Nehad Selaiha joins The Beggars ' Carnival at Al-Tali'a Theatre

An event and an overture. Amal Choucri Catta enjoys both

David LeHardy Sweet enjoys the opulence of a by-gone age

David Blake, Al-Ahram Weekly 's long-serving music critic whose death in 2002 deprived readers of his regular weekly take on Cairo's music scene, served always with aplomb, was born on 16 June, 1916. To mark the 90th anniversary of his birth we reprint below the article in which he introduced readers to the unforgettable diva Olga Moon, that Angel of the Annunciation on whose presence depends the success of any opera house worth the name

By Mursi Saad El-Din