Stewart Copeland's 'Electric Saint' opera - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

The story of two great pioneers of electricity, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, has become an opera. 'Electric Saint' is the latest work from Stewart Copeland, who first made his name as the drummer with The Police. He worked on it with theatre director, Jonathan Moore.

Today's special correspondent James Naughtie spoke to Stewart Copeland and Jonathan Moore to find out more.


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