15 FEBRUARY 1963, page 18

Opera

Die Meistersinger By DAVID CAIRNS BEYOND any calculations of profit and loss from the re- vival of Die Meistersinger at Covent Garden there is simply the pleasure of hearing......

Ballet

Swan Queens By CLIVE BARNES to be found in Soviet Russia. They have been handed down to us from the original 1895 pro- duction and it is a pity to mess them around. Nureyev does......