Exclusive: ENO drops Wagner conductor

Exclusive: ENO drops Wagner conductor

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norman lebrecht

November 17, 2021

Members of the Valkyrie cast have been upset at the sudden departure from English National Opera of Anthony Negus, one of Britain’s most gifted and experienced Wagnerians who has been coaching them for the past seven weeks.

A cast list handed out yesterday still had Negus conducting on 7 December, but his name has vanished from the ENO website.

No reason has been given.

ENO, not the happiest or most rational of houses, has its mind more on these gimmicks:

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