LSO’s Antonio Pappano says many in UK are ‘embarrassed’ by art form and suspicious of cultural achievements
The conductor and musical director of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) has criticised the “misguided wokeism” behind what he called a “great suspicion” of opera and British cultural achievements.
Antonio Pappano, 64, has been the musical director of the Royal Opera House for more than two decades. He becomes the LSO’s chief conductor in September, having spent a year as chief conductor designate after Simon Rattle stepped down.
