13 OCTOBER 1961, page 17

Opera

The Best of Neither By DAVID CAIRNS Mr. Solti has stated that he will try to make Covent Garden the world's foremost opera house, and we all hope he succeeds. We also hope he......

Ballet

Captain Courageous By CLIVE BARNES Already, without London Ballet, there are five major ballet companies in Britain, four of them almost permanently on tour. London Ballet......

Medicine Men

By ISABEL QUIGLY The Young Doctors. (Leicester Square Theatre.)—On Friday at Eleven. (Plaza.) HOLLYWOOD can cope with films like The Young Doctors 0 E . in its sleep and once......

Coming Musical Events 13 -14 Leeds Triennial Festival,...

programmes include Stravinsky's Les Noces, Vivaldi's Gloria in D, Boulez's Marteau sans Maitre, Verdi's Requiem. 17 Lieder recital, Schwarzkopf : Schubert, Brahms, Wolf, Strauss......