The last of four conversations in which Robert Dawson Scott invites a guest to look back on a considerable musical challenge. As director of the Royal National Theatre, Richard Eyre has tackled everything from David Hare 's dissections of life to the Broadway rhythms of Guys and Dolls. Here he looks back on his first foray into the world of opera, directing
Verdi's La Traviata at Covent Garden.
Producer John Goudie