81.   The changes did not come easily for the opera company, which was far slower than many European and American houses to introduce computers.

82.   The highest priority for Opera America, an umbrella organization for opera companies, is Next Stage, a program that subsidizes second productions of contemporary works.

83.   The Met bears no original responsibility for this seedy affair, which arrived here as a loaner from a consortium of other opera companies.

84.   The opera company frequently produces works with African-American singers.

85.   The pair take jobs as extras in an opera company run by Stanton.

86.   The new opera house will provide a place for visiting opera companies to perform.

87.   The opera company, though not of national stature, operates in the black and attracts good audiences.

88.   The other productions either will be Atlanta revivals of previous productions or rented from other opera companies.

89.   The opera company was formed after World War II to produce opera and ballet in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf and Duisburg.

90.   The performers, directors and crew have worked at such opera companies as the Metropolitan, the Lyric of Chicago and the Royal Opera, Covent Garden.