5 JANUARY 1985, page 26

Opera

Sensation Rodney Milnes Mazeppa (Coliseum) rr his one's going to give all you music 1 critics hernias,' a bright young opera producer said to me, with perhaps a shade too much......

Cinema

Running into the sand Peter Ackroyd Dune (PG, Empire Leicester Square) P . T . Ihe beginning', we are told, 'is a very delicate time'; but this consideration scarcely applies to......