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'The bill for curtains for lavish staging of Verdi’s La traviata must have been huge'

The early bankability of Sir David McVicar as a director of opera was aligned with a skill in supplying memorable productions on a restricted budget. It is reasonable to speculate that this is no longer the case. The bill for curtains alone for his staging of Verdi’s La traviata must have been astronomical – there are a lot of drapes in his and designer Tanya McCallin’s Belle Epoque salons and boudoirs.