24 MAY 1997, page 39

Opera

Elektra (Covent Garden) Polaski to the rescue Michael Tanner I t is glorious but it is not Greek!' writes Robin Holloway in his illuminating essay on the orchestration of......

Arts

Shakespeare: do we need him? Yes, says Harry Eyres. His poetic profundity is a matter of central human importance H ow convenient it must be to think like Lisa Jardine. The......