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good measures are being taken. what does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus up to the code that seems special monday to friday on t.w. . common and corona not of the great opera with an orchestra son who is and a quad in the time of the pandemic last chance to answer in court forces taking quite a risk. but what about the audience. we have to protect people but also art it's likely that if we have to sing like this it's better than not singing at.

and. that's starting from the overture were rather the whole piece they're cutting wherever courses and singers in question are not here. saying anything so let's begin if for no november mario van zandt takes up the baton. as russell scaled down less reduced because after making more subtle goods here. when the rehearsals freak out germany was under semi lockdown businesses were open schools as well the fantasies were closed rehearsals were allowed of a corona version of short piece days opera common the orchestra for it is only half

the usual songs. allow for. the sun to ists don't when mosques bump a scene from behind taxi class to prevent transmission of the virus singing is thought to be especially infectious. thank you. everything's a bit too heavy especially for 10 in the morning trial lighter version ok fossum to work. the singer cost for the role of common is prevented from travelling by the coronavirus so here the understudy sings how are years of love and passion subject to the current hygiene regulations. nanny.

it. was. the thing to dance all it can to ensure assholes can go along. with. it justice and this is an air purifier crisis i don't know what the professionals call it. this purifies the air so we can sing god bless risk. without wearing masks as well i mean so what's my sentiment mustn't we mostly were hers with masks on anyway. and we don't know yet for sure how it'll be when we eventually sing on the stage with masks on the fun vehement mustn't sing you know we won't have the purifier but we can get ourselves tested before the performance and it doesn't solve the problem it's just an extra precaution that we'll be working with masks and distancing anyway but we don't know which passages will be doing yet. this is the office assistant a food is a terrible situation of ice if you and i john a lot yes of course i'm afraid it would be and i protect myself the best i can

sophie and i get tested as often as i can. but it weighs on your soul of the city it weighs like a black dog on your cell says you need of. yes . even subjecting themselves to. the future. but at this time the performance was still hoping they'd be able to play to an audience in december. they had no intention of being upstaged by the virus some click fortunately i already had grown up a few months ago not to want my doctors say i've still got the antibodies but of course you always have to be careful out. of it but i know what you go through with this virus. how was it for you awful i'm still tired.

at least she's content voice back. the orchestra is relatively small some of the. instruments time the potential to blow the virus into the air others don't. know if there's a brass players pose the least danger because we blow in here and the air goes through 2 meters of tubes before it comes out back here no aerosols come out. exponent so tested this and confirmed that the brass bands are the cleanest members of the orchestra. this group the real problem is with the singers they really project and it is not always. the.

an entirely different kind of problem is that many of the orchestra members at the subsidized shasta county corpus are under contract but others and not they are freelance musicians many of whom haven't performed in months. then dear if you want to if the governments of the phasers don't support those freelance performers you might just wind up living under a bridge by the time the pandemics over put in a sort of ethnic and was going to be around because you have to survive somehow when done via the not quite a if you want to keep having opera you're going to have to help us now. to screw up . the theatre managers in coppers know that tune. the whisper downslope now become louder voices of concern. and. this. is obvious obvious only i don't believe it will end up going on stage anyway to be honest but you never know what's coming how does it make you feel when you say the

production might not make it on stage in this foam. this in give on from the car used to toss it out our plans from one day to the next and make a new of us and no it's a feeling and we are pieces that might never be performed or will get done differently or the on the stuff. if it is then they go it's an enormous challenge for the efforts to make no mistake if this is an occupational therapy is that the small every time we are completely committed to the concept and only for it to be overturned by events is it in so we're all season by all his people adapting ourselves our imaginations to something different every time can corrupt and still for believing in it. a few hours afterwards came the next send back the entire opera choir we're supposed to rehearse together but the latest figures for new infections are alarming the choir had to be cancelled for today it puts mario fans

argo and director of stuff on mackie in a difficult situation coordinating the. other much as the figures rise so do the individual fears and questions we have to deal with on a daily basis that. i take those fears quite seriously and i believe we should take them seriously because it's hard to rehearse with fear so they win 10 because that's why we said ok not today. hard to morrow we'll discuss how we can deal with it we're in the middle income instead of the choir commons part by itself. very tenderly. but that's missing is that otherwise it'll be too trivial closeness so klein. in phrase death toll musically can call it. death when it's a mosque it's the only way the dancer winston ricardo on on can bring carmen under

his spell. yeah. now the choreography is sad but the big question remains. when is the premiere. well that's a really difficult question. to weeks later than ready for a dress rehearsal the singer cast in the role of carmen has finally been able to make the trip. but the audience has not with cases of covert 19 rising in cop force the lockdown was extended and the theaters remain closed.

