A celebration by Bernard Levin In a few days' time the most ambitious enterprise in the history of the Sadler's Wells Opera will have been completed - the company s first-ever production of Wagner's Ring cycle, at the London Coliseum.
BERNARD LEVIN celebrates the occasion with a radio essay in which he talks about Wagner. the man and the music, with illustrations from gramophone records.
Producer ALAN HAYDOCK
Face the Music with Bernard Levin tomorrow at 8.50, BBC2