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. the title character in the opera c'est is a queen who offers her life to the gods in exchange for their rescuing her husband belgian choreographer cd a lot of the shako we put his contemporary spin on 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 monaco that thanks for joining me here doing 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 group was the wagner freeze time actually and so and it's a big challenge to do these pieces especially with a choreographer as a director so we don't have only syngas and music in the pits but raffles advances 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 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 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 conductors they either do symphonic 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 upon a 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 give backs of this particular opera you said good look tried to reform the arbor 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 note that luke wrote for musicians it's actually a syllable on stage is very much putting text into music and notes the opposite so the musicians in debate i always told him we have to actually stage 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 should i really do you have to be ready to die for love it's not the 1st thing to be away 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 anyone 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 but we worked a lot on actually the moves and then of course with the downstairs but with the

singles 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. 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 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 violinist before and again he and i did a course at the good institute and i states now in 9691 only goodness i love it you can hear the city of liberty and then you can be who you are 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 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 it's parmesan cheese parma ham and bolan 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 it always most fertile fields and vineyards and the wealth of flavors. near the city of parma 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 the small delicatessen draws tourists and locals alike muscly yano 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. is characterized by its 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. is short in book of our next stop is near modern the city famous for its past samik lineker 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 be true at least 12 years in 6 different wooden barrels every different a different taste of the product and their pets. so the bottle is not just. one but different and the friend who. this is the. funk stick magic of the traditional summer. now we're off to bologna and the capital of a new the of ranya it's renowned for its cuisine especially its homemade pasta christina fortini began offering pasta making courses 15 years ago. and then tension is to keep up all the way that we will tell you to purchase a sip is the familiarity progressivist telia tell it features prominently in these

recipes but the world famous spaghetti bolognese is a rarity in the line you hear people say for the why you're in flatter tell the italian noodles so so you and one up if you don't. 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 open the sundance film festival the photo shoots her during the project are now on display at a show in hamburg and if i want to work 100 hours a week and never see my family and die in early age that's my private it. is me is this one. and then a photographer for 25 years with my lens focused on well. i notice that no matter

how much people have. they still want more. it's never enough capital is cash sex youth 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 so be performers bring. models the rich and the celebrity want to be i really try to show people's humanity i try not to be judge mental 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 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. i love the. green field has also made a documentary about her work and it's been screened at international best of all and can now also be seen at the exhibition by house across its work and you know most every color bag star 20 celsius go 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 maybe

a person after so many years working with the super rich greenfield knows for a fact that money can't buy you happiness. the inner voice that luxury is meant to fill is a bottomless pit. which comes across a mountain clear in the pictures. capitalism feeds. thrives. on people feeling alas 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 beauty sacks image brands fill in the blank cannot fail if they 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 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 go next time.

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