chorus the royal opera house youth opera company is a talent development programme here at the royal we have an open recruitment process every year, and it's really important to us that our company really reflects the city that we live in. so we try to make sure there's a real variety of socioeconomic backgrounds, of ethnicities and an even gender split as well. the majority of our young people who join us will come from families who probably have had no real experience of opera. what's it like for them working with sir antonio pappano? do they appreciate that they are in the midst of a great maestro? they don't really understand the sort of the size of the reputation that tony is kind of carrying into that room. and for many of them, it's the first time they've worked probably with a conductor. so they bring a real sort ofjoyful playfulness into the room. and what i think we love watching is how tony matches that, that he has such a sort of natural warmth with them and he's so dedicated to nurturing our next generation, that he really isjust a joy for them to work with. tony has com

behind the scenes not just at london's —— he is taking us behind the scenes notjust at london's old royal operaght back to where it all started back... let me take you to the opera. just outside cardiff, really looking forward to it. can i come along and listen to you do that? of course you could, yeah! oh, thank you! he speaks welsh. what does that mean? see you in wales. 0k, great, see you in wales. he sings. bryn�*s musical education at the guildhall school of music brought him to london for the first time. he won a coveted place there in 1984 and in his last year he was awarded the school's top music prize, the gold medal. hello, bryn, i made it to wales! croeso i gymru! come on, say it, we are in the middle of recording croeso i gymru! hello, chaps, thank you so much! terrific to be here. we're in the middle of recording an album full of sea shanties. so we're going to rehearse and record today one of wales�*s most famous tunes, fflat huw puw. most probably we'll do a little bit of drunken sailor as well. oh, that will be a bit of fun. # what shall we do with a drunken sailor, with a drunk

he's taking us behind the scenes, not only at london's royal opera house where he's a regular star performerbut right back to where it all started, here in his native wales at the welsh national opera in cardiff. bryn terfel is a passionate advocate of music and culture, and nurturing the next generation of talent. for any welsh singer, bryn's a massive inspiration and he's still at the top of his game. what sir bryn terfel�*s long and stellar career tells us about how to make opera fit for the future. let me take you to the opera. he sings in italian. sir bryn terfel has all the magic ingredients it takes to become a world class opera star — incredible stage presence, amazing acting range from dramatic to comic, and of course, a rich bass baritone voice that enthrals audiences wherever he performs. i'm invited backstage ahead of bryn's performance in the barber of seville, a comic masterpiece by the 19th century italian composer, rossini. before getting into costume, bryn warms up his voice. he sings in italian. hello, it is your make up call. here now? yes! as if i'm not already fat enough

i go behind the scenes at the royal opera house to see tony in action and ask if opera is losing itst me take you to the opera!

, two speeches, one speech was given by adolf hitler on september 1, 1939, when he spoke at the royal operad at the beginning of the second war, he said almost the same thing that putin said on february 24, 2022, that is , that the oppression of the germans in poland, er, accordingly , putin spoke about the oppression of the residents the so-called lpr and dpr, then he complained that the poles do not want to negotiate with the germans, uh, the same thing happened with putin, the ukrainians do not want to negotiate on peace in the donbas, then he promised that hitler promised to beat only the military . we will only bomb military facilities, well, that is, there are some absolutely obvious things, historical parallels that indicate that putin is the latest hitler, and if , even through such an analysis of speeches and behavior, they can be placed next to each other, why the world does not understand that putin will lead to what hitler called not only the situation in ukraine, but also in the whole world, there are several reasons , but the most important are the first two, and if putin is r

and brutal at times, but then he saw the rewards, when i did my first swan lake and romeo at the royal opera could say "that's my son, right there, he's the prince," and he was crying. for the first time, i saw him wear a suit and tie, and he was so proud. and i remembered at the time our director, monica mason, she came to him and said, "we're so proud of you, and your kid and everything, and we respect him, and care for him here," and just hearing that for him was the world, and so that's something that i, that really gave me a lot of peace. your next important moment in your life that you have chosen, which had a profound on your life and work, and that takes us to 1989 — the fall of communism around the world. a very tough moment in cuban history, for all of us. it was just... the level of hardship and hunger, it was amazing, and there were a lot of cats disappearing from my neighbourhood, and dogs, everything, people basically had nothing to eat. there were 20 hours of power cuts in an environment that could reach all the way from 35 to a0 degrees celsius. and there was not any way of v

