There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.
If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it.
Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.
Initially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000.
As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use.
So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking.