It started life as an offshoot of English National Opera and had the specific intention of delivering high-quality opera to the northern areas of England which, up to that point, had had no permanently established opera company.
It started life as an offshoot of English National Opera. It had the specific intention of delivering high-quality opera to the northern areas of England. This quality opera to the northern areas of England had had no permanently established opera company. This was up to that point.