(Limelight). "Eminently readable, from cover to cover, and giving further evidence of the fascinating power over the imagination exerted by Wagner's protean and gigantic figure, this volume presents the subject with a freshness of enthusiasm that is at once communicated to the reader." Theatre Arts
Noted music critic and musicologist, Newman made his name writing for The Sunday Times, and is still regarded as one of the 20th century's most eminent critics.