England Prepares to Leave the World

England Prepares to Leave the World
AP Photo/Matt Dunham

I never thought I would see this opera again. ‘Rule Britannia!' peals, the curtain parts, and there is a mad queen poling her island raft away into the Atlantic. Her shrieks grow slowly fainter, as the mainland falls behind. The first performance was in the 1980s. Who could forget . . .

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