The spiritual minimalist John Tavener (1944–2013) punched his ticket to Pop Nirvana when Princess Diana’s funeral cortege departed Westminster Abbey to the strains of his elegiac “Song for Athena.” Now, Charles III’s name is being yoked to Tavener, too. It seems his widow, Lady Maryanna Tavener, approached King Charles a while ago bearing the voluminous manuscript of Sir John’s unpublished Krishna. According to the London Times, the “mystic pantomime” on Hindu themes in 15 scenes counts among its distinctions five orgasms, a vision of the universe in a mouthful of mud, and a “halo” of eight flutes in an attic. The dramatis personae lists a weeping cow and a quartet of Krishnas, bookended by Rosa Sparks as the boy and Brett Polegato as the man. Sir David Pountney, not one to quail before grandiose conceits, is the director. Mark Shanahan conducts. From rural Grange Park, the production transfers to Houston Grand Opera in 2027-28. —Matthew Gurewitsch