£55 million Lottery money for Royal Opera House
- Title
- £55 million Lottery money for Royal Opera House
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
- TX Date
- 20 Jul 1995
- Year of production
- 1995
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- Duration
- 00:05:09
- Description
- National Lottery organisers announced today that £55 million out of £62 million available for the arts should go to the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. The Arts Council has denied that the opera is elitist and dismissed claims that the poor are funding entertainment for the rich. Jeff Collins reports. Contributions from Sir Angus Stirling, Chairman of the Board of the Opera House; Lord Gowrie (Alexander Ruthven, or Grey Gowrie), Chairman of the Arts Council; Labour MP Tony Banks; Peter Gummer, Chairman of the National Lottery Advisory Board; Jim Monahan of the Covent Garden Community Association; Jeremy Isaacs, Director-General of the Royal Opera House.
- Contributors
- Tony Banks; Jeff Collins; Angus Stirling; Peter Gummer; Jim Monahan; Jeremy Isaacs; Grey Gowrie
- Keywords
- London; Opera; Covent Garden; Royal Opera House; Arts; National lotteries; Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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