hello and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture we'll have more from the south pole festival in just a moment and. how being more german can help you improve your love life and your nightlife on our series make the journey. you know. all. the 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 of a 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 this year. was. what does bridge them sound like a day out is the ancient greek story of a mother driven to kill her children and to self 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 sticking a is a so-called illegal and unwanted person. direct assignment stone believes the ancient tale of catastrophe is still relevant today. via de mint the older flaking 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. you the hotness of. conductor thomas hamill broke and the vienna philharmonic power through luigi could have been nice wrestling school. in the end all that's

left is the protagonist desire to destroy the world and herself. with a dominate conductor to your doctrine says and director peter sellars have interpreted mozart's work a new. dominee of a king who has ruled for too long time some self saved by neci in the god of the sea but net change demands the sacrifice in return and. the center subtly brings the story into today turning it into a tale about climate change in the end the message is one the community. everyone things they're 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. and you call chevalier also makes his sulzberger debut as

electra sensational. shots of one of the final rehearsals a full fields in the underworld by half an hour. 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 or 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 brilliant

comic effect. 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 old 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 could make comedy as profound as tragedy he can take a moment a humorous moment and a hot note and make it colorful and make it spectacular but he still holds on to the cool meaning of what is happening yet despite all the fun and frolic search we saw the singing in the music is still wonderful that he's 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 that i think it's a little bit too early but he's really making it sort of current again he's and 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 supplied by catcher in the wick who usually sings pots like queen of the knot and it's her 1st time seeing an operetta contrast into her kosky has operetta stop max heart speak all the german dialogue in the shadows there's no ration that i've heard about that so i know all the sing isn't 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 mozart yeah and that makes it sort of like a disneyland for classical music. 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 responsible 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 that are on summer holiday the actors and directors of not busy so they can get the very best star studded cost for their productions and next year briefly next she's going to be the 100th anniversary is given huge it's going to be huge and for that they are getting $65.00 needy and you wrote for the 1st 5 weeks so it's going to be very very exciting they can basically do whatever they want with it you have to come back and talk to 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 is a great place now it's time for me to germans where my colleague rachel stewart investigates the foibles and idiosyncrasies of the inhabitants of this country because they're always key she's about every nationality and rachel is going to set it straight. 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 rough 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 in fags germany is the european champion of inventions the world cup when you've got a title like that. no country in your reports more patents each year than jim nearly $20000.00 worldwide and maybe u.s.

japan and china. to be said they have way people. ever heard of the m p 3 musical breakthrough came from ca hundreds of times biggest gift to the world that . we have invented. for the whole time making stationery fun and let's not forget minute to that as a housewife and i think the start of the 20th century she had enough left over brood gravy coffee so she invented the coffee filter it became so popular she founded a business smashing the patriarchy on improving breakfast all in one. it's not about products and have some of the best inventions in germany i'm all about attitudes and simple solutions we've come up with a list of best german like things that jevons take for granted but which the rest of us could really benefit from here we could. picture that you're ok losing snuggled up in bed with your partner and you drift off to see them you wake

up shivering and turn to see your partner wrapped in some kind of do they could 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 duvet trust me once you try it you'll never get back. ever been caught short when you want to open a box of beer you don't have an openness and the germans have found a way around that but developing a special national scale i think opens with all sorts of objects the most popular. being the lights on. our. shoulder all 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 fun flashing or deposit bottles is part of most people's weekly routine. if. 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 outdoors 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 feet that awkward 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 b.-a to hold the power of the seat. when the waiter or waitress brings your drink in places that are no big event 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 feel

like the stuff you're looking for time just pulled over to gaming on the. snow is yet to see see i was playing music. or even worse like gloves at a bank a rule that. even the streets in city centers are 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 axiom next time for more insight tips on meet the germans. believe me some days are great you have more meet the germans reports are on our website all of them at the w dot com slash cultural. now before we go to some exciting news in from hollywood 20 years off of the 1st matrix film came out warner brothers have announced there's going to be a full film and the visionary side 5 franchise can i reeves now 54 years old who

continue his role as the kung fu fighting hero presumably returning to continue battling the machines that have enslaved humanity. which i was speed part of the original directing will wright direct and produce joost the entire film. will have to wait a bit because production only gets started next year so it's more likely to be a 2021 release anyway but i found.

into the conflict with 2 sebastian the tony east europeans think of moldova as the new coalition government my guest this week is not the main chair but time vice president of the outgoing them across the former justice with mogo but now finds wood for corruption is he ashamed of these cos he's in. conflict so for certain it doubly. he takes it personally it's one of the wonderful people and stories that made him so special you went.

to a. bar you. want to turn to. g.w. . i don't think the general well i just sometimes i am but i said nothing which to me the germans thinks deep into the german culture of looking at the stereotype clutch in here thinks he's a country that i not. needed to take from those grandmothers they are to me it's all about who they are. i might show join me to meet the germans on the w. . coast. laying

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