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A fight at the Opera

Source: The Independent
Manchester : United Kingdom | 4 months ago  
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It was heralded as the most exciting and costly new arts venture for a generation – the chance to bring world class opera and ballet to audiences far beyond the orbit of Covent Garden. But now, before the curtain has even gone up, the proposed scheme to create a permanent new base for the Royal Opera House...
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  • News Source: The Guardian | 4 months ago
    Ambitious plans by the Royal Opera House to create a northern outpost in Manchester were dealt a blow today after the Lowry arts centre publicly declared the project a direct threat to its existence and called for it to be scrapped. The Lowry, which...
  • News Source: BBC | 4 months ago
    The Royal Opera House's plan for a northern base is "bad for the arts" and must be scrapped, the trustees of The Lowry arts centre have said. The Royal Opera House said last year it was in talks to establish a presence at Manchester's Palace Theatre.
  • News Source: The independent | 4 months ago
    A good old anti-elitist, anti-London gesture to bring some of the best of the Royal Opera House's London performances to Manchester, and produce some work there too. It sounded good, but it was never properly thought out. As the angry reaction from...
  • News Source: The Independent | 4 months ago
    It was heralded as the most exciting and costly new arts venture for a generation – the chance to bring world class opera and ballet to audiences far beyond the orbit of Covent Garden. But now, before the curtain has even gone up, the proposed...

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