16 JANUARY 1959, page 13

Ballet

Where Do We Go From Here? By A. V. COTON FIFTY years ago this spring the .Russian Ballet of Diaghilev appeared in Paris. It touched Jo off a renaissance that had never before in......

Opera

Professional Amateurs By DAVID CAIRNS PROMISING noises floated into the crush bar at Covent Garden last week during the press con- ference on the Annual Report. The Magic Flute......