Artisans in Britain, Germany and France craft the Royal Opera House’s new curtains

Artisans in Britain, Germany and France craft the Royal Opera House’s new curtains

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Frank Simon LONDON/VOLGELSHEIM, France, April 22 (Reuters) – In a studio inside London’s Hampton Court Palace, hand embroiderer Marg Dier carefully stitches fabric foliage around King Charles III’s cypher. The ​shiny gold insignia will adorn a new pair of stage ‌curtains that will open and close performances at London’s Royal Opera House. Her stitches are small and must be very secure. “It’s going to be going up and…