27 AUGUST 1988, page 35

Cinema

Anna ('15', Metro) From the new world Hilary Mantel S tories about ageing actresses are doomed to be pretty much alike: bring on the poignancy, bring on the old bitter- sweet.......

Opera

Bayreuth brutalism Rodney Milnes h e new Bayreuth Ring is nasty, brutish but not, alas, short: spending a week in its company in this particular small town in Germany — one full......