17 SEPTEMBER 2005, page 39

Tale Of The Unexpected

Michael Tanner Dom Sébastien Royal Opera T he Royal Opera’s new season began with a nice big surprise: Donizetti’s last opera, Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal , written for Paris......

Jarring Note

Peter Phillips I t has not been an entirely straightforward Proms season for Nicholas Kenyon and his team. They missed the effects of the first London bombings, but not of the......

Climate Change

Ursula Buchan A ll my working life, I have been adapting to climate change. As an apprentice in a garden near Antwerp in the summer of 1976, I spent the early mornings and......