5 OCTOBER 2002, page 50

Viewed From On High

Andrew Lambirth L ast week I watched the sun set over the city of Hanover from the 16th floor of the new regional headquarters of Nord/LB, the vast German banking enterprise.......

A Truly Gruesome Tale

Michael Tanner T osca is probably the most derided of operas, as well as one of the most popular, and certainly one of the most frequently performed. Defenders of it usually......