All change at Opera North

All change at Opera North

Opera

norman lebrecht

February 28, 2023

With Richard Mantle easing towards retirement next year as general director of the Leeds company, Henry Filloux-Bennett (pictured with Mantle) has been brought in as executive director, starting in May.

He is presently Executive Director and Deputy CEO of HOME in Manchester.

photo: Samantha Toolsie/OperaNorth

Comments

  • Maria says:

    What is HOME????

    • Cynical Bystander says:

      It is the Arts complex in Manchester. It is very, very woke which gives me cause for concern about where Opera North might find itself being forced to go. ACE will no doubt welcome Filloux-Bennett as a safe pair of hands from their point of narrowly Opera hostile view.. Opera North audiences might have good cause to be less confident.

      • Stanley says:

        Do wish people would speak English as I can’t follow these trendy words or abbreviations. Sorry , not, for being a dinosaur

        • Kenneth Griffin says:

          FFS, Stanley!

          CEO is a common acronym for “Chief Executive Officer”.

          Leeds is the name of a city in Yorkshire, a county in the North of England.

          HOME is the name of an arts centre in Manchester.

          Opera North is the name of an opera company based in Leeds.

          Can’t see a single abbreviation.

          The Prime Minister is Rish! Sunak.

  • Kenneth Griffin says:

    HF-B was appointed to HOME just eleven months ago, announced on 31 Mar 2022 to join officially in early summer 2022. Will he show equal commitment to Opera North? To be continued…

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