REVISION:The National Audit Office said that there are only 21 international shows planned for this year, calling for better utilization of the establishment’s resources
Taipei Times
Date: Aug 30, 2016
By: Huang Chung-shan and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Taichung Metropolitan Opera House, which is to open on Sept. 30, will likely run a considerable
The Taichung Metropolitan Opera House, designed by award-wining Japanese architect Toyo Ito, is pictured on Thursday. Photo: Liao Yao-tung, Taipei Times
deficit, the National Audit Office said, drawing the ire of city officials.
The Taichung City Government on Thursday last week donated the National Taichung Theater (Metropolitan Opera House) — designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning Japanese architect Toyo Ito — to the Ministry of Culture.
The theater is likely to operate at an annual deficit of NT$150 million (US$4.7 million), the office said in a report and made suggestions for improving the theater’s operations.
The report was based on last year’s assessment of the theater’s financial plan. It suggested that the theater completely overhaul its financial plan to improve the use of resources, adding that only 21 international performances are planned for this year. [FULL STORY]