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fire and a burning passion for cooking meat the shaft could combine both later on in the show. and with that hello and welcome to your max. i'm your host tannahill. here's what else we've got in store for you on this big show. slices of green glass in busy urban sprawl. why germans just can't get enough, of course playback and a trip to the spanish tie and talk. which once a year travels back in time, if there were any opera is an acquired taste for some people. but even if you're not normally a fan, this opera is so unique that you have to give it a chance. the famous italian opera, madame butterfly, is being stage in the austrian tyna brigands. unlike constance. and the stage itself resembles a gigantic piece of paper. it was designed by canadian set designer michael levine and seems to balance weightless lee on the water,

but quite the challenge for the performers. we spoke to one of the singers to see how she's handling hitting high notes at high heights o a gigantic sheet of paper on late constance. the ensemble of madame butterfly performs puccini's tragic opera about a japanese geisha on a steep incline. ah, for this performance at the pagans festival, the seniors need to be sure footed and have a head for heights, including i touched she, curly soda. so this and or to know now it's my queue. i need to sing now. ah, saturday that was done on the front of your to this i saw you're gonna my degroach and have to rama is if you happens a few that has so many uneven surfaces and we them all, i might sometimes you're not just singing but also moving and running saw the vegan reading. oh yeah. yeah.

oh um plesk you can't be short of breath. you need to be entirely focused on playing an authentic japanese woman as esther yup. on a shelf rouse i q. oh ah, but it oh sure. no. oh, who roam? is madame butterflies, made suzuki da mitzo soprano from azerbaijan. warehouses with knee pads is unusual at n, and i don't just run. i have a neil to a while. sometimes that's hard because the surfaces isn't smooth and it can hurt my . there are so many things to do so many different tasks resorting. mon, you can lose that theatrical feeling a bench. this is a tat, radishes gifford. ah, director andreas,

her marquee cost. 3 singers for each roll. you take turns during the strenuous performances. now this is here, this is the highest exit here in the stage inner on, on this is the lowest, they're good, it even goes under the water level. we're coming in as it is, was keep to water out when it was hurt us. vasa up. yet a bruno had taught so every stage has its own rules. one was then you have to figure out where and how to place to performance fear, hear the song. of course, this one's another thing entirely. a lot for the home of the challenge here is directing the performers so that an every moment the positions have an almost sculptural quality, the pasta scope corolla the door to her voice, munch data. when butterfly dies, the paper bursts into flames. projection mapping creates magical and varied effects on the unconventional stage, which consists of a $117.00 pre fabricated pieces that were assembled on

a scaffolding light. constance, the surface was painted after traditional japanese drawings on a carelessly discarded sheet of paper. with this set design of michael levine wanted to express the disregard. the american naval officer pinkerton has 4 butterfly and her culture whom he marries, impregnates, and abandons. but levine also had to make sure the stage was functional. the fold of the cloth, his actually acting like her a safety railing. this is a step we found areas like this where you would have to go to steep the steeply down. so we added in these invisible steps. and then if you look over there, you can see there are steps in the back of that fold. and or that is not seen by the audience in the production is meticulous, but the stage design exudes restraint. it's less pompous than its predecessors.

since 1946 up to 7000 spectators in an evening, have watched oper performances on the world's largest late stage, famous for its spectacular productions. throughout the years, the stages have had one thing in common. they interact with their surroundings. i these a lunch shaft that the landscape here changes every single hour. you saw how stormy it can get in and sometimes when you're running on stage i can get a bit slippery when my mom comes out. this is like the nature of this sheet of paper because of the music of pacino. all of that together creates a beautiful feeling and new feeling dominance. i know because all the partners play a role, i think that's why it's beautiful. i live, i live tyler speed and i'm the roller on this. so you think this is a wound issue? oh, how full emotions on a one of the kind stage?

