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Josh Salisbury

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

The Cunning Little Vixen at the English National Opera London Coliseum;

(Picture: Clive Barda/ArenaPAL)

The boss of the English National Opera has hit out at a plan which would force it to move out of London and have its funding cut.

It comes after the Arts Council England said it would cut the company's £12.6m annual grant from 2023 and instead give it only £17m over three years if it relocates out of the capital, possibly to Manchester.

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