i even got white hair. language no not this gets me and they tell me to interrupt it's the same you want to know their story to my friends they're fighting and reliable information for migrants. from. the sounds folk festival in australia where top class musicians actors and directors from all over the world come together for 5 weeks so fabulous production . hello and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture we'll have more from the sounds folk festival in just a moment and. how being more german can help you improve your love life

and join my life on a series for me to judge. 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 strauss 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. what does resume sounds like 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.

day applied by ellen a sticky note is a so-called illegal and unwanted person. to direct assignments john believes the ancient tale of catastrophe is still relevant today. dia 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 those in but mentally and spiritually we're not that advanced. devoutness i was. a conductor thomas hamill broke and the vienna philharmonic power through louis cheek had a binny's wrestler score. in the end all that's left is the protagonist desire to destroy the world and herself.

with it dominate conductor to it all trances and director peter sellers have interpreted mozart's work a new. film an i.o.i. king who has ruled for too long time some self saved by net chin the god of the sea but net change demands a sacrifice in return was so subtly brings the story into today turning it into a tile about climate change in the end the message is one of 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.

short of one of the final rehearsals of goofiness in the underworld by far from. here we find ourselves in the bedroom of orpheus and you read to see who is played brilliantly by capture newark. the couple's love life has died out now they only torment teach about. when it comes to operational director barry kosky is the master of comedy and timing. the cost 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 she downloads to 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 opera grams 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 costly does very very nicely is that he could my 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 so 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 that some people in the world of music they don't take office in the underworld that seriously i think it's a little bit dusty that i think it's a little bit twitchy but he's he's really making it sort of current to get. 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 to her kosky has operetta style max heart speak all the german dying oh yeah there's no ration that i've heard about that so i know all this seeing is an older performance. 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 now 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 of classical music in some ways this is

a very elite festival the tickets are 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 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 cast 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 so that they are getting $65000000.00 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 all right thank you very much and i should mention that salzburg is definitely a city to visit apart from older music which is great. now it's time for meet the

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 us straight months in germany this week she's looking traits 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 in fag's germany is the european champion of inventions goonies the world cup when you've got a title like that. in this country in your reports more practice here in germany nearly 20000 a year worldwide and the us japan and china. to be said they have way people. ever heard of the m p 3 musical breakthrough came from ca hines. can speak his gift

to the world that. we have invented. about making stationery fun and let's not forget minute to bend as a housewife in the start of the 20th century she'd had enough of over brood gravy coffee so she invented coffee filters to same sex help that she found a business smashing the patriarchy on improving breakfast all in one. go on about products and some of the best inventions in germany a more about attitudes and simple solutions we've come up with and it suppress jevon like things that demonstrate 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 if 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 they trust me once you try it you'll never get back. other than cool when you want to open a box of beer but 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 like i'm. 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 that 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 outdoor 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 b.-a to hold the power of the seat. when the waiter or waitress brings your drink in places that one will be about 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. amount. of modern life is hectic sometimes i feel like the option 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 recycled glass of bank a rule that. even the streets in city centers are eerily 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 meet the germans. somebody has a great moral 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 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 carol reeves now 54 years old who could to new his role as the kung fu fighting hero presumably returning to continue

battling the machines that have enslaved humanity. which i was the part of the original directing will wright direct and produced the entire film i. will have to wait a bit because production only get started next year so it's more likely to be a 2021 release anyway but i found. out today don't miss our highlights. program online w dot com highlights. closely. carefully. to did.

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business asia i want to get jones and dylan good to have you with us now south korea central bank has warned that to japan's recent decision to cut exports of tech materials could cause major economic damage the export restrictions relate to 3 materials that major south korean companies like sam's a need to make a semiconductor chips and to displace tokyo's decision to limit supply comes amid an escalating dispute between the 2 countries about compensation for south koreans forced into labor i just pan during the 2nd world war. or more let's bring in our correspondent in south korea. fabienne this is a dispute that just seems to be.