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sir antonio pappano in the run—up to the end of his remarkable tenure as music director of the royal opera

he's taking us behind the scenes, not only at london's royal opera house where he's a regular star performerthe welsh national opera in cardiff. bryn terfel is a passionate advocate of music and culture, and nurturing the next generation of talent. for any welsh singer, bryn's a massive inspiration and he's still at the top of his game.

so the royal opera has whole opera house has a whole programme through with programme coming throughs, so we have don quixote, the which being the ballet, which is being screened, have a screened, i think let's have a look dates. that's coming look on our dates. that's coming up i to say october. up in, i want to say october. now that's november. we've got your wagner das rheingold is going into cinemas late in september. michael, i will see you there now you'll see you'll see me in the opera house for that one. >> i've got a ticket for that. >> i've got a ticket for that. >> or in germany. i know you like to to germany in austria like to go to germany in austria for that. also nutcracker, which is seen cinema for that. also nutcracker, which is fabulous. seen cinema for that. also nutcracker, which is fabulous. that'll cinema for that. also nutcracker, which is fabulous. that'll be cinema for that. also nutcracker, which is fabulous. that'll be in1ema is fabulous. that'll be in cinemas in december. and the first is always live first screening is always live as then they encore as we

and yet the papers still keep going on this sort of royal soap opera. it seems . soap opera.s you both know, me because, as you both know, i worked for the family. i knew harry very well. i never knew meghan, obviously. and yes, i mean, there's part of me that does sorry for them because does feel sorry for them because i certainly not i think things are certainly not planned out the hoped. planned out the way they hoped. i've always said that i think they themselves as these they saw themselves as these kind of royal celebrities. and i've always, again said royal and celebrity, don't go hand in hand. you can either be one or the other. and i think that's why kind failed. but why it's kind of failed. but i do a bit sorry. and these do feel a bit sorry. and these reports of snub with the reports of a snub with the queen's anniversary up, queen's anniversary coming up, obviously, the from obviously, the king, from what i understand, to be going obviously, the king, from what i unmemorial to be going obviously, the king, from what i unmemorial for to be going obviously, the king

i mean, got the opera house mean, we've got the opera house and we've somerset house on and we've got somerset house on board. the royalademy on board. so it's not and the thing that and i think the thing that concerns me, it's not just about retail shops. it's it is the bigger economy forte hotel. >> and it's not just in london because there are the out of london centres. london shopping centres. claridge's is of my claridge's is one of my favourite places go. favourite places to go. >> best place for breakfast? best place for breakfast. >> quite >> breakfast. it's quite good. it's good for dinner. it's quite good for dinner. >> anyway, thank you so much, trevor. that's all from me. up next, professor daniel next, it is professor daniel wootton who will be joining us with lots of thrills and spills to keep you entertained in the next hour or two. >> i have to say we do have a genuine superstar line up tonight. carole malone, andrea jenkins and stanley johnson on the superstar panel. edwina currie versus narinda in the clash . then nigel farage lviv clash. then nigel farage lviv lady colin campbell in the house. paul b

