6 NOVEMBER 1999, page 70

Spanish Steps

John Percival explains how Roland Petit based his new ballet on a play by Goethe 0 nce upon a time, or about the middle of the 18th century to be exact, a young man called Jose......

Opera

Alceste (Barbican) We want Gluck Michael Tanner G luck remains the greatest under-per- formed composer whose major creative effort went into opera. People are always......