The closing comes after weeks of stunt casting and other marketing measures by the show's producers, who nonetheless saw audiences dwindling and losses mounting.
The mezzo-soprano Re'ut Ben-Ze'ev, accompanied by Mr. Del Tredici at the piano, offered a bold, committed account — "portrayal" might be a better word, so deeply physical was her performance — in songs that dealt with nascent romance and motherhood, as well as dwindling passion, loss and renewed independence.
Under new owners, the paper was closed in 1998, seven years after his death at sea, as sales dwindled and losses piled up.
Ford Motor's chief executive, William Clay Ford Jr., shares a lot of the same pressures with his crosstown rivals at General Motors: massive North American losses, dwindling market share and rising costs for everything from health care to steel.
Dwindling production (losses of 15percentt or more): The District of Columbia, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Angie Lee, taking heat for mounting losses and dwindling attendance, resigned yesterday as Iowa's coach.
Many smaller banks are also struggling now more than ever to offset losses and dwindling revenue.
Mr. Hendry, above, has drawn criticism for Opel's mounting losses and dwindling market share since he took over in 1998.
Now, facing billion-dollar losses and dwindling market share, the Detroit companies have revived the proposal to shift health care assets, although the prospect would be expensive.
A spokesman said at the time that marginal weather, competition from larger resorts, dwindling attendance and financial losses forced the closing.
