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Sat 08 Aug 2009Opera braces itself as questions remain over single company plan
The Arts Council’s daring idea of seeding a national opera company in a major recession could be an idealistic dream – or it could be everyone’s worst nightmare
IS IT AN Irish solution to an Irish problem, or just an Arts Council solution to an Arts Council problem? On the face of it, the Arts Council’s decision to cease funding Opera Ireland, Opera Theatre Company (OTC) and Wexford Festival Opera, and instead fund a single, totally new company from 2011 doesn’t seem like a solution to any known opera problem. There won’t be more opera as a result, and the artistic range of what’s being proposed will not only be more limited but blur existing boundaries.
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