 In January of that year, the Boston Opera Company (not Caldwell's "Opera Company of Boston") featured Mrs Pettitt's production of Bizet's "Pearl Fishers" in the Strand Theater in Boston.With the support of the City of Boston, the federal Economic Development Administration, and Community Development Block Grant money,
the Strand was saved and renovated in the late 1970s.While Boston City Hall backed revitalization of the Strand, with help from community groups, it has not been primarily used as an opera house since the re-opening.