12 JANUARY 1962, page 14

Opera

A Lack of Design By DAVID CAIRNS I AM still waiting for a pro- duction of The Magic Flute which is good enough to silence the unbelievers in our midst. The new version at Covent......

Cinema

Fascist First XI By ISABEL QUIGLY The Valiant. (Odeon, Leicester Square.)—The Last Day of Summer. (Everyman, Hamp- stead.) STRIKE high or strike low, there is no pleasing some......