English National Opera Is Victim To The Notion That The Point Of Art Is “Wellbeing” And Doing Good
about 10 months ago (12/12/2023)
Art does not exist to improve society | Alexandra Wilson | The Critic Magazine Picture credit: John Snelling/Getty Images Artillery Row Art does not exist to improve society We should resist the cultural reductionism of the modern “creative industries” Artillery Row By Alexandra Wilson 11 December, 2023 Share Slice 1 E nglish National Opera’s move to Manchester has finally been confirmed. The company had its funding cut by Arts Council England last year and was told to pack its bags and leave London if it wanted to receive future support, prompting an uproar from musicians, MPs and opera lovers . A number of potential new bases were considered, but ENO now follows in the footsteps of the BBC and the Civil Service in transplanting a large part of its operations to Greater Manchester, the place mooted by ACE in the first place.