Music director quits ENO over plan to make 'devastating' cuts
The Guardian|October 17, 2023
Martyn Brabbins has announced his resignation as music director of English National Opera in protest at a proposal to cut 19 orchestral positions and employ its remaining musicians on part-time contracts.
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Music director quits ENO over plan to make 'devastating' cuts

"I cannot in all conscience continue to support the board and management's strategy for the future of the company," he said in a statement released on Sunday.

"While my feelings on this have been developing for some time, it reached its nadir this week, with the internal announcement of severe cuts to its orchestra and chorus from 2024-25 season.

"Although making cuts has been necessitated by Arts Council England's interference in the company's future, the proposed changes would drive a coach and horses through the artistic integrity of the whole of ENO as a performing company, while also singularly failing to protect our musicians' livelihoods.

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