“Lyric Opera of Chicago posted a surplus for its third consecutive season and for the 18th time in the last 19 campaigns. According to preliminary results announced at its annual meeting Monday, Lyric had a surplus of $140,000 on a budget of $49.2 million last season… Lyric officials also reported that more than 277,000 tickets were sold — or 95 percent of Civic Opera House capacity — in the 83-performance season of 2005-06, bringing in $27.2 million at the box office.”