madame butterfly pagans truly is a feast for the senses. all germans like to raced on the autobahn drink beer are never late and can't take a joke. right. either. cliches, true in our series, meet the germans dw reports or rachel stuart. tackle such questions. today's episode features the king of german catch, the garden, new my german grandparents have several of these dotted across their garden and it's only fitting that the spotlight is on this little guy. bar rate shows investigation of the germans love for their a lot, my gardens. i welcome to your piece of paradigm, your life of com and the city, your leafy kingdom, welcome to the owner of germany. on the outskirts of town, the long railway lines,

you'll find garden colonies, plots of land divvied up and rented out to green finger. toby gartner's, sheba, gotten climbed, gotten gotcha. there were several names for the allotment in germany. the classic gardens are not the 370 square meters of manicured lawns. neat flowerbeds. anderson decoration is welcomed, including of course, the king of jem catch, the garden known. in the 19th century, 50 population boomed and green spaces dwindled. any versions of allotment for families, some outdoor space, and the opportunity to grow their own food. this self sufficiency proved vital during the 2 world wars and communists. east germany, leaders originally viewed these individual garden ways with suspicion, but they soon softened to the concept once they realize the hobby gardeners could help make up the shortfall and fresh fruit and vege. today it's not about necessity and more about lifestyle. come on, where else can you enjoy your free time? that's more hateful and central with no phone or laptop flight such. so putting the can kinda kid and play and or we can move

a little gardening properly for teaching by the gotten. all right, let's come, what can you do here? right, while we're no, it's really relaxing and we can grow project bone that are about a 1000000 allotment. gardens in germany, the capital berlin bass the most. but if you fancy is nothing went up, you'll have to join the q behind the 12000 other nature lovers on the local waiting list. and in many cities, the need for more housing is putting a lot my gardens and the threat. of course in germany, gardening, right, come with gardening responsibility, ladies and gentlemen, the rule book. okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but the federal lauren allotment is impressively detailed. and on top of that, each client got an association, has its own set of rules. for example, detailing how big the block and what kinds of plans are allowed minimum distance between the shed some extent and which i was at the day you're allowed to know your lot. the term schema gotten mentally did literally a lot mentality is used to describe the attitude of someone who cares meticulously

for their own metaphorical garden. and it's quick to pass judgment on someone over the fence. oh, in fact it seems the allotment. gardeners have got a bit of a reputation the day exaggerated, tied together with solitary, conservative lauren petty bourgeois, vaguely regimented. a german flag and well trimmed hedge specie should pieces to pieces. okay, this is coming up, a lot of these, this is kind of a mixed up between square, very particular and narrow minded. basically you don't want to be spaces. the 4th is proud of everything. he grows up. cutting the grass with nail scissors. rules are king and everyone must follow it on the 5. the stereotypes, things are changing. many associations a loosening the rules to attract younger members, and the somewhat cooler sounding urban gardening trend has come along to boost gardening, street grid of and gardening conversion. gardening comes in many forms, from some people, plant things around a tree, and barbara plants on balconies, our own gardening, to work wonderful. and there are community gardens land where several people care

for a larger garden. the one bringing the neighbourhood together with a joint commitment to maintain the garden fishing. gotten on mister hut, the smaller plant beds and shared responsibility fit better into a modern work schedule. and it costs a lot less to take part. this more relaxed approach to gardening is proving popular with all sorts of non typical a lot more gardeners and it's up in terry and jimmy's tradition of the green. and you can head over to our website to tell us which cliche you think of as typically german or very deutsche as a thank you. you'll be answered in a raffle to win a sweat shirt. and a cotton bag from the dw uncensored collection, which stands for world wide freedom of expression. now we're headed to spain for a trip back in time between barcelona unrelated. see our lives. tar tata, a castle on time that had its heyday during they were nathan's. every year,

the city through the festival, to look back at that golden age of art and culture. ah, once a year, this town and spain travels back in time. ah, from close to food to music for 4 days, catoosa and catalonia takes itself back to the renaissance. during this period from the late 15th to the 17th century, europe's art culture and economy radically changed, including inter tulsa, that unless i had on william tortoise, i was important because of its architecture. many buildings were built here in the 16th century, and there still stand empty delcom. it was also important for trade as the town myers on a river. so goods could be easily transported, okay, and for the economy as well. but like i said, this is the 1st time on

a lewis is one of 2 tosses. flag bears. she'll make her grand appearance with the about the right us later in the day. she's one of around 3000 local residents who organize in stage the festival. every year, luckiest as mccarthy that the festival is very popular here and tortoise. okay. we all look forward to it in july. if thats pitch as the to re living the old times of tortoise out of it. i and we look forward to reuniting with friend nancy on the bed that bosa it, but i do need to call us amigos with round 60 performance is a day, visitors can immerse themselves and life as it was in the renaissance. a wonder ruas zuber ruts and honda domingo will be performing. dressed as to 17th century aristocrats, mark deniable gathered about her back then. barto torso was catalonia his 5th largest town. he one of them here, and i feel proud to be representing a noble family from the era of the dance and the music will be performing today. so

