Why would anyone want the job of running London’s Royal Opera House? The place has run through five directors in as many years. The board is feisty and meddlesome, and the public isn’t so well disposed towards the company. “What that leaves for the ROH chief executive is little more than shuffling schedules and making sure the floors are swept. Most people who want to run an opera house do so with a view to having some influence on what happens on stage – inserting a fancied singer here, a favourite ballet there.” – The Telegraph (UK)