It’s lack of money, of course. The organization might have to reduce its schedule next season. Director Eve Queler said “the board was trying to cover a gap of about $250,000 on a budget of $1.4 million. ” ‘Our ticket sales have slipped. I am very, very concerned about this.’ Ms. Queler said her audience was aging, with younger potential operagoers more captivated by visual and dramatic elements, things that are hard to come by in her unstaged versions.”