came from historical documents by lemme see if barbara. oh, the woman does her story girl. even if it is their 10th year performing, both took care preparing. they'd been rehearsing the noble dunce. for months. everyone involved the votes. a great deal of time. and all the costumes were hand made me mad at him it. yeah, and i said that i, my mother made the stress over that darker color. tons were typical of spanish renaissance fashion lab. well, that's fine. you know, especially black shades of tannel. a fellow, of course, it's time for anna louise's big moment as one of to tosses about the lattice. spain's only remaining flag throwers are a great attraction. dennis, now it's mainly about entertainment. the performers have practiced daily for months, but continuously waving and throwing around a one kilogram heavy flag isn't easy. is it about gay?

it's hard when the sun shines in our eyes and we can't see how the flags are fly up with them. it's a matter of balance, endurance and practice. yell if you know, basically anything you do takes practice life is and we practiced a lot. it's exhausting. and it takes a lot of strength at all. but in the end, if you like, what you're doing, you'll do whatever it takes to do your best like them, possibly. after their appearances, the performers gather, the taverns, recipes, dating from the renaissance, have been resurrected and made with ingredients used at the time. following age old traditions and recess favorites as a kind of sausage, still popular in the region to day level than i soon ali meant that the by then as a dash typical of the renaissance, him tortoise handle. he says it's made with blood and port gotten it. if he had a look back then people ate mostly grain, corked, apples, pears and whatever they could grow in the field stem. yes. such as being us love

than a cabbage. eat and lettuce though i can get hit by the echo about in campbell comalla school. the ash lascola you latoya so tosses, 25th renaissance festival continues well into the night and come next year to tulsa. once again, travel back in time to celebrate. it's rich cultural heritage i it summer, which means it's barbecue time, right. gore way chef to be a bag. would actually agree, but he takes the humble barbecue to a whole new level. he lights his fires in unusual places, often in the middle of the city and their resulting dishes are not really delicious, but incredibly innovative. we visited him at a,

an industrial wasteland and berlin to get a few tips for our next barbecue party. ah cor made dishes cooked over an open fire for dinner, some unexpected places. that's to be aspects concept for his gastronomic experience in berlin. as far as that is true for a chef, i is the ultimate cooking method. however, even if only because of the aroma line being alma from america many larger employer, you realize that having fire means lots of different things and not the also fundamental things lee, such as light heat, food warm for that. so when we look into fire, it automatically evokes feelings very deep within us, auto mothers computer to the aspect stokes. his fire with oak and beechwood. he prefers them by their slow burn time and high heat, as well as the fine grilled flavor. they lent the dishes and

the smithy guzman, him. what's important is that you don't just pour out the sack of the coal. you have to stack and lay the wood so it gets plenty of oxygen. it's like here with this tower. when you see that the fire blazes up right away, door is patience is key. this isn't a stove. you can switch on and off and it's something romantic that takes time there, woman. but i think every one hour barbecuing has that good enough that kathy, either to be aspect learned, has fire skills and argentina from the start shaft. francis moment master of outdoor cuisine. he learned go, may quality cooking from start shaft. renee reads epi and copenhagen, and at berlin's and st. restaurant. he combines both and his concept amber opened fire cooking and you know to us and see. and emma, when people he grill, they think extremely charred or crispy and heavily seasoned stock. but you can work

with it very elegantly, like and lightly smoked cream or a grilled lemon for a salad dressing, warning and blessings. one was allowed, he's finished on the fire for 30 seconds at most. his tip to make a crispy is to spread butter on it beforehand. the grill spinach is then combined with roasted pistachio. gonna finish. pleasure for me is putting your heart into cookie. you know, we, that's what we do here. we use simple produce and charco to bring things to lighting and some beams of akin to be us back uses a japanese conroe grill that's good at storing heat, but cooking over a woodfield fire is only one aspect of his dinner concept. he receives his guests at ever changing locations. this time it's an old archive building and berlin's eastern mouth found district. yes, in about up on guidelines, i've always dreamt of organizing dinners and hidden spots on her project. they

