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Last modified on Sun 20 Dec 2020 06.47 EST Curious though it may seem, the Royal Opera staged a pyjama party for its Christmas concert, the stream of which went ahead as scheduled, though tier 3 restrictions meant there was no live audience as originally planned. Director Dan Dooner was, one assumes, responsible for the overarching concept behind a programme of operatic acts and scenes, all reimagined as a series of get-togethers round a Christmas tree (borrowed from the Royal Balletâs Nutcracker), for which the singers were dressed in an assortment of pyjamas, dressing gowns and slippers â whether their own or provided by the costume department, we were not told. ....