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A right royal wave

A right royal wave

King Charles III came on stage last night at Covent Garden to bid farewell to Antonio Pappano after 22 years as music director of the Royal Opera.

It was a rare, personal and highly welcome gesture of solidarity with an art lately under attack from its funding authority, Arts Council England.

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