i have been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you. so i am on a mission to find out how opera is trying to attract new audiences and reinvent itself. this time, i meet welsh bass baritone sir bryn terfel, a giant in the opera world both in achievements and physical stature. an artistjust known all around the world. he has sung all the great opera roles. and he is on the stage, you cannot take your eyes off him. yet the monkey are so many who follow him both physically and emotionally around the world. is taking us behind the scenes not only at london s royal opera house where he is a regular star performer, but fight back to where it all started here in his native wales at the welsh national opera in cardiff. sir bryn terfel is
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bryn terfel is a welsh icon and a rare talent. he cares not only about his own success but also the future of opera. an art form which has brought him national as well as global recognition and i m really glad he is so optimistic about its enduring appeal. hello there. it s a sunny, increasingly hot and humid weekend in prospect. so, there are positives and negatives to take away from the weather story at the moment, but let s start off with the positives. after weeks of low grey cloud across eastern england at times, look at lowestoft in suffolk,
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