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Front Row: Der Rosenkavalier, Adventures in Moominland, Peter Mullan in Quarry

Der Rosenkavalier, Adventures in Moominland, Peter Mullan in Quarry

15/12/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Der Rosenkavalier, Adventures in Moominland, Peter Mullan in Quarry

Moomins creator Tove Jansson, and the challenges of performing Der Rosenkavalier.

Moomins creator Tove Jansson remembered by her niece Sophia, the challenges of performing Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier at the ROH, and Stephen Armstrong reviews TV drama Quarry.

Richard Strauss's comic opera Der Rosenkavalier is about to open at the Royal Opera House in London. Singers Renée Fleming and Alice Coote discuss the challenges of tackling Strauss's masterpiece. 

Quarry, a new TV crime drama, centres on the story of a Vietnam vet who struggles to return to normality after his experiences of war and finds himself lured into a life as a professional assassin. The series is directed by Greg Yaitanes (Lost, House, Heroes) and stars Logan Marshall-Green, Jodi Balfour, and Scottish actor Peter Mullan. Critic Stephen Armstrong reviews.

The world of Tove Jansson and her famous creation Family Moomintroll is brought to life in the first major UK exhibition of the writer and artist's work. Her niece, Sophia Jansson, and Paul Denton, producer of Adventures In Moominland, discuss the artist's creations and how they reflected the world she inhabited.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Angie Nehring.

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