artsreviews: Classical; WOMEN ACROSS THE WORLD Floral Hall, Royal Opera House LONDON ****.(Features) From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: February 10, 2006| Author: Church, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2006 Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Michael Church

While English National Opera prepares its Asian dub collaboration, the Royal Opera House pursues parallel experiments: first with its Nitro series of mini-operas by black composers, and now OperaWorld/ WorldMusic, which asks how mainstream European opera might be influenced by other cultures.

John Lloyd Davies, director of this new strand, adduces Debussy and Britten as composers whose dunking in the music of Indonesia had fruitful symp...