also coming up on the show in our occasional series on european landmarks will visit red square in moscow. bus we begin in paris and a brand new museum that will open to the public next week the music live by asio and a policy the museum of the liberation of paris is dedicated to the 2nd world war more specifically to the resistance of the french people to the nazis it opens this weekend in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the liberation of paris in 1944 which is that list that just cutting great had a she's now free and get a free pass. 25th of august 944 a day the french will never forget. after 4 years of planning and 20000000 euro a new museum in the heart of paris is finally ready to open its doors to the public . over $7000.00

artifacts from world war 2 it will be on display. for military equipment to everyday civilian items. and the pistol of the famous resistance fighter. but the star attraction of the museum is the underground bunker of one of the key leaders of the french resistance tunnel on remember all 10 games his son john hopes that his story will resonate with younger generations. since you see it was here that for a week the battle was led commanded commented on that orders were sent out. and reports came in for all those men who under my father's orders led the insurrection. to the. museum also offers an interactive historical experience in the bunker using virtual reality. pairs

deputy meth a culture course of gerard hopes that these heroes will inspire people to continue fighting for democracy democracy something you have to actually. discuss protect and take care of so this museum is absolutely necessary for the knowledge and these sort of pairs and the young generation to think about their own city. entrance to the museums permanent collection is free. it's grand opening this weekend a company's liberation anniversary events around the french capital. the israeli singer tenderize is one of the most sought off the sopranos in the offer i think and while today she has played old a major opera houses at least it seems so the list is very long but i can ask if there are still a still any more to call and she's my guest in just

a minute 1st though let's find out more about her and of course in that stunning voice. soprano can rice says this was one of the highlights of her life so far performing at the christmas mass in the vatican before pope francis. makes a very special moments for the israeli born singer even though she is jewish. as the daughter of an opera singer and rice's introduction to the arts came early on she learned piano ballet and then started singing after training in new york she

moved to germany to sing at the bavarian state opera under renounce conductors zubin mehta since then she's performed at many of the world's top opera houses winning critics' praises and audiences adoration. i. thank you and then rice is in the studio with me now well. still other houses you'd like to call. absolutely event with the mates not so much where to sing but what to sing roles that are interesting for me for example i would love to sing down on from the need or juliet the couple it in

one take you have you know i've sung set alina at the royal opera house which was a fantastic experience and i love don giovanni. on that yet however there are also new roles in the future and some for example and love in. the rake's progress which is also a new study for me because i've never sung stravinsky you do sing so many styles. are. singers superstitions and foibles i know that you'd like to visit a stage where you perform sort of hours before the concert that's kind of quite understandable actually but other ones yes you can reveal yes absolutely so since the very beginning. i carry with me what we call in hebrew. i don't know can you see it's here on my on my wrist and it's the sign of the hand so and debt keeps me safe that's my fault keeps away the

bad spirits yes i am very spiritual and very superstitious and i usually feel when there are good vibes or vent bed vibes. are so are you seeing on the job a breakfast show or t.v. program and i do a bit of self so i want to ask you how do you sing so beautifully at 6 o'clock in the morning i have to admit my agent had to drag me out of bed really convinced me to do it because it was even before i was a mother so i used to wake up at 9 o'clock in the morning that day i had to wake up at 4 and it's. was painful ok. so the great maestros of it was a mental for you many many years ago and you still perform with him today how significant has the support from such a great man be i was 19 when mastermind

a 1st heard me in israel and he told me you have a great talent you need to go and learn and coming a few years sing for me again so he gave me the most important thing is that someone so big really believes in your talent and you know inside you that no matter what happens i will make my way because i'm set on it i'm set on this on this target and then most of the most of the big roles i've sung for the 1st time were with my strong mentor dying that we saw or at 79 don giovanni and later recently in. and i'm very happy that in october i will have the big privilege to sing his last concert in israel as musical director of the orchestra which is going to be mahler 2nd of 11 is let's just briefly sing again that wonderful voice his something from rosen cover.

3 mantic are you sing along romantic role do you have a favorite. i do have a favorite composer he's not a romantic composer though it's vastly. the reason that i love him is because for me his news it is from another world. really it's i feel so much more connected to to the world or to to to go and or to an outside power which one

cannot explain but his news it is mostly really just a but it's true i am helplessly romantic i must say to all that the love and the heartbreak that i've experienced in my life if we have to leave it to your office in slesvig host on festival good luck with that can rise thank you so much for being with us thank you. we're looking at various european. culture and today we're going as far east as you can get your to the russian capital moscow and its most visited land rights. red square the beating heart of russia some say it looks most impressive at night time bathed in artificial light behind this store is the kremlin the center of russia's power it's thick walls forming one side of the square. the opposite side is lined by the legendary google department store today well to do russians come here to shop. of

the squares north west end is the historical museum at the other end what may well be moscow's most beautiful building the 16th century st basil's cathedral with its sumptuous onion domes its architect is said to have been blinded by tsar even the terrible so he would never design anything greater. red square is a landmark surrounded by monuments it measures 500 metres by 150 meters and was listed as a unesco world cultural heritage site in 1990. several 1000000 tourists cross red square each year most of them taking photos of the square home with down. a favorite backdrop is the lennon maza liam in front of the kremlin's mighty brick walls and lennon isn't just in his tomb. are bothered though

i go by the way that i'm going to go off and sergey sell a view of earns a living here as a lenin double for tourists he says that over a quarter century after the soviet union's fall people still want to see the former communist revolutionary. and you know the why didn't the tourists remember me the leader of the proletariat who turned the world on its head they asked me. why did you do that with europe. the name red square actually predates the communists by centuries originally the russian word for red also meant beautiful mr lenin though offers a different explanation. because. it's fighting in red square is simply the in bottom and the center of moscow some of the things that happened on this square and why is it called the red square. because it used to be almost

a graveyard. people were executed here and it was called red because of the blood that flowed here back then double as i did the course from its bloody history to its architectural splendor there's a reason for everyone to visit red square. some also say it's most beautiful in winter when red square turns white with snow. that's got to be well for the bucket this more on the web site d.w. dot com slash culture but after all for now thanks for watching by.

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