Simon Keenlyside explains how he fell for the missus

The great Simon Keenlyside, the man who puts the magic in the Magic Flute, tells the Western Mail how he met the wife, the Royal Ballet's Zenaida Yanowsky:

“I was at the Royal Opera House with the Magic Flute and I fell through the trap door and broke myself in pieces. I was hungry and went for a dinner upstairs, waiting for the doctor to come, and there she was.”

Sadly, Covent Garden's most celebrated pecs may not be displayed quite so frequently in future. He hints that now the couple are expecting their first child, he may be spending less time at Covent Garden and more on his Welsh farm: “Wales is home” .