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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent

ENO to relocate as arts funding diverted away from London

Sinéad Campbell-Wallace and Noel Bouley in Tosca at the London Coliseum
Sinéad Campbell-Wallace (Floria Tosca) and Noel Bouley (Baron Scarpia) in Puccini’s Tosca at the London Coliseum. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian

The English National Opera, one of the country’s cultural flagships, is to relocate outside London. It announced the move as the main funding body for the arts in England unveiled a new three-year settlement diverting cash away from the capital.

The opera house will be given a grant of £17m by Arts Council England (ACE) to develop a new business model in its new home after its general funding was cut to zero in the grants announced on Friday.

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