4 MARCH 1989, page 35

Opera

Falstaff (Coliseum) The Ghost Sonata (Queen Elizabeth Hall) Life-enhancing fun Rodney Milnes V erdi'se last opera is quite indestructi- ble. This is not to suggest that the ENO......

Cinema

Virgin (`18', Cannon Piccadilly) Innocents abroad Hilary Mantel I n this week's summery and Gallic con- text, it seems perverse to quote Ivy Compton Burnett, but it is she who......

Dance

B artok in black leather Deirdre McMahon he Hungarian State Ballet, currently T paying its first visit to London (it has appeared at the Edinburgh Festival), has long had the......