25 JANUARY 1997, page 46

Raphael's Return

Edward Lucie-Smith on the cartoons at the Victoria & Albert Museum T he return of the tapestry cartoons to public view at the Victoria & Albert Muse- um coincided, perhaps......

Opera

The Italian Girl in Algiers (English National Opera) What a let-down Michael Tanner E nglish National Opera's new produc- tion of Rossini's first comic masterpiece, as it's......