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2019-10-09 12:35:58
Looking Hopeful, Long-Troubled English National Opera Appoints New Artistic Director
“Annilese Miskimmon, the Belfast-born opera director who has drawn influence from Sondheim, Shakespeare and the Muppets [and is currently director of opera at Norwegian National Opera and Ballet], has been named as the new artistic director of English National Opera, after a search to replace Daniel Kramer, who announced in April that he would step […]
2019-10-08 12:56:34
ENO has announced the Belfast-born director will replace Daniel Kramer in 2020, with a remit to broaden opera’s audience Annilese Miskimmon, the Belfast-born opera director who has drawn influence from Sondheim, Shakespeare and the Muppets, has been named as the new artistic director of English National Opera (ENO), after a search to replace Daniel Kramer who announced in April that he would step down in July. Miskimmon, who is currently director of opera at Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, will join in September 2020 and be charged with “broadening out opera” to a wider audience.
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2017-03-28 11:04:21
Singers in uproar over new British director
Solists at the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet are in uproar over leaked plans by the incoming general director, Annilese Miskimmon, to cut the number of singers maintained on staff. The anxious performers have posted a bellicose picture on their Facebook page. They are also concerned about their diminishing pension fund. Ms Miskimmon starts work in July.
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2016-10-26 13:01:23
Man overboard: Oslo Opera is sinking again
We hear that Norwegian National Opera and Ballet has lost its fifth artistic director in eight years. Fonancially, it is holed below the aterline. Here’s an update from Michael Fergus, in Oslo: The design of Oslo’s spectacular Opera House, completed in 2008, has been widely acclaimed. Inside, however, things are not so cheerful. The Chief Executive Officer Nils Are Karstad Lysø has just resigned. The Opera House has had five artistic directors in just 8 years. Lysø was an unlikely choice for the job. When phoned by the Opera to take the job, he is reported as saying “Have you maybe got the wrong number ….?” An accountant with a background in the clothing industry, had no experience, professed interest or track record in the Arts. However his position within the Opera put him above both the Opera and Ballet chiefs. Within one year he […]
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