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 a series for me the job. that the whole. selves 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 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. which is revealing sounds 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. madame played by ellen as to kenya is a so-called illegal and unwanted person. direct assignment stein believes the ancient tale of catastrophe is still relevant today. media day not the over 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. devoutness. i. conductor thomas hamill broke and the vienna philharmonic power through luigi could have been his restless score. in the end all that's left is the protagonist desire to destroy the world and

himself. with a dominate conductor to doctrine says and director peter sellars have interpreted mozart's work a new. dominee of a king who has ruled for too long finds himself saved by net chin the god of the sea but net change demands the sacrifice in return and. sell especially brings the story into today turning it into a child 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 all fields in the underworld i often pass. can't 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 is 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 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 and heighten it and make it colorful and make it spectacular but he still holds on to the cool meaning of what is happening despite all the fun and frolic certainly 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 that some people in the world of music they don't take office in the underworld

that seriously they think it's 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 at this peace 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 seeing an operetta contrast into her kosky has operettas max 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. 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 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 risk taking place on the streets of free and you know a lot of other things as well because it happens off season when all the other theaters are on summer holiday the actors and directors of not busy so they can get the very best on 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 65000000 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 sols book 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 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 rov a quirky. the germans have a reputation for being sensible efficient to go so it's no surprise that they have a knack for inventing stuff in fact 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 german t.v. $20000.00 a year worldwide and the us japan and china. to be said to have way people.

ever heard of p.m.t. 3 musical breakthrough came from ca hundreds of times biggest gift to the world that. we have invented. for the whole making station refund and let's don't forget a minute to bend as a housewife and let the start of the 20th century she had enough of over brood gravy coffee so she invented the coffee filter this became so popular she founded a business smashing the patriarchy and 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 list of best german like things that demonstrate for granted that which the rest of us could really benefit from here we could. picture that you're ok easy's 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 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 do trust me once you try it you'll never get back. other think when you want to open a box of beer but you don't have an openness and the germans have found a way around but developing a special national scale. with. the most popular. being alive to. be sure we're 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 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 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 all good 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 associated. when the waiter or waitress brings your 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 hectic sometimes it feels like the action to stop if you're looking for

a time just play video gaming on the snow is yet to see see i was playing music. or even worse like glasses of bank or all that asian today even the streets in city centers are it 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. somebody is a great moral meet the germans reports are on our website all of them a day w dot com slash cultural. now before we go some exciting news in from hollywood 20 years after the 1st matrix film came out warner brothers have announced there's going to be a full film in the visionary side 5 franchise can i reeves now 54 years old who

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