Britain's Royal Opera House makes Tate man its new chief

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Opera House appointed a figure from one of the country's most prominent art galleries as its new head on Tuesday, filling a post left open when the last opera chief left to head the scandal-hit state broadcaster. Alex Beard, 49, deputy director of Tate, a family of four art galleries, was a surprise appointment as he has never worked in the performing arts. He will take up the $380,000 a year position at the start of the 2013/14 season. ...



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