The future of opera is in car parks, pubs and on tablets rather than in lavish productions in grand venues, the chief executive of Arts Council England has said, amid a growing row over its removal of funding for the English National Opera.
Darren Henley acknowledged that the decision to slash ENO’s funding to zero and insist it find a new home out of London “seems stark” and “nothing can take away the pain of artists, performers, technical teams and audiences who love the company”.
