The English National Opera could scarcely be having a worse holiday season, what with the recent resignations of its artistic director and chairman, and the continued browbeatings the company is taking in the British press. Now, music director designate Oleg Caetani has apparently been relieved of the post he was to take up next month. “Sources say that the reason for Caetani’s pre-emptive ejection was the lack of time he could commit to the company – an issue that had caused concern among observers from his appointment in March this year after a 14-month search.”