2 NOVEMBER 1991, page 51

Arts

Architecture Art from the swipe book Fornasetti, Designer of Dreams (V & A, till 19 January) I n 1944, the Italian architect Gio Ponti wrote that his country had 'nothing but......

Opera

Musical chairs Rupert Christiansen on the comings and goings at Covent Garden and elsewhere T he situation at the Royal Opera House — the orchestra mutinous in its bid for a......