24 DECEMBER 1988, page 83

Arts

The Sistine Chapel Restoring the light Juliet Reynolds T o the Vatican!' I burst out breath- lessly as I fell into a yellow Roman taxi early one morning last September. 'Are you......

Opera Rigaletto (covent Garden)

Comfortable tidings Rodney MiInes N ot even the most benign hack could describe any of this season's new produc- tions as an unqualified success, and the ill-tempered,......