The company, which had a shortlist of five cities, had been told funding was dependent on leaving London
English National Opera has chosen Greater Manchester as its future home, a year after funders said it must move its base out of London.
The company had a shortlist of five places where it was considering setting up a new headquarters, with Manchester, the biggest city in Europe without a resident opera company, always the favourite. The other cities were Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool and Nottingham.
