English National Opera Gets Some Help

The English National Opera has been in a crisis for so long, it’s getting harder and harder to remember when the company was able to just concentrate on producing good work. Now some good news. “Yesterday the artistic director, Sean Doran, announced the biggest sponsorship deal in its history, £3m over three years from Sky and the digital channel Artsworld. And its Ring Cycle next year has got the largest sponsorship for a single production – £300,000 from the MFI group, best known for bargain kitchens.”