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English National Opera cuts will ‘lead to its demise,’ three musical directors warn
Members of the English National Opera, conducted by Laurence Cummings, take part in rehearsals for Handel's Messiah at the London Coliseum, March 19, 2021
PROPOSED cuts to the English National Opera (ENO) will “lead to its demise,” three musical directors have warned.
The warning came after ENO’s music director Martyn Brabbins left his post abruptly following the announcement of a proposal to axe 19 orchestral positions and employ its remaining musicians on part-time contracts, a move the Musicians Union says it will reject.
In a letter printed in the Times today, Edward Gardner and Sir Mark Elder, former music directors of the ENO, and Sir Antonio Pappano, the current music director of the Royal Opera House, said: “We should all be clear: if these plans go through, it will lead to the demise of this great company.”
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