Buying The Coliseum For English National Opera Was A Buig Mistake, Says UK Culture Minister Who Arranged It

"David Mellor said that while he thought begging the prime minister to buy the Coliseum for the ENO had been 'a major contribution to the cultural life of the country', he now thought it was an 'act of stupidity'. His intervention has been sparked in part by the decision of the ENO management to lease out the Coliseum in London for almost half the year [to producers of commercial musicals]."

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