Ask Alice - An encounter with Birtwistle's 'Minotaur' at Covent Garden, for Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Ask Alice, with Alice McVeigh. Photo © 2012 John Carmichael

An encounter with Birtwistle's Minotaur at Covent Garden
for classical music agony aunt ALICE McVEIGH

Hi Alice, I called, and your daughter Rachel said you were at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Don't tell me you made it into central London on Jan. 21st, when practically no trains were running due to snow?..

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