Lawyer ‘hit fashion designer’ during Wagner performance

A ‘fight at the opera’ broke out after a classical music fan sat in an empty seat and knocked a coat onto the floor, a court heard. Hedge fund lawyer Matthew Feargrieve, 43, repeatedly punched Ulrich Engler on the shoulder during the performance of Wagner’s Siegfried at the Royal Opera House, it is claimed. The row began after fashion designer Mr Engler moved a coat belonging to Feargrieve’s partner from an empty seat and it ended up on the floor,…