Wagner's
Rienzi ERNEST WARBURTON , producer of next Sunday's broadcast version of Rienzi, which has never been performed as Wagner designed it, recounts the history of the opera, and describes the reconstruction of the score which he and EDWARD DOWNES have made from early sources, with John Rowe as Wagner
Musical illustrations sung by HAZEL HOLT , CAROLE ROSEN and ROBIN LEGGATE with the BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by EDWARD DOWNES Producers ERNEST WARBURTON and STANLEY WILLIAMSON BBC Manchester
(Wagner's Rienzi: 27 June)