and it's one of the w's $100.00 german must read. but 1st contestants have been arriving in tel aviv in israel for this year's your vision song called test and although the final is on saturday rehearsals have started and the knockout stages begin on tuesday 41 countries have entered the 26 gets a final and here is next was advised last year's winner of driving the greats she knows how to put on a show. and i'm joined by my colleague adrian and and the dea agent is all it is for most have arrived and their households have gotten we can have a sneak preview i think we're going to have a look at the french contribution 1st i thought is one of the favorites the shia his song is as much a political statement as

a song because funny is an 80 plus icon in france the song is about not being defined by others but staying true to yourself. something i think you can identify with to key haitian to stay true to myself apart. and spain's entry provides a splash of color this is with la vendee. but i think i'm finally home really have to germany is represented by sisters with that summation instead of the performing sister sisters and not actually sisters. and i hope to end the country's run of bad luck since 2015 germany has come last whites actually receive 1.6. in 2050 from britain in germany top faring so well in the competition recently but top of the

list when it comes to set design indeed this is the 6th time for invite vida. has designed sets for vision. the final run up to the euro vision song contest in tel aviv a key test drawing for florian feeder. he designed the backdrop for the show the biggest competition of its current on the planets. now we get a chance to see whether everything works as planned. the bruno boards it's all it's a big set and big venue but the stage itself is actually relatively small and that creates an intimate party atmosphere even though when viewed as a whole here of course looks gigantic music course also. is the 6th time the german stage designers shape the look of the contest the 1st

rehearsals every participating country like poland is responsible for its own performance but one design element reappears again and again the triangle it's a reference to the star of david and israeli symbol. of the expo exhibition center tell of eve is the venue for this year's european song contest the most complex aspect is coordinating with the various country delegations and israeli t.v. producers. it's not easy to do a search for the vision we have 4141 countries when we need a lot of versatility is and i think you can see the floor and stage a lot of versatility movie theaters this concert of course it's important to me that the whole thing looks good and works visually but the most important thing of all is that it works as a whole. you can only judge that after the show. and when it's over i'm happy if it all went well i would leave florian vader has done far more than create

a stage for a competition with a 29000 euro vision song contest he sets a new milestone for stage design. so great sets but one of the big talking points this year a.j. well the biggest controversy is not a song this year but rather the venue of course the contest taking place in israel because israeli singer and ally won the contest in 28 c. the pro palestinian international boycott divestment sanctions movement b.d.'s has called for a boycott and there were protests at the weekend in tel aviv the b.d.'s says the contest allows a white washing of israelis policies towards palestinians in the occupied west bank and gaza israel says the international boycott is discriminatory and anti said mystic but dozens of european artists have called for the contest to be moved

elsewhere but so far no singers have doubt some of the artists have also defied the boycott calls madonna will be appearing at the final on saturday night's indeed very briefly big who's going to win well the touch song is favored duncan lawrence has appeared naked in the video for al-qaeda appears naked on saturday night i predict he could have a good chance of pulling it off. he will be taking. off his clothes. thank you very. the german aids foundation has today annual charity over the weekend in western germany tops our us from the operatic world performed with the beethoven orchestra and raise lots of money for age charities he was maybe a part of the event and broadcast it live but if you've missed it has some highlights and so. 2 2 do good and takes joy in it that's the motto of this year's opera gala

in bone it's been held for the 8th time on behalf of the german aids foundation soprano orly and i took out was one of 10 singers who took part as well as pieces from their days this is silly investments and la traviata the ukrainian singer also performed mini's aria from pretty nice boy. that isn't concert the aria is perfect for this concert in particular because mimi as a character is also ill. but she's in love and never loses hope that everything will turn out ok. it. was the artists all performed for free the proceeds from ticket sales are donated to the fight against the still incurable disease. accompanying this thing as is the city's beethoven orchestra led by conductor dick cuffed on.

for a good cause for an important cause that we need to keep in the public are a huge sum of money is raised on this evening that's great and we're happy to serve the cause of. the gun as was started by on and helmet under ass heartbreak his biggest concerns remain prevention and research globally almost 37000000 people are living with hiv that's the aim of the subject is played down people act as if it's not such a bad thing no 1st you should protect yourself otherwise you have a lifelong. disease and be reliant on strong medication and that's not fun people should be careful and be informed that's our message. the go on oprah gala has become one of the hottest dates in the cultural calendar popular with both concert go is and artists other engaging performances came from soprano iniesta.

and countertenor means van does a. 10 hour andrade on you know it had an energetic take on line sucked the do it from off from box the tales of hoffmann. this year's got a netted a record 240000 euros but classed as dagon of the german aids foundation says the charity's work is far from over when if you and i was considering our work as a whole it's very important for us that the disease be acknowledged by society for it to be curable one day to finally beat it that would be our greatest success and . that beethoven's ode to joy the anthem of the european union brought the

event to a triumphant close so do its beethoven choir and audience join together in song to demonstrate their joint resolve to fight aids. now series 100 must reads the best books of german language literature from the start of the 20th century today it's a book called by a swiss author called peter. it was written just 20 years ago and it's a tragic love story between an older man and a woman half his age is our man david leavitt's with mole. when people are in love they do some pretty cool raese stuff like buying expensive jewelry opening joint bank accounts going through each other's e-mails some people even write love stories but what happens when the story becomes more important than the love itself . and.

agnes is the debut novel of swiss author page. it's the story of a love story gone terribly wrong the narrator is a want to be a novelist with writer's block he falls in love with agnes a student he meets at the public library no i'm not giving anything away when i tell you that it does not and as well the author makes that clear from the very beginning. agnes is dead killed by a story all that's left of her now is this story it begins on that day 9 months ago when we 1st met in the chicago public library it was cold when we 1st met and generally is cold in the city. their conversation the big topics death intimacy when agnes asks her lover who write a story about her it starts off as a game the narrator documents their love affair as it unfolds but then he starts writing a few chapters ahead. a few days after our excursion to the lake the story

moved into the future now agnes was my creation i felt the new freedom lend a wings to my imagination i planned her future for her the way a father would plan his daughters. so where is the line between reality and fantasy . or is it just part of the story within the story is a novel about love and loneliness and a parable about the power of literature. finally today the hollywood legend doris day. in california. she dreamt of being. badly in a car accident and took up singing then hollywood beckoned and she became one of the biggest. 950 s. and sixty's. pillow talk.

show in recent years she had spent most of the time and energy as an animal rights activist doris day was died aged 90. 6 it's a day don't forget our web site at. facebook. think.

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