always have something mysterious and novel about the awesome visit. they bring you out of your comfort zones, noise, and call us on a come forth on a horse. an 8 course meal is in store for the 40 guests, including lamb sweet bread, with green onions, roasted tender and crispy over the wood fire and french fraser. clams, briefly singed on a grill to via spec, filled himself serve with panola blossoms. marinated muster, leaves and a whole blank for a spanish sauce made with almonds, garlic, and olive oil. it's no surprise that to be a speck in his team for 1st seasonal produce. in spring, the menu includes asparagus, served with the best of pureed crayfish and fresh sorrel. they went to lighten. we want to give people incredible evening why they wouldn't normally experiencing that

can't be repainted and cannot. and that's exactly what to be us back, helps to achieve good food and unexpected places. ok, so i think it's time for me to up my barbecue skills. now does it get any better than the summary smell of lap and, or imagine walking through the entire fields of these beautiful deep purple flowers? well, we're headed to the provence, to meet up with the photographers who flock there every summer for the chance to capture the feast for the nose and for the eyes. one thing for sure, the perfect postcard picture is guaranteed. 11th fields in the south of france. it's pretty is a picture everywhere you look between june and august, when the plants are in bloom, the villains or plato turns into a frequency of flowers each year,

people from around the world visit some keep coming back, like landscaper talk with her father and to nora this is what's cool about pro val doctor, we have this incredible colors in the sense that everywhere and go we have the lines that go way back into the distance and everything that i love. that's what is at the end of there's a tree. it's like disneyland for photographers and photograph. fabia likes to share his passion with others and takes amateur photographers on guided to us through the lavender fields. this was photographer, has pioneered a technique that revolutionized classical landscape photography is superimpose is typically chance of the same subject on top of one another to create hypo realist images. as a result, his landscape photos look more mystical than realistic. but hyperventilated landscape photography is about bringing together all the emotions i felt before while taking the shots in one picture. she's in a different moly situations and ambient light stillness can take 23,

or 4 or up to 40 or 50 images. to convey that feeling to the observer, i took him. it's this feeling that he also wants to transmit to the photo to a participants. the 1st lines are these here. the best ones are actually those 2 there. and in the middle, when it comes to framing their image, the amateurs get no help from van of oscar, has been a landscape photographer for more than 2 decades, and knows whether it's classical or hyper realistic photography. the ground rules. oh, always the same. what's important was the such wide open landscapes as the foreground . often you'll see pictures with a tree somewhere in the background, but nothing up front for it's a broad field. it's slime adds a nice deputy da da landscape. we have a nice foreground with the blooming lavender that's half the battle won, while taking a good landscape photo french of total. the 1st successful shots are long coming, much to the delight of the 2 participants. these are get, i had you in

a straight lines. le cemetery else is just amazing. toilers is as i find the st. louis harper's stunningly beautiful than crop. then as the acoustics, the hum of the bees and the blossoms which move around in the wind, not it's just wonderful. and what we're showing versus reader doors is always a challenge. it is for a cop in terms of composition. i read every picture, tells a great story heater that's clear most of the argument but the popularity of the lavender field has one big drawback. many farmers fear for their crops isn't here. we're on private property. heard everything here belongs to a farmer who earns us living, growing lavender. we have been so, and i'm here with a group that have to ensure that we pretend which are lavender like mich didn't. but means like ramming is with tripods are stepping on the plants and i are leaving a beer bottles or cigarette lighter around and most of them i think of it like being in someone's living english. been in i should leave the place in your same

state. i found a dental office. i'm going to open up the photo to it lasts for a week and the group is on the go day and night. because in the dark, a whole new side of the lavender fields comes to light. fabio loves mister diversity in shooting at night. can be tricky, assaulted there shouldn't be too much light pollution though. sometime my thought is also really cool. it's okay to just have the black, my, the sky in the milky way is that sometimes it's also nice when there's a bit of a glowing from the city down below. and i thought whether classical or modern in the lavender fields, every one is sure to find the picture perfect image. absolutely gorgeous. and with that we have come to the end of another program. we hope you enjoyed the show and don't forget to follow us on social media for more content from all over europe. for me and the whole your mike's team here in berlin. thanks

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