20 DECEMBER 2008, page 86

Beware The Witch

Michael Tanner Hänsel und Gretel Royal Opera House Mörder, Hoffnuniq der Frauen Ardente Opera T he Royal Opera’s new production of Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel , has two......

Carter Surprises

Robin Holloway B y the time you read these words, Elliott Carter — save for a wry ‘act of God’ — will have passed his 100th birthday, in full productive spate as he enters a......