Ten productions that changed British opera

We celebrate the directors who have reinvigorated the genre• Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (John Cox, Glyndebourne, 1975)With designs by David Hockney parodying the William Hogarth engravings that inspired the opera, Cox's production has become a widely travelled classic, still regularly revived at Glyndebourne.• Britten: Peter Grimes (Elijah Moshinsky, Covent Garden, 1975)The composer himself was rumoured to have loathed it, yet Elijah Moshinsky's visceral staging re-established Grim...

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