An audience member tells us that after the applause at the end of Rigoletto last night, someone in the audience shouted about the cultural treasure that WNO is and that if we don’t support WNO we will lose it. He got a round of applause from a significant proportion of those present,
Chorus members wore protest t-shirts.
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