that's a well, yeah, well, there's a there's a few people in the royal family who don't see to eye eye. >> it's the most fantastic soap operawe've also got the calls to and the eye, the tories tell sunak to sack braverman . now, sunak to sack braverman. now, i should imagine this is just, you know, the tory party is obviously split into factions. it's more like about five parties corralled into into one group. but centrist conservatives are putting the prime minister under increasing pressure to fire the home secretary after repeated small failures. and there are rumours she will go in the autumn reshuffle . i mean, do you think reshuffle. i mean, do you think she does for some some conservatives , some conservatives, some conservatives, some conservatives have said , you conservatives have said, you know, she's she's too she talks too tough. she's got a toxic toxic or whatever . toxic or whatever. >> well, she got all those things . but, >> well, she got all those things. but, i mean, the real problem is she's and competent and we got to a stage where the whole small boats policy , the whole small boats policy, the whole s

that's a well, yeah, well, there's a there's a few people in the royal family who don't see to eye eye. >> it's the most fantastic soap operawe've also got the calls to and the eye, the tories tell sunak to sack braverman . now, sunak to sack braverman. now, i should imagine this is just, you know, the tory party is obviously split into factions. it's more like about five parties corralled into into one group. but centrist conservatives are putting the prime minister under increasing pressure to fire the home secretary after repeated small failures. and there are rumours she will go in the autumn reshuffle . i mean, do you think reshuffle. i mean, do you think she does for some some conservatives , some conservatives, some conservatives, some conservatives have said , you conservatives have said, you know, she's she's too she talks too tough. she's got a toxic toxic or whatever . toxic or whatever. >> well, she got all those things . but, >> well, she got all those things. but, i mean, the real problem is she's and competent and we got to a stage where the whole small boats policy , the whole small boats policy, the whole s

opera that's almost developing in spain . regional developing in spain. regional representatives of the royalhat world cup . the lips at that world cup. >> so far, he has not resigned . >> so far, he has not resigned. but the federation's move came as the situation has now spiralled into a national row over women's rights, macho behaviour and sexual abuse, with many ministers asking for rubiales to leave his role. >> let's get more now with sports journalist ben jacobs , sports journalist ben jacobs, who can join us. and ben , who can join us. and ben, there's this sort of very strange bureaucratic situation where they can ask him to resign. they can try and suspend him, but they can't sack him. it seems , seemingly at the moment. seems, seemingly at the moment. >> and part of that is also because there's an ongoing investigation. >> so rubiales has been suspended for a period of 90 days whilst fifa to determine whether or not they can proceed. >> and any result of that particular investigation will have a bearing within the football community and how the spanish can act. >> and then at the s

opera, right? because i don't know of anything else that they do or anything else that they do or anything else that they contribute. it just seems like they talk about the royalin regards to that spotify deal , they're on the cover of deal, they're on the cover of people magazine here in the states this week, and they're there's an interesting quote in there's an interesting quote in there from a source close to harry and meghan claiming that they given no formal they were given no formal a formal lay of the land when it came spotify or how a podcast came to spotify or how a podcast works . and it says that they works. and it says that they were already unsteady on their feet before the ink was dry . and feet before the ink was dry. and they said that they did pitch a lot of ideas to spotify. but there was too much red tape and spotify wasn't moving fast enough for them, which call enough for them, which i call garbage on. leo i just think that they're always blaming other people . it's just like other people. it's just like when meghan said nobody helped formally trained her into becoming, you know, the duchess of sussex . no one helped her becoming, you kno

opera, right? because i don't know of anything else that they do or anything else that they do or anything else that they contribute. it just seems like they talk about the royalin regards to that spotify deal , they're on the cover of deal, they're on the cover of people magazine here in the states this week, and they're there's an interesting quote in there's an interesting quote in there from a source close to harry and meghan claiming that they given no formal they were given no formal a formal lay of the land when it came spotify or how a podcast came to spotify or how a podcast works . and it says that they works. and it says that they were already unsteady on their feet before the ink was dry . and feet before the ink was dry. and they said that they did pitch a lot of ideas to spotify. but there was too much red tape and spotify wasn't moving fast enough for them, which call enough for them, which i call garbage on. leo i just think that they're always blaming other people . it's just like other people. it's just like when meghan said nobody helped formally trained her into becoming, you know, the duchess of sussex . no one helped her becoming, you kno