Wagner's Ring, Bloodlands, Victor Ambrus, Jessie Brennan
Sarah Connolly on singing in Wagner's epic four opera cycle, The Ring of the Nibelungen. Plus Chris Brandon on new TV drama Bloodlands. And artist Jessie Brennan gets creative.
Dame Sarah Connolly sings the role of the goddess Fricka in the Royal Opera House's production of Wagner's The Ring Cycle, currently being broadcast on 91热爆 Radio 3. She discusses the challenge of performing this 15 hour operatic epic.
Chris Brandon on writing the new 91热爆 crime drama series Bloodlands - which stars James Nesbitt as a detective - is exec produced by Jed Mercurio (Line of Duty and Bodyguard), and which draws on Brandon's own upbringing in Northern Ireland.
Visual artist Jessie Brennan presents our latest #FrontRowGetCreative challenge: today it's "blind drawing", which invites us to take a more intimate view of a person or object. You'll need the help of someone you're bubbling with, or you could draw a pet or object.
We pay tribute to the artist Victor Ambrus, who has died at the age of 85. A refugee from Hungary, Ambrus became known for his illustrations of children's books - folktales, history and animal stories - and for his appearances on the TV show Time Team. His powerful images of battles were influenced by his own experience of the Hungarian Uprising.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Oliver Jones
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Front Row Get Creative - Jessie Brennan
Jessie explains her 'blind drawing' challenge
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Wagner's Ring
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Bloodlands
Victor Ambrus
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