guarded it it's up to the theaters to make things happen in the film because there's no shortage of reasons not to do something in these corona times. if all goes well they can hold a real premiere once the pandemics over whenever that maybe even in the face of all these some sudden tears they giving it their all. this is that this is the job we have to deal with our music since we are singers sing for the entire theater and everyone involved at that. center so they can perform to the best of their ability and with the greatest dedication and. this may be one of the most it couldn't jobs in my life minus levens. eventually they even rehearsed with the choir. to help calm the singers fears the director didn't stand on the shoulder to shoulder on the stage but well spaced throughout the gallery. and then would stop

with one let down of course is that we're not allowed to dance we can't put the choreography on the stage the way they worked it out and often the. each. week. by feel like an expectant mother waiting for her baby to arrive they're not allowed to give birth. common and how love a don't force a will never even get to that point. was. in this all about love and passion hygiene regulations prohibit so much as

a night kiss it might be heartless but at least it's healthful. common doesn't die of the pandemic but of a crime of passion. at a distance mario do you have anything yeah. i think you've all said he sample for how to make music in spite of it all and all of it all and much more thank you for it and wish you all the best and most importantly that you stay healthy.

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a dentist who just joined. an banning all the way from the uk i live in another world my own culture and everyone was laid a holes in every step getting you ready to meet the germans then join me right just do it under w. . and. welcome to a special edition of czech and. come along on a tour of germany's unesco world heritage sites from the air 46 cultural and natural landmarks. we start in uk and not just because it's 1st alphabetically

often cathedral became germany's very 1st unesco world heritage site in 1978. from there our journey proceeds chronologically in today's episode up to the year 2000. but why exactly does unesco award this title. the overall purpose is to protect cultural and natural sites about standing values to humankind . cathedral in north rhine-westphalia has a long history. the oldest parts date back to the 8th century. charlemagne king of the franks and emperor of much of western europe had the palatino chapel built as the church of his royal residence enough and. his remains are said to rest in the shrine.

cathedral took on its current appearance over many centuries. and was on the horizon a truly exceptional thing here of course is that over 30 kings were crowned and all come because peter old during the middle ages recorded forms and up in the high altar we have the imperial throne eating it was most probably set up by charlemagne himself and. to top it. about $1000000.00 visitors from the world over a pass through the cathedral every year. 'd there's only to me personally it's so fantastic to see something that's so not so susie and eyes are desired i'd say everyone who comes to often no matter what their faith should take in the cathedral .

are drawn flies southeast to the medieval imperial cathedral basilica inch by the world's largest romanesque church. it took about 30 years to build the cathedral around 1000 years ago. for emperors 3 empresses and a number of kings law interred here. a leap to the east takes us to the books book residence a world cultural heritage site in conjunction with the court gardens. it was a center of power for the prince bishops. these were bishops who ruled as princes and they had the residence built as a symbol of their wealth and influence. it's essentially a palace in all its splendor. the current residence took shape in the 18th century designed by architect both azhar norman as

a fusion of french polish architecture viennese baroque and italian construction style. in 1903 the pilgrimage church of wiis in the foothills of the alps was graced with a world heritage title. the sumptuous rococo church stands in an ideal a countryside where a miracle was reported in 738. peasant woman maria lawrie claimed to have seen a wooden statue of christ crying real tears. in 1904. and falcon most palaces and pool near cologne were added to the unesco world heritage list. palace is a former summer residence of colognes archbishop elector clements how boost. the 2 flamboyant structures were cited as germany's 1st truly significant creations in the rococo style. they served as examples for many

a german princely court for over half a century. only a short walk from a ghost as burg palace beyond a small isolated wood is the falcon last one. thing logged. the name and location relate directly to its purpose it stands right under a migratory route taken by herons and falcons where once used to hunt them. our next stop is his home cathedral. one of germany's oldest of his couple churches its construction began in the year 872. it's also famous for its 1000 euros the rose of hill this time is believed to be the oldest living rose in the world. also over 1000 years old is the nearby st michael's church a part of the hill this time world cultural heritage site and an example of early

