, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Thank you both very much for that. In terms of the crisis facing WNO, could you tell us what figure you would need in order to survive, please?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
If I could ask you both, please, what assessment you would make of the health of classical music and opera specifically in Wales, given the cuts that, obviously, have been seen to Welsh National Opera and Mid Wales Opera, the ongoing pressures in St David's…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Welcome back. I'm sorry about the delay there, but we're back now with our session with Welsh National Opera. If it's okay with both of you, we'll move straight into questions.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
We'll take a quick technical break a moment, because I think we can hear some interference, so we'll just go private, just for a moment while we sort that out and we'll be right back. I'm just going to wait to hear that we're private.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Thank you very much. We'll move to Adele Thomas, who is online.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
I'm glad that we were able to have you with us before you left.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Good afternoon and welcome back to our session. We're once again looking at the impact of funding reductions on culture and sport, and this evidence session is with the Welsh National Opera. I will ask our witnesses to introduce themselves for the record, and…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
Thank you. We will go into private session now.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
Thank you very much. I'm afraid we have run out of time. May I thank you very much for your evidence this afternoon? A transcript of what's been said will be sent to you for you to check that it's an accurate record of the proceedings. There will be a few…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
I’m going to move to the national contemporary art gallery for Wales. I know that Laura and Heledd want to come in on that. I’ll ask for one question from Laura, and one from Heledd, so that we have time in the five minutes left to answer them. Laura wants to…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
We have five minutes left of the session.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
Diolch. Carolyn, because we're short on time, do you want to focus on 18 and 19?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
Heledd wanted to come in, I think.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
Well, from 14 onwards, if that's all right?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
We'll move to Carolyn.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
Okay. Forgive me, I'm afraid we're going to have to move on because we only have quarter of an hour left. Are you happy for us to move on? Yes.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
Just for Members to be aware, we are almost into our final quarter of an hour, so if we could try to be as concise as possible, that would be useful, so that we can get through as many areas as possible. Thank you.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
Right. Thank you. We'll move back to Laura.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
Okay. Heledd.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
Laura, and then Heledd.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
Probably linking in to what Heledd was asking about morale as well.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
Okay, if we could move on.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
Carolyn, you had some additional questions.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
I think that point has been made. I think that we can move on from that.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Arts Council of Wales (2)
If we could try and bring the questioning into the remit of what we're looking at this afternoon.
