Valkyries Ride All Night To Save Opera Company — npr.org

hide captionGods, monsters and Rhinemaidens populate Richard Wagner's 16-hour epic Ring cycle. Gods, monsters and Rhinemaidens populate Richard Wagner's 16-hour epic Ring cycle. American opera companies are producing as much drama in the boardroom as onstage. New York City Opera folded in 2013 after years of unbalanced budgets. In March of this year, San Diego Opera announced that its current season, which ends in April, will be its last. While the California company — the nation's 10th largest — isn't in imminent danger, its board feels future fundraising verges on the impossible.

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