much more intimate way with people and nature were not on center stage a street corner tete place puccini's the chrysanthemums before a crowd of more than 2000 potted plants it's a full house but there's no coronavirus restriction required. the music says the man behind the concert is his way to communicate with nature. to tell them what we've gone through during this time in the shape of music a language through which they could be influenced it was obvious it was almost like a recreate him. after the curtain comes down the end or plants will go to a clinic there barcelona as a symbolic thank you to health care workers everywhere. for. what were the plans for. listen if you're watching news i'm terry martin i'll be back the top next hour with more thanks for. the for. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news.

[ applause ] >> as the lights dim and their newest production, puccini's "turandot," begins, it strikesthat i'm not listening just to opera. it's the call of a siren that proved irresistible to our two young heirs, as it was to bill fosser before them. [ operatic singing ] let me ask you this, steve. do you think that bill left these fine, young men, who were as devoted to him as he was to them, an inheritance that's a burden or a benefit? >> burdens yield benefits. >> puppeteer steve golden, you'll recall, was seduced by these same sirens. he believes, somewhere, bill fosser is shouting "encore!" >> i think bill would be as pleased as punch that this is happening. >> and no doubt grateful to the two young men he named as his heirs all those years ago. but i wonder about that request bill made, that they should destroy all these beautiful puppets if the opera ever closed. is that a request they could ever honor? the brothers vow, succeed or fail, it will never happen. >> i feel like it's a priceless art form. we could never actually destroy anything here. i think bill knew that these pu