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John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
After a great start to the season, forcing cuts at English National Opera feels like another insensitive and misinformed misfire by @ace_national. Sending my colleagues @E_N_O love and strength as they fight for their livelihoods once more.
John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
Members at English National Opera have learned that the company plans to axe 19 posts & employ the remaining musicians on part time contracts
The union plans to reject the proposals & fight to keep our members at @E_N_O in full time jobs, on full time pay bit.ly/401jKHi
John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
If you are near the London Coliseum this evening, you could do worse than get a ticket to see one of the future stars of British opera give his debut performance in one of the pivotal roles of British opera.
John Finden as Peter Grimes @E_N_O
John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
Which competitor in BBC #CardiffSinger deserves your vote in the Dame Kiri Te Kanawa audience prize? 🌟
Vote ONLINE ONLY by 10AM BST Saturday 17th June
Full information: tinyurl.com/CSOTWVOTE
John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
Some friends and colleagues share some words about why they believe we should aspire to live in a country that supports the arts. Please watch this vid: youtu.be/2iu0TqSgu7c and if you can, do donate to: chuffed.org/project/leedslie… @spconnolly @LeedsLieder
John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
Yes, the Coronation music was wonderful. Conservatives have cut arts funding by a third in the last decade. Government cuts to the BBC mean they’re losing 20% of orchestra places. Music teaching in state schools is in freefall.
Who’s going to play at the next one?
John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
If anybody still hasn't signed... the @BBCSingers petition needs 96 more names to reach the magic 150,000 mark. It will be officially delivered early next week. The immediate danger has been averted but there is a long road ahead.
#WeAreTheBBCSingers
change.org/p/stop-the-planne…
John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
Hmm...I may get turned back at Heathrow for this, but it had to be said. Proud to join over 700 other composers in this infuriating protest.
John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
We need your support!
Britten Sinfonia is being cut from Arts Council England’s National Portfolio, which means we will lose 100% of our regular public funding.
Will you help us #PlayOn?
Find out more and donate here: https://teapawt.net/t.co/lgC40OjOpM
Please retweet 🔃
John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
Extraordinary set of charts in the FT today. Twelve years of Tory misrule has left us sicker and poorer than our peers. Utterly disastrous.
(Charts via @JolyonMaugham and @GeorgePeretzKC)
John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
Went to @E_N_O last night. Full house. Reasonably priced (by West End standards). Didn't know ENO gives out 10s of thousands of free seats to under 21s. It one of the most accessible (& non-eletist) opera companies on the planet. And it has just lost ALL of its funding.
Please help us to get them to reconsider their current decision by signing this petition, kindly set up by Sir Bryn Terfel: chng.it/g8wyqDdb (3/3)
#LoveENO #ChooseOpera
John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
🚨Since Monday, more than 2000 people have signed up to our free Under 35s membership. Now that's what we call audience growth 💪
Wanna be in our gang? Sign up here 👉eno.org/under35s
John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
If you love what @E_N_O stands for
Access to the arts for
. young people
. disabled people
. people from a global majority
. people who can’t afford £200 a ticket
Then please sign & share this
@E_N_O believes the arts must be for everyone
#ChooseOpera
#LoveENO
Please help us to get them to reconsider their current decision by signing this petition, kindly set up by Sir Bryn Terfel: chng.it/g8wyqDdb (3/3)
#LoveENO #ChooseOpera
John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
@ClaireMN_Music Everyone: this person is head of music @ace_national Unelected, she has decided to end popular grand opera in London because there is no “growth in demand” for it. RT if you anticipate no growth in demand for her having such power @E_N_O @RoyalOperaHouse
John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
For 90 years, @E_N_O have fulfilled a unique function in our capital city working to galvanise the ethos of their founder Lilian Baylis: ‘Opera for all'. The disconnect between those in great power and an understanding of what Opera actually is and can offer is baffling.
John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
Thank you to everyone for their support since Friday. We want to work with DCMS and ACE to aid the levelling up agenda (1/3)
#LoveENO
John Llewelyn Evans retweeted
Sir John in Love @BYOpera is something of triumph: by simply being able to cast convincingly an opera with so many parts, with each voice distinctive and appropriate to the part, with each character being played convincingly and by making one believe in and be moved by the piece.