Letter: Royal Opera House
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Your support makes all the difference.Sir: Tonight (3 December) the Royal Ballet represents the United Kingdom at the festivities marking the reopening of the Teatro Real in Madrid. From Friday the Royal Opera contributes to the Year of Opera and Music Theatre in East Anglia with performances of Britten's Paul Bunyan. Both events represent the essence, quality and range of the Royal Opera House and its performing companies.
That Mary Allen, our chief executive since September, should be so vilified in today's select committee report scorns the efforts and achievements of the entire organisation during this difficult period of transition. Under Ms Allen's leadership, we are facing up to our problems, restructuring management and financial systems, and developing economically viable artistic plan that will enable us to return to Covent Garden with a programme that does justice to our redeveloped theatre.
That our development continues on time and on budget, while our fundraising has been more successful than any other comparable capital campaign, demonstrates the commitment of very many people to achieving our goals. We will do this best through our own endeavours, by strong management and leadership. We could have no better champion of our cause than Ms Allen, who has our unreserved support.
Sir ANTHONY DOWELL
Director of the Royal Ballet
KEITH COOPER
Director of Sales and Marketing
RICHARD HALL
Director of Finance
JOHN HARRISON
Technical Director
MIKE MORRIS
Director of Personnel
NICHOLAS PAYNE
Director of the Royal Opera
PHYLLIDA RITTER
Director of the Friends of Covent Garden
ANTHONY RUSSELL-ROBERTS
Administrative Director of the Royal Ballet
JOHN SEEKINGS
Development Director
MALCOLM WARNE HOLLAND
Orchestra Director
Royal Opera House
London WC2
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