romanesque architecture. the bulky castle like impression is intentional. in christian symbolism the fortress stands for god as a safe refuge. the world heritage sites in tokyo are even older still. in 1986 unesco listed several of the roman era ruins here. t.f. was founded as a whole them in the year 7000 b.c.e. by the 2nd century c.e. it had developed into a center of trade. in the latter years of the roman empire was among its biggest cities and t.f. put much of its wealth into its buildings the most famous is the port on the get up . when the romans laid the foundation for the gate in the year 170 they could

hardly have imagined it would be for the ages. at the time it was one of 4 city gates and t.f. now some 1850 years later. the border is the best preserved roman city gate north of the alps and a well known tourist site. in the roman era the gate was nowhere near as black as it is today bought a negro means black gate but the romans themselves saw the gate very differently much lighter we know that the stone was rather whitish and what's missing other city walls left and right of it. you have to imagine nose but what's not hard to make out the right hand towel is missing its top flaw but otherwise the bought a gives a very good impression of how it used to look. in. the structures from the time of constantine the great the basilica of constantine the amphitheater and the

t.f. imperial baths bear witness to a vast imperial mind and the western roman empires aspirations to rule the world it knew during late antiquity. just as impressive are 2 more world heritage sites and . the cathedral and right next to it the church of our lady. the cathedral of st peter is germany's oldest surviving house of worship. all through it 1700 year history it served as an episcopal church. from the oldest roman brickwork dating from the 4th century all the stages of europe's architectural religious and art history can be traced through to the present. unesco also includes hand sciatic cities on its world heritage i 10 or. old town

was added in 1987. in the 14th century lubeck reigned as the queen of the hands adequately a commercial and defense confederation that at its peak brought together some 200 cities. to this day magnificent buildings testified to this bright chapter in the history of trade an early version of globalization. old town is dominated by red brick facades immediately recognizable is the holston gate the brick gothic structure is a remnant of the city's fortifications now it's a symbol of lubec. our drone flies back and land. and over the palaces and parks of potsdam and berlin. through the centuries leading architects and landscape artists have integrated the palaces and parks to impressive effect.

the combination of building and garden design comes together as it goes on to. a synthesis of the arts. the beginnings date back to 1745 when frederick the great had some susi palace built to serve as his summer residence. this maze owned it plays also in the rico style was his favorite spot. today even if relatively small its potsdam is best known palace. the art loving king spent his summer months here philosophising with voltaire and playing music with karl for leaving money while. this is where he could forget his problems the song to see or without

a care as he called the palace in french. the palace has only 12 rooms in total but there elaborately decorated with plaster reliefs gold and marble. frederick the great spend his winters and the potsdam city palace and his summers here. he called songs to see his little vineyard house. any 18th century this was relatively modest tended really impressed people that this great wall here own lived so modestly and what impress people of all was that he had no cause. yes the place was always accessible to the public to a certain extent you could just know cancer the windows and always enter the garden was in comparison to other courts that was very unusual for the 18th century. only a short stroll from some. looms the mighty granger of the noir. this

massive palace with its magnificent banquet halls galleries and royal apartments served primarily to receive guests. the noir is the last palace frederick the great had a built in his park. but sounds to see park was not yet complete the iran jury palace was commissioned by frederick william the 4th in the mid 19th century. he's been called the romantic on

the throne of which the palace is the best evidence along with the spacious plant hall it also has room for sculpture and picture galleries fountains arcades and terraces the entire complex has a mediterranean flair reflecting the king's love for italy the palace measures over 300 meters long even so these 3 mansions are only a small part of the palaces and parks of potsdam and berlin world heritage site there's much more to see here. between volumes and dom shot stands lorsch. a prominent center of power in the middle ages. today only 3 structures from the original benedictine abbey survived. a section of the monastery wall the former abbey church. and the 9th century.

the entrance hall. its original purpose has never been determined. it's one of the few carolingian era buildings to survive more or less intact. a leap north takes us to the old town of god and the homicide back. in the middle ages was a royal seat where holy roman emperors held a material sentence about 2 thirds of the old town's buildings are protected. the decoration indicates the status and wealth of their one time owners. today a good $1500.00 half timbered houses are crowded together on one square kilometer of the medieval city center. the town owes its rise and prosperity to iron and silver deposits discovered at the

back mountain about 2 kilometers from ghosla. the mine was worked until 1988. now we fly south to bombay in northern bavaria. its old town with over 2400 protected buildings was declared a world heritage site in 1993. bombay it was built on 7 hills earning at the nickname franconian roam. these hills. topped with churches the most prominent of which is the bombay and cathedral of st peter and st gabriel. it's stables the famous bombay horseman from the 13th century the 1st life size

equestrian statue to appear in germany after roman times. while the clergy resided on the hilltops the citizenry built their own hub of worldly power down in the valley. and here for me and once they cross the river in the area called the citizens island district the town hall was always meant to link the 2 halves of the city so they got the idea to actually build it in the middle of the river so while. giving an added boast to the choice of bombay as a world heritage site was its bourbon gardening. it's been practiced since the 17th century and is unique in germany and this particular form.

