras get a bad rap.

46.   It is a state of affairs that threatens to turn opera companies into museums of a sort, with more need for curators than composers.

47.   It is hard to imagine an opera company today hesitating to cast a vocally gifted artist of any race in any role.

48.   Is there something fundamental to what Glaser does that makes it attractive to entities as diverse as restaurants and universities, opera companies, and office-equipment manufacturers?

49.   It marked the first time an American opera company has staged an outdoor telecast of a live performance.

50.   It might also be increasingly hard to persuade private donors to give money to opera companies that have effectively merged under one roof.