City Opera needs to angle itself toward the public in a completely different way.

City Opera has always been too busy keeping its head above water to start an endowment.

At the City Opera, the amount has been less than 20 hours.

The City Opera, on the other hand, has a particular, not a general problem.

She has been a member of City Opera since 1970.

The City Opera does well by not trying to do too much.

City Opera's cast gets the job done and sometimes more.

Why has the City Opera not brought the work back?

City Opera's budget is less than a quarter of that.

City Opera has taken pains to do well by it.