18 APRIL 1970, page 20

Opera

Tally ho! JOHN HIGGINS La forza del destino must be the most difficult of Verdi's operas to stage suc- cessfully, which perhaps suggests that Forza might be the ideal gramophone......

Arts Swan Upon Waving Water

HILARY SPURLING It is a fine week which brings us Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem at the National Theatre in a production which matches, as precious little has done recently,......

Cinema

Fathers and sons PENELOPE HOUSTON Killer! (Cinecenta and Gala Royal, 'A') Handel (Cameo Poly, `U') Beyond argument, Claude Chabrol is now established as one of the real, rare......