Better Late Than Never ; After Being Postponed Five Months Ago When the Leading Man Was Taken Ill, Ian Mcewan's Debut Opera, for You, Finally Arrives in South Wales. Karen Price Meets the Award-Winning Novelist...

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WHEN your first opera has been such a long time coming - 26 years to be exact - what's a five-month delay between friends Ian McEwan and Michael Berkeley?

For You is a collaboration between author McEwan and composer Berkeley and it was initially due to premiere five months ago as part of the Hay Festival.

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Better Late Than Never ; After Being Postponed Five Months Ago When the Leading Man Was Taken Ill, Ian Mcewan's Debut Opera, for You, Finally Arrives in South Wales. Karen Price Meets the Award-Winning Novelist...

However, illness to its leading man, Eric Roberts, postponed the big night until late October and the subsequent tour was shunted back too.

But with the highl...

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