15 NOVEMBER 1997, page 54

Salerooms

The hard sell Susan Moore Here, 12 Picasso paintings sold for $164 million. The star lot was The Dream' of 1932, an ecstatically sensual portrait of the artist's 22-year-old......

Opera

Le Comte Ory Die Entfiihrung aus dem Serail (Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Norwich) Ménage a trois Michael Tanner T o anyone who isn't in the thick of London's operatic politics —......