Time to put the House on the market. In the race for the top job at Covent Garden, would a little populist flair hurt? Rodney Milnes certainly doesn’t think so. Interestingly, Milnes suggests that the subsidy can no longer be justified and that the ROH should be privitised. <BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,31038,00.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,31038,00.html</A> <P>Who could take on the Royal Opera House? By KATHLEEN WYATT. An attempt to review the field. Just one teensy problemette as far as we're concerned - there are lots and lots of mentions of opera houses here, there and everywhere and not a single mention of ballet. Wyatt's favoured candidate John Tusa was once given a fantasy interview on the radio for the job of ROH Boss, and actually managed to go for 30 minutes without mentioning ballet once. <P>I an really worried, as Kaiser was an exception in his implementation of equal status for ballet and his love of the art form.<BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,31192,00.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,31192,00.html</A> <p>[This message has been edited by Stuart Sweeney (edited November 07, 2000).]
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