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Records

Problem pages RODNEY MILNES Meyerbeer is a problem. Current critical opi- nion judges him to be moribund, yet the body continues, disconcertingly, to twitch. More than any other......

What's Wrong

JOHN HIGGINS Last January Covent Garden put on a revival of ll- Trovatore which turned out to be one of the great successes of the season past. From the opening drum roll it was......

Facts And Ironies

PENELOPE HOUSTON There are moments in the cinema when it's a relief to get away from the pounding in- sistence of the personal problem, the feeling of being shut up in the dark......