14 DECEMBER 1962, page 17

Opera

Wagnerians By DAVID CAIRNS THE ravens have been seen over Covent Garden; 'this Ende" is at hand. For the 'rumour is that Hotter is to re- tire and become intendant of a major......

Cinema

A Kind of Hero By ISABEL QUIGLY P r ehensibly remote by what has .come since. To People of his own generation or' even of the one straight after it there was nothing suspect......