17 APRIL 2004, page 47

Shostakovich On The Rampage

Michael Tanner Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Royal Opera House The Mikado Coliseum I l ad) , Macbeth of Mtsensk, Shostai kovich's scandalous opera, is the most successful thing that......

Safely Does It

Patrick Camegy Romeo and Juliet Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford A s extreme, provocative productions of the classics tend now to be the rule rather than the exception, many......