Maria callas is one of the most extraordinary and influentialfigures in the history of opera. Anima viva. You must serve music because music is so enormous and can envelop you into such a state of. Of perpetual anxiety and torture. When music fails to agree to the ear in other words, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses then it has missed its point. She enjoyed the Bright Lights of fame and endured its dark side. Her every word and move scrutinised by press and public. When a public loves you so much, you want to do so much more. They cant just applaud the legend if you dont give them something. And after all, what is the legend . The public made me. Maria callas was born in new york in December 1923 and christened Cecilia Sofia anna maria kalogeropoulos. Her parents, george and evangelia, left greece for america shortly before her birth, where they abbreviated the family name to callas. In 1937, after the marriage broke down, evangelia moved back to athens with her two daugh
to the top of the hill. then, he marched them down again. political persecution like something straight out of a fascist or communist nation. this is southern israel and that is gaza, and the war here has dominated the news agenda since early october. tragic and polarising, it s one of the biggest stories of 2023 and one that i have followed here and reported on throughout, speaking to people in israel and in gaza about how they re living through it. the year has seen many important and profound stories, from the war in ukraine to donald trump s legal affairs in the us and for india, a successful moon landing. i m going to bring you just some of those moments. we begin in turkey and syria and the devastating earthquake that struck early on the sixth of february. these images show the moment the first quake hit. with a magnitude of 7.8, it destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed thousands of people. a second powerful tremor hours later increased the death toll even further.
when london s skyline is lit up in colour with the fireworks all starts here on these barges in the east of london in the docklands. the final preparations are being put in place. there are thousands of shells, there are controlled firing panels, there are wires, so it s really interesting to see it all happening behind the scenes. it s a very, very meticulous operation and i m joined by the event director. just talk me through the numbers. how many fireworks and how long has it all taken? we have about 12,000 individual fireworks on these three barges and also the london eye. we don t get the chance to read that until tomorrow. we don t get the chance to read that untiltomorrow. rig. the most iconic part doesn t get rigged until 6am tomorrow. we have a crew of about 30 people working over the two locations since the 27th of december. we have got over 30 tonnes of equipment to load. almost 50 kilometres of cable and wire that need to be connected and 4,500 individual firin
ecosystems on the planet, is being strangled. the mekong is under an onslaught of dam building, intensifying climate change and sand mining. but there is some hope. join us, as we head downstream in cambodia and meet the communities having to adapt to the changing nature of this river. translation: there will be no fish for the next generation. . ..and those trying desperately to save it. translation: when i see this, it makes me worry i about mekong s fate. mi lives in a world of water that was once predictable, reliable, renowned for an abundance of fish. but in recent years, he and thousands like him have been asking, where are they? this is the tonle sap, south east asia s largest freshwater lake. fish caught by communities here feed millions across cambodia. translation: these past few years, there is less and less i water and fewer and fewer fish. i didn t expect to get a lot of fish because when i felt the weight of the net, it was very light. i felt right around it
# maria callas is one of the most extraordinary and influentialfigures in the history of opera. # ..anima viva. # you must serve music- because music is so enormous and can envelop you into such a state of. ..of perpetual anxiety and torture. when music fails to agree to the ear in other words, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses then it has missed its point. she enjoyed the bright lights of fame and endured its dark side. her every word and move scrutinised by press and public. when a public loves you so much, you want to do so much more. they can t just applaud the legend if you don t give them something. and after all, what is the legend? the public made me. maria callas was born in new york in december 1923 and christened cecilia sofia anna maria kalogeropoulos. her parents, george and evangelia, left greece for america shortly before her birth, where they abbreviated the family name to callas. in 1937, after the marriage broke down, evangelia moved back to