Donor shortage halts plan for free 'Aida' - The Boston Globe

Donor shortage halts plan for free 'Aida' - The Boston Globe: "Donor shortage halts plan for free 'Aida'
Lyric Opera scraps Common showing

By Geoff Edgers, Globe Staff | December 20, 2005

Three years after Boston Lyric Opera staged a free production of ''Carmen' that drew a stunning 140,000 people to the Common, the company has reluctantly shelved plans for a follow-up event, concluding that it couldn't find enough local corporate support to underwrite the show."