24 MAY 1997, page 40

Go Forth Well Armed

Rupert Christiansen gives ten pieces of advice to the Royal Opera House's new chief executive D ear Mary Allen, I suppose congratulations are in order, but I can't say I envy......

Opera

Elektra (Covent Garden) Polaski to the rescue Michael Tanner I t is glorious but it is not Greek!' writes Robin Holloway in his illuminating essay on the orchestration of......