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Mar. 19 2024
Source Page: Report on the proposed subsidy for 2024 to 2026 to the English National Opera by the Arts Council of EnglandFound: Report on the proposed subsidy for 2024 to 2026 to the English National Opera by the Arts Council of
Mentions:
1: Earl of Clancarty (XB - Excepted Hereditary) whether they intend to take steps to improve support for classical music, particularly for orchestras and opera - Speech Link
2: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) My Lords, opera, orchestras and classical music enrich our lives. - Speech Link
3: Lord Blunkett (Lab - Life peer) With the move of English National Opera to Manchester, the Hallé Orchestra being in Manchester and the - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Rooker (Lab - Life peer) Annual performances by Mid Wales Opera fill the auditorium. - Speech Link
2: Lord Murphy of Torfaen (Lab - Life peer) The Arts Council was given 9% more funding in the last settlement but has cut opera by 22%. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Adamson, Clare (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) It was developed in conjunction with Welsh National Opera, and it has also been staged, with Scottish - Speech Link
2: Thomson, Michelle (SNP - Falkirk East) I was struck by the innovation that Scottish Opera is carrying out as a company in renting out its sets - Speech Link
3: Rowley, Alex (Lab - Mid Scotland and Fife) has the lowest opera orchestra rate and that the RSNO has the second-lowest tutti rate. - Speech Link
4: Stewart, Alexander (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) All those issues are important.The convener spoke about Scottish Opera and the RSNO. - Speech Link
5: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) No, I will not.They also include Scottish Ballet, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Scottish Opera. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Wigley (PC - Life peer) I think particularly of the Welsh National Opera, which circulates considerably in England. - Speech Link
2: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) I talked with the Welsh National Opera only last week about the importance and benefits of touring, as - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Berkeley of Knighton (XB - Life peer) documented, the problems over visas for musicians and singers are now compounded by the fact that foreign opera - Speech Link
2: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) finest music industries in the world, which of course includes rock music but also classical music and opera - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Murphy of Torfaen (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has received concerning cuts to opera funding in England and Wales.
Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
It is important that people across the country have access to a diverse range of cultural opportunities. Arts and cultural bodies receive funding through a wide variety of sources, including through Arts Council England, an arm’s-length body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and the Arts Council of Wales, which as a Welsh Government Sponsored Body works within a strategic framework agreed with the Welsh Government.
In addition to the £4.6 million it received from the Arts Council of Wales each year, the Welsh National Opera will receive £4 million of public funding through Arts Council England’s 2023–26 Investment Programme, and was also successful in its application to Arts Council England's ‘Transform Programme’, through which it will receive an additional one-off payment of £3.25 million. This means the Welsh National Opera will receive over £15 million of public funding from Arts Council England between 2023 and 2026.
Cultural organisations across the UK such as the Welsh National Opera are also benefiting from the two-year extension to the higher rates of theatre, orchestra, museums and galleries exhibition tax reliefs announced at the last Budget. This extension will continue to offset ongoing pressures and boost investment in our cultural sectors. They will encourage investment in productions across the UK, support cultural organisations to tour, drive economic growth, and allow the sector to maintain its international competitiveness and reputation.
Arts Council England remains committed in its support for opera, and its 2023–26 Investment Programme has 13 organisations (an increase from the previous round) receiving a share of £30 million per annum (a figure which counts just 50% of the Royal Opera House grant, as that organisation is also home to the Royal Ballet). This represents around 40% of the Programme’s total investment in music (around £76 million p.a. when including 50% of the Royal Opera House’s funding).
Since decisions about which organisations to fund, and by how much, are made by Arts Council England at arm’s length from Government, and are a devolved matter in relation to Wales, the Department has no plans to meet any of the organisations or other Ministers named in relation to the Welsh National Opera.