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English Touring Opera (ETO) is an opera company in the United Kingdom founded in 1979 under the name Opera 80 by the then-existing Arts Council of Great Britain. In 1992 the company changed to its present name. Today it is sponsored in part by Arts Council England 〔( ETO page on artscouncil.org.uk )〕 as well as receiving support from individual and corporate sponsors, plus trusts and foundations. The company aims to bring high quality opera to areas of England that would not otherwise have ready access to such productions. Since 2002, its General Director (and acclaimed stage director of several productions) 〔( Tim Ashley, "''The Emperor of Atlantis'' – review" ), ''The Guardian'' (London), 9 October 2012〕 has been James Conway, who came from the Opera Theatre of Ireland. Its Music Director, also since 2002, is Michael Rosewell.〔 ==The company== Opera 80 itself became the successor to Opera For All,〔"Opera 80", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera", at Oxfordmusiconline.com〕 an "umbrella organization" which had planned tours by small groups which performed to piano accompanment.〔 David Parry became music director in 1983.〔 ETO is a charitable organization which seeks to stimulate access, understanding and appreciation of opera. The company has always presented operas in English and it currently tours twice each year to more venues than any other opera company in the UK, going to about 33 theatres, many of which would not normally host opera performances.〔(About ETO ) at englishtouringopera.org.uk〕 These include London, Cambridge, Exeter, Poole, Cheltenham, Malvern, Crawley, Sheffield, Wolverhampton, Buxton, Durham and Perth. It is estimed that the Spring 2012 tour included "nearly 50 gigs".〔 As James Conway notes: :"One of the great new challenges is to show audiences that what we offer is different from the essentially passive experience of cinema relays - to point out how the ''actual'' live experience of listening and looking is incomparably better".〔Conway quoted in Thicknesse, p. 71〕 In Britain's economic climate of 2012, Arts Council England grants have increased by about 50% since 2002〔Thicknesse, pp. 71-72〕 and "English Touring Opera....will receive £1,577,015 in 2012/13, rising to £1,819,244 in 2014/15. This is expected to allow the company to sustain its current level of touring over the coming year, then to increase its programme of activity from 2012 onwards."〔("''Opera Now'': Latest News" online at rhinegold.co.uk/magazines/opera_now )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「English Touring Opera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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