now our journey takes us to the cistercian malabon monastery northwest of chicago. founded in $1147.00 it's thought to be one of the best preserved medieval monastic complexes north of the alps. visitors here can get a 1st hand impression of the monks life and work. in the hots mountains in 1904 it's collegiate church castle hill and old town were named world heritage sites. the hill offers a panoramic view of lindbergh's scene of red. houses. it was hardly short of a miracle but the city came through every war almost undamaged. over 1300 of its original have timber houses are still standing.

this is the place to see what a wide variety of have timbering has been created. from small and plain to rich ornate and colorful. unesco has not excluded modern industrial sites. the focusing in iron works and stalin for example was declared a world heritage site in 1994 as an outstanding monument to the industrial revolution. at one time it was germany's largest iron works it was closed down in 1906 and converted to serve as a venue for events large and small. today exit patients concerts and parties are held here

a path leads visitors through the complex already partly reclaimed by nature. in 1996 the messel pit fossil site was added to the list. a 1st glance reveals nothing spectacular. but this former open pit oil shale mine holds a buried treasure tens of thousands of plant. and vertebrate fossils. around 3000 more are uncovered annually. tours are available of the outside area. and a visitor center exhibits some of the fine. cologne cathedral is probably germany's most famous church it's massive both pointed gothic arches and towering steeples dominates the city's skyline.

construction began in 1248 but the cathedral wasn't truly completed until 1880. if it were possible to weigh it the scale would tip close. 120000 tons. in the years from 1933. revolution. thinking and practice. here in 1900. he murdered it with the academy of. arts and crafts together

the result was an entirely new language of. straight lines. and devoid of decoration revolutionary for the. new school building. the building itself is everything. and. that means you don't have to hang pictures on the wall. in the master's houses were built for the professors near the school. the embodiment of a 20th century artist. the building. stand for the advent of classical modernism which started here and. the world.

in 1996 the luther memorials an isolated and didn't receive the blessings of unesco as a world heritage site. the life and the work of martin luther and his fellow reformer felipe milonga tone who are credited with sparking the reformation and changing world history. among the memorial sites in isolation are the houses where luther was born and died in witan bag tones house looters home of many years and the. where he taught his students. other memorial sites include fitten bags castle church where luther preached for over 30 years.

the journey now takes us south to classical via a world cultural heritage site since 1998. in the 18th and 19th centuries weimar blossomed into an oasis of germany's intellectual life drawing such poets and scholars as good and schiller. now many of the buildings and parks here recall weimar's golden age. and in 1999 the world's cultural heritage title arrived for berlin's museum island the world's largest museum ensemble with 5 world class eggs admission buildings. and that's. the pergamon museum the board a museum and the noise and the altis museum. these museums safeguard treasures from 6000 years of human history in particular art of the 19th

century and archaeological collections. no castle has played so pivotal role in german history as the near eyes enough. its cultural and historical significance one at the world cultural heritage title the same year as did the museum island. in the 12th century the voc berg was famed far and wide for the court's patronage of the fine arts poets and the minstrels contest it resonated with the echoes of. vida's songs and both come from fashion box verses st elizabeth of hungary lived here and the outlawed reformer martin luther found refuge in the bird in what's now called the luther room he translated the new testament into german. the

language german speak today took shape in this room by martin luther's hands when god has stood here 300 years later and he said only through luther did we become one people one nation did we find a common language that in minds and pa a united germany was also the goal of the students who celebrated the famous fatberg festival in $817.00. they called for a nation state with a constitution of its own. our final stop today is the death salvo let's garden. in the 18th century leopold the 3rd duke of on how desk created a unique variety of parks gardens and castles in his principality integrating them into a cultural landscape laced with streams and woods. our tour of germany's world cultural heritage sites by drone in seir for now it continues in part too.

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