5 JUNE 1971, page 23

Opera

Trumps RODNEY MILNES The tone of Maurice Maievsky's tenor may not be quite as seductive, but power rather than beauty is needed for Hermann, and power M Maievsky certainly has.......

Art

Commune market EVAN ANTHONY In an attempt to com- bat the boredom [of the sieges of Paris] news- papers were more in de- mand than ever. Every rumour, however pre- posterous,......