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ENO mounts fightback against edict to leave London

Singer Bryn Terfel starts petition after arts council removes English National Opera’s funding unless it moves

The Guardian - UK

Defunding ENO is devastating – but the writing was on the wall

The decision to produce fewer operas at English National Opera sowed the seeds of last week’s disaster – which strips London of an irreplaceable cultural jewel, writes the company’s former musical director

The Guardian - UK

English National Opera fights ‘insane’ move from London to Manchester

ENO head says plan to force it to move out of capital is unworkable and ‘absurd’

Evening Standard

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English National Opera’s funding to be cut to zero unless it moves from London

Arts Council to scrap annual £12.8m grant if ENO does not comply with government levelling up agenda

The Guardian - UK

The Mancunian Way: Highway to climate hell

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Manchester Evening News

Carnage for the ENO is what ‘levelling up’ really means

RIGHT now, London has two opera houses. (Berlin has three.) There’s the Royal Opera, the grand one, in Covent Garden, and, in the West End, you can see English National Opera a mile off, under the sparkly orb of the London Coliseum. They’re different. The Royal Opera attracts singers you’d…

Evening Standard

English National Opera could move to Manchester as arts funding is diverted away from London

The prestigious national institution said it was considering moving its headquarters to the city

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London’s cultural venues from Donmar Warehouse to Royal Opera House respond to major Arts Council funding cuts

Some of the capital’s most prestigious venues face huge funding cuts or removal of Arts Council support altogether

Evening Standard

ENO to relocate as arts funding diverted away from London

English National Opera to create new base, possibly in Manchester, but will still manage Coliseum

The Guardian - UK

Exodus of top arts bodies as they follow levelling-up cash out of London

Company that brought Jenna Coleman and Anne-Marie Duff to the stage lead arts exodus from London

Evening Standard

The Yeomen of the Guard - ENO at the Coliseum review: only intermittently successful

If anything, the show could be more irreverent, more boisterous

Evening Standard

The week in classical: Tosca; Ottone review – faith and fantasy

Christof Loy digs for psychological depth in ENO’s time-shifting new Puccini production, while English Touring Opera’s autumn Handelfest gets off to a sparkling start

The Guardian - UK

Rock musical with ‘mind-bending’ cinematic effects comes to London

Cult LA theatre show Cages uses holographic avatars that blend seamlessly with real actors

The Guardian - UK

Opera director condemns Raab’s sneers at Angela Rayner’s visit to Glyndebourne

John Berry says ‘champagne socialism’ criticism of Labour’s deputy leader by Tory minister is ‘sad and embarrassing’

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The Guardian - UK

Sir Harrison Birtwistle obituary

Composer renowned as a great modernist whose music is imbued with stubborn power and a sense of unreachable mystery

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: The Handmaid’s Tale; Le Chemin de la Croix; Bournemouth SO/Karabits

Strong performances offset the misery in ENO’s new production of Poul Ruders’s opera. Elsewhere, Easter organ music and a cosmic world premiere

The Guardian - UK

The Handmaid’s Tale review – ENO’s production of Atwood’s dystopia is chilling but slow to convince

Poul Ruder’s opera is at its most effective in its quietest moments, with the all-female production boasting strong performances from leads Emma Bell and Kate Lindsey

The Guardian - UK

From The Bad Guys to Let’s Eat Grandma: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether it’s an animated heist caper you’re after, or a dose of swirling art-pop, our critics have your plans for the next seven days covered

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The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Così fan tutte; Czech Philharmonic/CBSO Chorus/Bychkov

Coliseum, London; Barbican, LondonENO’s fizzy production of Mozart’s masterpiece lands well in dark times, while a Czech performance of Janáček and Dvořák summons life-affirming spirit

Evening Standard

The Cunning Little Vixen at ENO: a bright and vivacious look at our relationship with nature

There’s always something eye-catching going on in Jamie Munton’s lively new production of Janacek’s great tale

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