how being more german can help you improve your love life i enjoyed my life on a series for me the jungles. and. all. the sounds folk festival is one of the most prestigious music festivals in the world founded nearly a 100 years ago by amongst others the great composer 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 morning minutes but 1st a look at some of the operatic highlights this year. was. what does revenge sounds like in a 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.

the day i played by elena stick ina is a so-called illegal and unwanted person. director simon 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. evolvement so. i. can dr thomas hamill brock and the vienna philharmonic power through luigi kind of be nice wrestler score. in the end all that's left is the protagonist desire to destroy the world and herself.

with it dominate no conductor to it all trances and director peter sellars have interpreted mozart's work a new. film and i am a king who has ruled for too long time some self saved by necia in the god of the sea but net change demands the sacrifice in return. so 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. because chevalier also makes his sulzberger debut as electra sensational.

shots of one of the final rehearsals of the fields in the underworld by far from our. can we find ourselves in the bedroom of orpheus in europe to see who is played brilliantly by catcher nuuk. the couple's love life has died out now they only torment each other. when it comes to operetta 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. 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 their own 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 heighten it 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 we just 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. 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 contrasting to her koskie has operetta star max top speed all the german dying oh yeah there's no ration that i've heard about that so i know all the saying 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 sing is one of 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 which lasts. 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 star studded 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 65 median euros for the 1st 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 all right 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 there are always clichés about every nationality and rachel is going to set a strike each month in germany this week she's looking tricks that might simply for your life which have been invented here some very simple and straightforward and some rov 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 fact a good many of the european champion of inventions can use the world cup when you've got a title like that. no country in your reports more patents here nearly 20000 worldwide and maybe us japan and china. to be said they have way people. ever heard of e.m.p. 3 musical breakthrough came from scott hines. hands biggest gift to the world that

. we have invented. for the whole making station refund and let's not forget a minute to bend as a housewife and the start of the 20th century she'd had enough of 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. go on about products and test some of the best inventions in germany a more about attitudes and simple solutions we've come up with a bit of best german like things that germans take for granted but which the rest of us could really benefit from here we could. picture that you're ok easy snuggled up in bed with your partner and you drift off to city. you wake up shivering and turn to see your partner wrapped in some kind of do they cook 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 and do that's

why in most german homes and hotels you'll find double beds with 2 single duties trust me once you try it you'll never get back. other than 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 by developing a special national scale i think vocals with. the most popular. being a like to. be sure we're 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. 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 hate 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 to hold the power associated. when the waiter or waitress brings you a drink and places it on the pm and 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 that sometimes you feel like the action to stop or you're looking for a time just play video gaming on the snow is yet to see see i was playing loud music. or even recycled glass of bank

a rule that. even the streets in city centers are eagerly 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 one favorite german life back see you next time for more insight tips on me the germans. some days are growing more me the german news reports are on a website all of them at v.w. don't call 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 read it now 54 years old who continue his role as the kung fu fighting hero neo presumably returning to continue

battling the machines that have enslaved humanity i'm not a child ski part of the original directing will write direct and produce joost the entire film. fans will have to wait a bit because production only gets started next year so it's more likely to be a 2021 release anyway.

enter the conflict zone with 2 sebastian the tony east europeans think of moldova a new coalition government my guest this week is not the mature but condi rice president of the outgoing democratic party and the former justice minister with moldova now find wood for corruption is he ashamed of these parties record in. conflict so for 30 minutes doubling. in this sinister world of modern slavery. we meet people who've been enslaved. and the. to vist new friend. we search for the perpetrators. and even get one to speak with us in a rare interview why did he keep slaying. 55 minutes on d w.

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that hope itself is in danger. but there is a glimpse of. the biggest companies and uniting to create global change. the possibility. that not only animals will be saved but hope to. the lion's share for the conservation of hope. u.k. prime minister barak's johnson has begun a week of crucial matings on bret's and here in berlin with chancellor angela merkel johnson is trying to renegotiate land in steel with the 31st when it will crash out of the bloc merkel expressed optimism but pointed out what to do about that if you. are with the united kingdom.