Welsh National Opera has appointed Christopher Barron as Interim General Director. He will take up the role in early January 2024.
During a careers in the arts, he has served as General Manager of the Edinburgh International Festival, as Chief Executive of Birmingham Royal Ballet, and of Scottish Opera and Ballet and as Artistic Director and Chief Executive of the Brighton Festival and Dome.
WNO’s current General Director Aidan Lang is to retire at the end of this year following four years in the role and more than 40 years working in opera globally.
The company said that Barron's role would be to provide stability in leadership and artistic vision for WNO over the next year, delivering the agreed artistic programme and preparing the ground for a new permanent leader. The search for a successor to Aidan Lang will begin in the New Year.