Sir Richard Eyre's long-awaited report on the crisis in London's opera and ballet, released on June 30th, confirmed the financial diagnosis and begged the government for more money.
Hytner is the fifth. (The others were Peter Hall, RichardEyre, and Trevor Nunn.) Presiding over a vast range of writing, performing, designing, musical, and directorial talent, Hytner is a kind of commander-in-chief of British culture.