WNO chorus wear protest t-shirts

WNO chorus wear protest t-shirts

Opera

norman lebrecht

October 02, 2024

An audience member tells us that after the applause at the end of Rigoletto last night, someone in the audience shouted about the cultural treasure that WNO is and that if we don’t support WNO we will lose it. He got a round of applause from a significant proportion of those present,

Chorus members wore protest t-shirts.

Cuts by the Welsh governement and Arts Council England have left some members of the orchestra and chorus at Welsh National Opera (WNO) facing a below-living wage. The Welsh once took pride in singing. No longer, apparently.

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