18 MARCH 2000, page 62

Opera

Parsifal (Scottish Opera) Trusting in Wagner Michael Tanner • sifal, the first ever north of the border, undertaken and carried through magnifi- cently in the face of gruelling......

Arts

Through Ruskin's eyes Martin Gayford questions whether a critic's views should be the subject of an exhibition T he pretension of a great critic,' wrote Walter Sickert kindly of......

Dance

Salt (Sadler's Wells) Game of contrasts Giannandrea Poesio I n the old ballet world, a female dancer with both an extraordinarily powerful tech- nique and an ability to sail......