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What do young people invited to the paris 0pera make of the experience? how gustavo dudamel is bringing a gust of fresh air into the world of classical music and helping make 0pera fit for the future. let me take you to the opera. paris, where the national opera is unusually based in two buildings. the lavish 19th—century garnier in the centre of town. and the bastille built in the 1980s to help regenerate that part of the capital.

Russia is sending opera singers to its frontline troops in Ukraine to raise the morale of Russian soldiers. Russia announced the formation of the creativ

Messi versus mbappe, as argentina take on france. a man has been charged with facilitating attempted illegal entry to the uk after four people died when a migrant boat capsized in the channel on wednesday. 1200 members of the armed forces — and 1000 civil servants — will be drafted in to cover striking ambulance and border force staff over christmas. the iranian actor is arrested after she supported anti—government protestors. now on bbc news, take me to the opera. ive been an opera fan fo...

Did it inspire you in some way? do you think coming to the opera could be a life changing experience? so a new and diverse audience can be introduced to the power of opera and live classical music. and this is what is so inspiring about what gustavo dudamel is trying to achieve. its been great meeting him and to hear about how much he wants

And spanish soprano saioa hernandez in the title role of tosca. but many opera lovers are as attracted by not only who is singing but also by who is conducting. and one person who draws in the crowds is the highly admired, charismatic, and flamboyant star gustavo dudamel, known to many as just gustavo. applause. in 2021, he bought his youthful star power to the 350—year—old paris national opera as its music director. gustavo has been very well received here because the energy that he transmi...

Russias Ministry of Defense announced the creation of the "front-line creative bridge" earlier in December.

He set up yola. thats the youth orchestra of la. in los angeles, i didnt arrive with prepared and predicting things. and so we started a youth orchestra programme that the orchestra didnt have. we said, for example, lets do opera because this orchestra needs to play opera. its very important. so we play opera, we go to the hollywood bowl, we go to the communities, we work with more pop artists. we do these kind of things to create an audience that interacts with us. gustavo became music director...

Tosca is a tragic story of thwarted love and death and is set to a rich and complex score. but gustavo says hes never nervous before he conducts a performance. no, no. i think i get excited. you look forward to the performance? exactly. i think nervous, its not the... i will not say that i get nervous. its the adrenaline, i will call. and well, yes, i send a message to my wife all the time before, you know, voice message that im going to the stage and... for good luck sort of thing? its like a c...

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Of the performance? could they be converted to opera? did it inspire you in some way? do you think coming to the opera could be a life changing experience? so a new and diverse audience can be introduced to the power of opera and live classical music.