how being more german can help you improve your love life and enjoy nightlife on a serious knee jerk. the whole. sounds folk festival is one of the most prestigious music festivals in the world founded nearly 100 years ago by amongst others the great composer couch trials it has strived every year to maintain the highest standards of operatic and theatrical productions and concert performances my colleague melissa holroyd will be telling us more in a minute but 1st a look at some of the operatic highlights that cher. was. what does regimes sound like may day out is the ancient greek story of a mother driven to kill her children and herself to get back at her husband. to set is clearly divided into distinct worlds of rich and poor at home and exile.

in a day applied by elena's to kenya is a so-called illegal and unwanted person. direct assignment stein believes the ancient tale of catastrophe is still relevant today. via de mint the overflow we think with these superficial things we develop like mobile phones internet and so on but we're so far along but mentally and spiritually we're not that advanced. in it so. i. can dr thomas hamill broke and the vienna philharmonic power through luigi could have been nice wrestler score. in the end all that's left is the protagonist desire to destroy the world and herself.

with a dominate conductor to a doctrine says and director peter sellers have interpreted mozart's work a new. film and i am a king who has ruled for too long time some self saved by neptune the god of the sea but net change demands the sacrifice in return and i. shall especially brings the story into today turning it into a tale about climate change in the end the mystic is one the community. everyone things their suffering more than anyone in the world. and then you begin to notice other people are suffering. and your sense of suffering turns into a sense of compassion. nicole chevalier also makes herself spurred debut as electra sensational.

shots of one of the final rehearsals of all theists in the underworld by far from us. here we find ourselves in the bedroom of orpheus in europe to see who is played brilliantly by catcher newark. the couple's love life has died out now they only torment each other. when it comes to operations director barry kosky is the master of comedy and timing. the haast all feels she hates or fears his music his violin playing and she hates him their relationship is a torture chamber and she wants to get out of else. and that she does have a brilliant comic effect.

and melissa holroyd who made that report is here with me now that looks like a lot of fun koskie really is a man of the moment in the your programs and he's been riding a wave of success for quite a few years now often you see in the staging of these types of things you know you see a lot of cliches being brought out but what barry koskie does very very nicely is that he can make comedy as profound as tragedy he can take a moment a humorous moment in the hot night and make it colorful and make it spectacular but he still holds on to the cold meaning of what is happening despite all the fun and frolic cert we saw the singing in the music is still wonderful that is really bringing operetta back into the form a lot of people are taking notice of it and some people in the world of music they don't take office in the underworld that seriously the thing is a little bit dusty the thing's a little bit twee but he's really making it sort of current again he's sort of this

piece is also i mean it is a musically it is a musically playful and fun pace and it is revolutionary in its own way the character of you read to see is not someone who takes anything lying down you know she's the smartest person in the room she's the funniest person in the room and in the end she wins that's played by catcher in the wick who usually sings pots like queen of the knot and it's her 1st time singing an operetta contrast into her koskie has operetta style max heart speak all the german dialogue because there's no ration that i've heard about that sign all this thing is that all the performers lip sync along in a sort of a muppet show kind of way it's also a very good way to get around the fact that maybe the german singers might make the international singers might not be able to speak german very well but it is a big music city isn't i mean this is the birthplace of much yeah and that makes it sort of like a disneyland classic. well you see in some ways this is

a very elite festival the tickets a very expensive. you know there's a lot of wealthy people go to this festival it's held in july and august of every year there are also some response was taking place on the streets of free and you know a lot of other things as well because it happens off scenes in all the other theaters around summer holiday the actors and directors of not busy so they can get the very best on started cost for their productions and next year briefly next she's going to be the 100th anniversary is going to be huge it's going to be huge and for that they are getting 65000000 euros for 5 weeks so it's going to be very very exciting they can basically do whatever they want when you have to come back and talk to us all about you're going to have a great festival next year as well melissa holroyd thank you very much and i should mention that salzburg is definitely a city to visit apart from old amusing and she's great but. now it's time for me

germans where my colleague investigates the foibles and idiosyncrasies of the inhabitants of this country because they're always clichés about every nationality and rachel is going to set it straight months in germany this week she's looking tricks that might simplify your life which have been invented here some very simple and straightforward and some rob a quirky. the germans have a reputation for being sensible efficient practical so it's no surprise that they have a knack for inventing stuff incentives germany is the european champion of inventions goonies the world cup when you've got a title like that. no country in your reports more patents each year than jim brady $20000.00 a year worldwide and would be us japan and china. to be said to have weight people . ever heard of p.m.t. 3 musical breakthrough came from conference. fans because gift to the world that.

we have invented. the whole planet making stationery fun and let's not forget minutes event as a housewife and as the start of the 20th century she had enough left over brood gravy coffee so she invented the coffee filter it came so i thought give up she found the business snatching the patriarchy and pre-breakfast all in one. go on about products and craft some of the best inventions in germany i'm all about attitudes and simple solutions we've come up with and it's the best. things that demonstrate for granted that which the rest of us could really benefit from here we get. picture that you're ok easy snuggled up in bed with your partner and you drift off to sitting down you wake up shivering and turn to see your partner wrapped in some kind of do break in a deep deep sleep you've got no chance of getting it back the germans sleep is far too important to be jeopardized by the remounted notion of sharing

a duvet that's why in most german homes and hotels you'll find double beds with 2 single today's trust me once you try it you'll never get back. i think when you want to open a box of beer you don't have an openness and the germans have found a way around that by developing a special national scale opening vocals with. the most popular. being a light. show overall keen on saving the planet but sometimes you need an extra incentive in germany instead of relying on people's guilty conscience is to encourage recycling they have a deposit system in place you pay more for your drink and you have to return the bottle to get the deposit back sounds like a lot of hassle right but it works returning fund flashing or deposit bottles is part of most people's weekly routine. i this one is specifically for

you north americans out there don't be surprised if you visit a german household and find the whole family running around in fluffy thought in germany it's simply the done thing to switch from out to she used to slippers or house shoes at the front door comfortable cozy and a lot cleaner. i when you're out for drinks with a group of people don't you just hate the all quit moment when the bill comes they want to split the bill but they've been on the cocktails all night while you only have one small to hold the power of the seat. when the waiter or waitress brings your drink in places on the pivot they add a mug with a pen it's like your own private drinks tab and at the end you can pay for whatever is on your individual b.m. . modern life is hectic sometimes it feels like the stuff you're looking for a time just play a video game and going to the snow is yet to see see i was playing loud music.

or even worse like glasses of bank a rule that. even the streets in city centers are either really quiet because it's illegal for most shops and supermarkets to open i know what you're thinking what do you do want to someday if you run out of cheese it's a tough one but sometimes you have to make sacrifices for a little bit of peace and quiet there is a favorite german life back see you next time for more insight tips on meet the germans. some days of great mall meet the germans reports are on our website all of them at the w dot com slash cultural. now before we go some exciting news in from hollywood 20 years off of the 1st matrix film came out warner brothers have announced is going to be a full film in the visionary side 5 franchise carol reeves now 54 years old who continued his role as the kung fu fighting hero presumably returning to continue

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