Andrew Given is leaving English National Opera where he is director of development, in charge of fundraising. He has worked for the company in London for 14 years.
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Not exactly hot news. He left at the end of September.
Their fundraising seems from the outside to have been execrable in the last 14 years… Maybe it’s a good opportunity to find someone who can actually do the job well?
Why don’t you have a go? Entitled prick
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Really? Surely it’s abusive to call someone’s work ‘execrable’ from a position of zero information or authority. So one might assume, therefore, that the writer is, indeed, ‘entitled’ in their outlook. Now, whether they’re a p***k or not is hard to tell but it seems, on the evidence available, likely.
Thank you for your expert insight.
Which Company would he be touting for? The London one with all the main productions or the Pop Up one in Manchester when they need to put in the odd appearance to satisfy the ACE and to keep the funds flowing into St Martins Lane?
I have a friend who previously held that position with ENO. Fundraising in Britain is difficult, to say the least. Despite great success with major gift fundraising in other countries before and after that post, and having worked previously in the UK (in investment banking), they ultimately threw up their hands at the ENO.
I had a horrible time at ENO the other day. Great chorus, orchestra and some fine singing. But the front of house? Doors were left open on the street and internally with cold wind circulating inside the stalls. At the same time I was keen on an ice cream (before I went in) and this a complete “no”. Weird. Interval only. This was the first time back after years, but I’ll stick to the opera house I think.
I think there was a change of approach, perhaps it was the former CEO(?); the need to increase likelihood of people coming to the opera, and part of the answer was to literally leave the unwieldy doors fully open during incoming and intervals? It looked recently like an interior modern sensor activated sliding door was being installed?
He was a lucky number 2 given the title after Murphy witch-hunted and bullied out any and all with actual operatic wisdom and experience. And indeed, how anyone could go for this job and try to fundraise for this hot mess of a company is beyond me. Slow painful death, made worse by Murphy’s “extension” money. Maybe it would have been better to bite the bullet and make the full move quickly. I know people inside in the ACE have ZERO inclination to reverse their funding choices next round. More cuts are more likely. So dream away, ENO, of letting Manchester fall away. But I forecast you will risk losing London. Not Manchester. Or no ENO at all. Sadly. But face facts. The writing is on the wall. Money is not about to increase anywhere except the oligarchs corporate pockets.
ENOugh already. Time for them to pack it in. ALW will make better use of the space.
Agree. Lion King. Wicked part 2,3,4…. just put the company out of its misery. They are no longer part of the international dialogue of opera: use the money on another struggling company such as ON. Sad but – this limp in between is a joke.