28 NOVEMBER 1992, page 60

Opera

Princess Ida (London Coliseum) Die Frau ohne Schatten (Covent Garden) Warm and wonderful Rupert Christiansen I can hardly bear to think about Ken Russell's production of Gilbert......

Music

Brave new sound-world Robin Holloway O ratorio', as shorthand for large- scale serious statement for massed voices and instruments, has figured three times in Alexander Goehr's......