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Thu 07 Jul 2009Opera companies face extinction under radical Arts Council reform
THE ARTS Council is planning a radical reform of opera provision in Ireland. Wexford Festival Opera, Opera Ireland, and Opera Theatre Company are all facing possible extinction.
The Arts Council is working on a proposal that would see all three companies, whose combined track record of opera production runs to nearly 150 years, cease to exist.
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