Supreme Court judge quits ENO board

Supreme Court judge quits ENO board

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norman lebrecht

June 05, 2023

The Telegraph reports today that former Supreme Court Justice Supreme Lord Jonathan Sumption has resigned from the board of English National Opera in protest against Arts Council plans to move the company out of London.

In his resignation letter Sumption, 74, called the Arts Council a ‘philistine’ organisation and said its plan would ’emasculate’ the opera company.

We rather suspect that ‘philistine’ tag will stick.

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