This was ENO's music director bringing the orchestra on stage at the Coliseum at the end of Peter Grimes last Wednesday. No-one yet knew of plans to slash the orchestra to chamber size, or of Brabbins' intention to resign. This would turn out to be his final ENO appearance. The photograph was taken by an
English National Opera has taken down its aggressive social-media response to Martyn Brabbins' resignation announcement but there is no masking the disarray at the top of ENO, or the haplessness in handling the orchestra. The team at ENO is headed by an interim chief executive, Jenny Mollica, who is the company's former head of strategy