28 APRIL 1979, page 31

Italian Cinema In Decline

Masolino d'Amico The Tree of Wooden Clogs ('L'albero degli zoccoli'), Ermanno Olmi's 190-minutelong film which opened this week at the Curzon, won the first prize at the last......

Homecomings

peter Jenkins tOdies (Ambassadors) ne Family Reunion (Roundhouse) ,MY dusty copy of The Family Reunion has "ebruary 1952 written on the flyleaf. It t 4 9°k me back a bit seeing......

Rigoletti

Rodney Milnes Rigoletto (Scottish Opera) Rigoletto (Kent Opera) Both these productions ignored the recommendation `Epoca, il secolo XVI' printed at the front of Verdi's score,......