20 MAY 1955, page 22

Opera

THAT the new Bartered Bride at Covent Garden fell flat on the first night was mainly due to everybody's trying too hard to make a good start (it was Kubelik's first appearance......

Music

IT seems to me that Arthur Bliss is one of those composers who is either inspired or nothing. He has little capacity for musical maintenance; patching up, making do with poor......

Television And Radio

WE shall hardly know until after the election whether wireless and television have had much effect on voters, If you pay attention to what is written on the subject you might......

Art

SIXTY-THREE Picasso drawings—about one- third of the cycle which marked his great burst of activity the winter before last—may be seen at the Marlborough Gallery. They show a......