few composers stir up as much emotion as richard wagner. admirers, he is the ultimate composer. his critics claim to much -- too much pathos, too bombastic. he is still hard to ignore, most of all in germany, where an annual festival prevents-- esents his work in one of the high societyvent of the year. it is the festival's 100th season. there is already controversy, and the israeli orchestra perform their for the first time earlier in thelweek, to the horror of many back home. we sent a reporter down to the small town in bavaria to find out more. she came up with five reasons why everyone should pay a visit to the festival, whether you love richard wagner or not. >> the festival attracts thousands of opera fans every year. there are five good reasons for making the trip -- first and foremost, to experience the wagner's music performed by world-class august's -- artists. memo one reason is the high quality of the music -- >> one reason is the high quality of the music. >> this year, the festival opened with a new production. the performance

few composers are as closely associated with the nazis as richard wagner. he was anti-semitic and he was a musical icon for a of hitler. public broadcasters in israel have banned his work and most broadcasters refuse to play him. that was not the case at the wagnerestival here in israel -- in germany. >> this is the founding society -- this is a founding member of the wagner society in israel. tonight is the world premie of a very special kind. wagner's great granddaughter attended the performance. the first piece that the israel chamber orchestra played was -- the concert started it new territory. >> i believe this is an encouragement for everyone working in this direction. >> -- was delighted. >> i think this was a historical moment in which we showed that art and culture have no borders. >> for one night, a shared love of music. >> amy winehouse's funeral has been held in london after a private ceremony for family and friends in a jewish cemetery, her body was taken to the -- amy winehouse was found dead in her flat in london on saturday. the cause of he

. >>> the israel orchestra plans to perform a composition by richard wagner, breaking an israeli taboo against playing the german anti-semitic composer's music. it will be played at a festival for the composer. he was a composer revered by adolf hitler and the nazis. >>> the pioneer of cryonics, freezing the dead in the hope that science will enable them to live again, has died. robert edinger died at 82. his body is to be stored in a cryonic institute which he founded in 1976. >>> now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,592 after losing 88 points yesterday. the s&p fell seven points, and the nasdaq dipped 16. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo the nikkei was up 47 points, while in hong kong the hang seng climbed 278. >>> wall street was down monday as jitters heightened over the prospect of default with no progress toward a debt ceiling deal. the evidence said it could have been even worse. volume was light, even by summer standards, suggesting many sat on the sidelines, while overall losses were moderate, the am

. >>> the israel chamber orchestra plans to perform a composition by richard wagner, breaking an israeliaboo. the performance will take place in germany at a concert to wagner, a composer revered by adolf hitler and the nazis. >>> and cryonics pioneer has died, robert etinger was 92, his body became the 106th to be stored at the cryonics institute which he founded in 1976. >>> now your "first look" at wall street. the dow opens at 12,592, after losing 88 points yesterday. the s&p fell seven points and the nasdaq dipped 16. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, the nikkei was up 47 points, while in hong ko kong, the hang seng climbed 278. wall street was down monday as jitters heightened over the prospect of defaults with no progress towards a debt ceiling deal. volume was light, even by summer standards. suggesting many sat on the sidelines. while overall losses were moderate, the amount of falling stocks far outpaced advancers. wall street's so-called fear index jumped over 10%. >>> the debt stalemate prompted a flight to gold and another record high. the dollar fell to a reco