MUSIC

Sian Edwards will become the first woman to conduct an opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, when she makes her debut at Britain’s leading opera house on April 29. The Royal Opera announced this week that Edwards, 33, would conduct a new production of Sir Michael Tippett’s “The Knot Garden” with the composer attending the performance. Edwards will conduct one opera a year at Covent Garden over the next three years. She will open the 1989-90 season with Verdi’s “Rigoletto.”