More trouble at ENO

[subcontrabass]

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/08/english-national-opera-choristers-strike-vote

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

What can one say, other than "shocking"?

[Nick Armstrong]

Remember this, a year and a day ago? http://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/02/w...-eno-go-under/

[teamsaint]

it would be interesting to know where else cuts have been proposed( or volunteered)in what is sadly sometimes known as the salary mass.

I don't suppose the chorus get over paid.

[Nevilevelis]

it would be interesting to know where else cuts have been proposed( or volunteered)in what is sadly sometimes known as the salary mass.

I don't suppose the chorus get over paid.

No, indeed! They are easy pickings.

[rauschwerk]

it would be interesting to know where else cuts have been proposed( or volunteered)in what is sadly sometimes known as the salary mass.

I don't suppose the chorus get over paid.

In the comments at the foot of the Guardian article it says £32k. Imagine surviving on £24k in London!

[teamsaint]

In the comments at the foot of the Guardian article it says £32k. Imagine surviving on £24k in London!

I know plenty of people who survive on less, Rauschy.

Booksellers at those London bookshops that we all love, who often have many years of experience and great knowledge, would mostly give their eye teeth for a gross salary of £24 k , let alone £32k.( and I know this for a fact).
just one example, of course, I could give more.
Salaries at the top of far too many organisations are way out of line with the pittances earned by the rank and file.

[rauschwerk]

Salaries at the top of far too many organisations are way out of line with the pittances earned by the rank and file.

That's certainly true nowadays

[VodkaDilc]

There was a very sympathetic report earlier on Sky News, so presumably it will also be covered by the other channels too. They made much of the reasonably low seat prices, using the West End show called something about Mormon (The Book of Mormon, perhaps) as a comparison. Having been reminded of how good ENO can be on Saturday (The Mikado), I would hate to see their standards being reduced.

[underthecountertenor]

Wigglesworth weighs in. Reminiscent of Haitink's impassioned plea at (I think) the Royal Albert Hall at the height of the ROH fiasco.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/11/mark-wigglesworth-eno-needs-to-innovate-to-survive-not-reduce

[Conchis]

All very sad but I'm not convinced that there is space in London any more for two opera companies.

That said, I think ENO will survive in some form, as otherwise London will 'look' culturally inferior to other European cities like Berlin.

Munich has a 'Komische Oper', which I don't think does any better business than ENO.

[VodkaDilc]

All very sad but I'm not convinced that there is space in London any more for two opera companies.

Perhaps, but isn't ENO one of the two? I'm not quite sure what you are suggesting.

[underthecountertenor]

Perhaps, but isn't ENO one of the two? I'm not quite sure what you are suggesting.

I think you may need to re-read Conchis's post.

[Conchis]

Perhaps, but isn't ENO one of the two? I'm not quite sure what you are suggesting.

To clarify: London may only be able to sustain one opera company and that company will not be ENO.

[VodkaDilc]

To clarify: London may only be able to sustain one opera company and that company will not be ENO.

Sorry. I read that as 'more than two'. I hope you are wrong. ENO still has a mission to provide opera at a low cost. Wonderful as it is, the Royal Opera is very expensive.