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Front Row: Remembering Prince, Opera North's Ring Cycle, novelist Georgina Harding

Miles Davis biopic, Opera North Ring Cycle, Novelist Georgina Harding, Juliet Stevenson on Rosalind

21/04/2016

Remembering Prince, Opera North's Ring Cycle, novelist Georgina Harding

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Remembering Prince, Opera North's Ring Cycle, novelist Georgina Harding

Mica Paris, biographer Matt Thorne and journalist Kevin Le Gendre on the legacy of Prince.

John Wilson assesses the legacy of the singer and songwriter Prince with Mica Paris, his biographer Matt Thorne and music journalist Kevin Le Gendre.

Singer Mica Paris remembers Prince who was her friend and mentor, and biographer Matt Thorne and journalist Kevin Le Gendre assess his legacy.

As Opera North's Music Director Richard Farnes and General Director Richard Mantle prepare to present six complete productions of the company's much praised "austerity" Ring Cycle, they discuss the art of creating great opera on a budget. The Ring Cycle opens at Leeds Town Hall on 23 April and goes on to tour the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham, The Lowry in Salford, the Royal Festival Hall in London, and Sage Gateshead.

Georgina Harding's latest novel, The Gunroom, opens with a description of the image of Don McCullin's Shell Shocked Soldier. It then becomes a work of fiction which explores the impact of taking that photo on the photographer as he endeavours to escape the horror of what he has seen. Georgina Harding discusses what inspired her to write this story. The Gun Room is out now.

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