and u.s. photographer lauren greenfield captures the insatiable greed of the ultra wealthy. but 1st in the world of tragic operas true love is a question of life and death this past weekend's premiere in munich was no different. 6 than the title character in the opera assessed is a queen who offers her life to the gods in exchange for their rescuing her husband belgian choreographers see the lot of the shadow we puts his contemporary spin on custom very bad cloaks 18th century opera. with until now lo monaco on the conductor's podium putting his own signature on this rarely performed opera. mr my god i think for joining me here do you know what attracted you to this opera in particular it's

a very special piece look try to reform the opera world after the rock time and it's was the wagner freeze time actually and so and it's big challenge to these piece especially with a choreographer as a director so we don't have only seen goods and music in the pits but we have all the dances on the on stage so it was quite a big challenge and challenge it's nice for me ok yeah i was i was watching these clips and i was thinking gosh i can hardly multitask of my desk and here you are you're in charge of the orchestra pit you've got the singers on stage and you have this entire dance production going on at the same time how do you how do you keep everyone focused well 1st of his one medium which is common and it's the music and that's a big big we can help actually and then and then i think the challenge is really fascinating and when you work with singers and you work with dancers it's very different and when you have to combine both you have. i don't know i don't know if

i manage but i try to do that you know a lot of the conductors they either do some fun of work or operatic where. you do both how do you justify that decision is just because a conductor the conductor is not an opera conductor as a funny conductor i think a conductor has to do everything and it's one profit from the other to say so i think you know let's get bites of this particular opera you said good look tried to reform the opera he wanted to make it more simple after the baroque period does that make your job easier working with simpler music much more difficult the simplest most of the more difficult actually in this case because ever the notes that look wrote for musicians it's actually a syllable on stage it's very much putting text into music and notes the opposite so the musicians in debate i always told them we have to exercise teach it in the pits so it's not on the stage and on stage dancing on stage but with the stage it

in the pit and this theme of sacrificing one's self for love having to die for love to prove your love is something that you can identify with maybe in your in your personal life in your career or should we also should i really do you have to be ready to dive it's not the 1st interview way i say that i think that's not what i think that love is the only weapon we have. the only weapon we have against against against dying but we're all going to die anyway i think so so she of. the law goes beyond death so i lost a lot of people that i don't have anymore my life now what was it like working so closely with a choreographer it's a very interesting work because usually with direct is. the concept of the opera and what but we worked a lot on actually the movement of course with the dom says but with. syngas

as well and this is so close to my daughter in a way so it was quite interesting because in my job i can't talk now i have to you're happy now. i just move my hands with movements i express a lot without having to open an office. now you're also you're not just a travelling conductor you're also the principal conductor of the comma to me that's in potsdam close to berlin what brought you actually to berlin after working across europe i find this is one of the most amazing c.d.'s in a while and i came to berlin to learn german for one month i took a month free from my job as a biden is before and i can he end of course at the good institute and i states now in 19 years of age name he was the only goodness i love are you going to hear this if you believe that you've been there you can be who you are you were very much like look at the composer about who was. who was pan-european he worked in vienna

born in germany worked in vienna has his work got translated into french and your french italian you've worked in the netherlands you've worked in the baltic states you've worked all over. i want to actually take us back to your home country of italy i know that you like to cook a lot so i hope that you'll enjoy this next piece because italian food i don't have . tell you this is often cited as the most popular cuisine in the world and some of its famous mainstays tell us parmesan cheese parma ham and bowen is sauce come from one specific region in the country's north. where you'll find the cities of parma and it's blessed with some of italy's most fertile fields and vineyards and the wealth of flavors. near the city of parma daddio peggotty supervises the production of parmesan cheese he monitors the curdling and separates the kurds from the way.

once made the cheese wheels are placed in a brine solution for 2 weeks then they're left to right then for at least a year the cheese maker can tell whether a cheese is ripe but the sound it makes. we move on to the heart of parma where this small delicatessen draws tourists and locals alike muscly on a bend the knee has been selling parma ham here for 23 years the meat comes from pigs raised in the region which also drink the way created during parmesan cheese production. is characterized by sweet taste the leg of pork comes from a large pig and is a huge for at least 18 months it has a special aroma and is so tender that it melts in your mouth. should your book our next stop is near modern the city famous for its past some a clinical that christina cutty's a state tourist can spend the night and learn all about how the traditional vinegar

has produced to receive the coveted p.d.f. or protected designation of origin quality label the vinegar must a true these 12 years in 6 different wooden barrels every different a different taste of the product and their parents. so the bottle is not just one taste not just one but different and the friend who would. this is the. funk dusty can call the traditional summer. now we're off to colonial the capital of immediate romagna it's renowned for its cuisine especially its homemade pasta christina fortini began offering pasta making courses 15 years ago. and the intention is to keep up all the way that we will tell you to. sip is the familiarity for i supposed to

tell you tell it features prominently in these recipes but the world famous to get people in the news it is a rarity in berlin you hear people say for the wiser and flatter to the italian noodles so salute and one of the tito. good food a comfortable home a new pair of shoes now and again that's enough for most of us but not for everyone us photographer lauren greenfield is fascinated by greed and by the extreme consumerism of the super rich last year her movie generation wealth opened the sundance film festival the photos she took during the project are now on display at a show in hamburg and if i want to work on 100 hours a week and never see my family and die in early age that's my private if. any is made is this why. i'm jennifer tucker for 25 years with my lands focused on well. i noticed that no

matter how much people how. they still want more. it's never enough capital is cash sex you lifestyle and obsessive addiction. lauren greenfield takes us on a trip to the excesses of turbo capitalism. welcome to an empire of global madness the world of super egos soapie performers bring. models the rich and the celebrity want to be i really try to show people's humanity i try not to be judged until i try to create a safe space where they can tell their stories and that i try to represent their stories true to what i have seen. sometimes disturbing sometimes grotesque and almost obscene the 150 photos in the exhibition tread a thin line between the dream and the nightmare of the endless desire for money power and luxury. 52 year old lauren greenfield has known this generation well for

a long time she grew up in los angeles encountering it for the 1st time in high school. i think the thing that i'm usually about my perspective kind of in a way counterintuitive is that it is very critical of the culture but not very critical of the people that i see people reacting to their surroundings to their influences to different stimuli and i want to look at what that says culture i love money. greenfield has also made a documentary about her work it's been screened in international best polls and can now also be seen at the exhibition by house of casa turk and you know most every color bag star 20 sell some gold 33 pounds of gold diamonds given to me by the world. i know the names of the cardassian better than i know the names of my

neighbors. after so many years working with the super rich greenfield knows for a fact that money can't buy you happiness. the inner void that luxury is meant to fill is a bottomless pit. which comes across loud and clear in the pictures. capitalism feeds and thrives. on people feeling alas that what we see in many of these stories and in the film is that people are using things to fill an emptiness to fill of void that unfortunately money sacks image brands fill in the blank cannot fill 50 had always wanted to be rich and famous but she burst into tears when she saw her photo. greenfield subjects have paid a high price to be who they are. the sell out of values could not be portrayed more

poignantly. but it's sad that the desolation of global capitalism can also be so entertaining. for more guilty pleasures and news from the world of arts and culture check out our web site at d w dot com slash culture right now for me and all the wonderful crew here in berlin thanks for watching so you can expect.

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