A fight at the opera: could forcing ENO up north work out?
by Helen Pidd and Mark Brown from World news | The Guardian on (#668BY)
The ultimatum to English National Opera was attacked as cultural vandalism', but raised some hopes nearer Manchester
When the Arts Council halved English National Opera's funding earlier this month and made its new 17m grant contingent on the company leaving London - possibly for Manchester - the diktat was greeted as madness" by the Evening Standard, cultural vandalism" by Melvyn Bragg and an order that would kill off the institution by April by the company's chair, Harry Brunjes.
The battle over ENO's future soon became the latest frontline in the culture wars as debate raged over what it meant to level up culture.
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