“I am honored and delighted to be joining English National Opera, a company whose consistently ambitious and thrilling work I have loved for all my opera-going life,” Ms. Miskimmon said in a statement. She was unavailable for interview, a spokeswoman for the London opera company said. This will not be the first time Ms. Miskimmon has taken the reins of a troubled company. She took over at the opera house in Oslo after its former director, Per Boye Hansen, was denied a contract extension. “My impression is she’s been really well perceived,” Ms. Orstavik added, saying that Ms. Miskimmon had been a diplomatic leader in Oslo.

Source: New York Times October 08, 2019 15:56 UTC