also on the show. food glorious food will be going on a colon ery pilgrimage to northern italy. and us 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. 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 choreographer see the lobby shako we put his contemporary spin on custom vilified cloaks 18th century opera. with antonella oh man i caught up on the conductor's podium putting his own

signature on this rarely performed opera. mr monaco that thanks for joining me did you know what attracted you to this opera in particular it's a very special piece look try to reform the opera world of the debris rock time and it's group was the wagner freeze time actually and so and it's a big challenge to these pieces especially with a choreographer as a director so we don't have only syngas 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 is one medium which is common and it's the music and that's a big big help actually and then and then as i say the challenge is really fascinating

and when you work with singers and you work with dancers is 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 that's a so i think let's get back to this particular opera you said good look tried to reform the op or 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 the know that bloke wrote for musicians it's actually a syllable on stage it's very much putting text into music and not steal it so

the musicians in debate i always told him we have to actually stand 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 oneself for love having to die for love to prove your love is not something that you can identify with maybe in your in your personal life in your career or should we also holstered 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 so so she. the love goes beyond death so i lost a lot of people that i don't have any my life now what was it like working so closely with a choreographer it's a very interesting work because usually with direct as you were on the concept of

the opera and what would be we worked a lot on actually the movements of course with the don says but with. singles as well and this is so close to my daughter in a way so it was quite interesting because in my job icons talk but now i have to. i just move my hands with movements i express a lot without having to open on. how you're also you're not just a travelling conductor you're also the principal conductor of the comma how to me that's an potsdam close to berlin what brought you actually to berlin after working across europe but i find this is one of the most amazing c.d.'s in a while and i came to belin to learn german for one month i took a month free from my job as a vine and before i can he and i did a course at the good institute and i states now in 19 years actually named one of the goodness i love and you've got us here the city of liberty but you can be who

you are they were very much like look at the composer about who was. who was pan-european and he worked in vienna born in germany worked in vienna has his work got translated into french and you're 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 you parmesan cheese parma ham and bowen is sauce come from one specific region in the country's north. where you find the city's apartment 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 separates the kurds from the way. he wants me to cheese wheels are placed in a brine solution for 2 weeks and they're left to right then for at least a year the cheese maker can tell whether a cheese is right but the sound it makes. we move on to the heart of parma where the small delicatessen draws tourists and locals alike must a 1000000 or bandini 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. up. is characterized by its sweet taste the leg of pork comes from a large big and is a huge for at least 18 months it has a special aroma and is so tender that it melts in your book of congress of the sugar book our next stop is near modern the city famous for its past samik vinegar

that christina cutty's a state tourist can spend the night and learn all about how the traditional vinegar is produced to receive the coveted p.d.f. or protected designation of origin quality label the vinegar must a true at least 12 years in 6 different wooden barrels every different mood a different taste of the product and they pass through. so the bottle is not just one taste not just one aging but different aging and the friend who would. this is the. funk i'll stick to call the traditional. now we're off to polonium 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 all the

way that we will tell you to. sip is the familiarity progressivist tell you tell it features prominently in these recipes but the world famous spaghetti bolognese is a rarity in berlin you hear people say for the wiser in flattery tell the italian noodles so so you and one other 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 one.

i benefit target for for 25 years with my lens focused on well. i notice that no matter how much people how. they still want more. it's never enough capital is cash sex 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 performers bring. model the rich and the celebrity want to be i really try to show people's humanity i try not to be judged mantell 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 to 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 are reacting to their surroundings to their influences to different stimuli and i want to look at what that says culture i love money. come to me greenfield has also made a documentary about her work it's been screened at international best polls and can now also be seen at the exhibition by house concerts working in almost every color

bag star 20 celsius 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. on people feeling at last that what we see in the 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 chippie 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. a 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 website at v.w. dot com slash culture right now for me and all the wonderful crew here in berlin thanks for watching so you can next time.

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