15 AUGUST 1987, page 37

Opera

The Queen of Spades Eugene Onegin (Kirov Opera, Covent Garden) Lessons learnt Rodney Milnes T he first visit within living memory by a Russian opera company has been some- thing......

The Fringe

Tartans and tattoos Zenga Longmore samples the Festival's street entertainment T o explain the reason why I wasn't looking forward to the Edinburgh Festival , I shall have to......