Music director quits national opera over imminent budget cuts

Music director quits national opera over imminent budget cuts

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norman lebrecht

January 22, 2016

Slovakia has been shaken by the resignation of Friedrich Haider as music director of the national opera in the capital, Bratislava. The company is particularly popular with Viennese who, for a short bus ride across the border, can enjoy high-class performances at a fraction of the price they normally pay.

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Friedrich Haider, who will step down in June, makes no mention of cuts in his official resignation letter, but media contacts have been given to understand that he has been dismayed by reports of forthcoming cuts and has decided that he cannot run the opera house on a lower budget.

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