In northern japan. Now on bbc news zeinab badawi meets two sublime young opera stars who are grappling with a new world of opera south african soprano masabane cecilia rangwanasha and french tenor benjamin bernheim. I have been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you. So i am on a mission to tell you about some of the names in opera who are making it fit for the future. Meet south african soprano masabane cecilia rangwanasha, who loves song contests, and is tipped to become a superstar. I was in love with opera from the beginning, but i actually did not know there was opera, i just thought it was music. And, exciting french tenor benjamin bernheim on the thrill of live performances. What we want is for people to dress up and come to see us, and come to the opera house and the concert hall. What does the future hold for young singers in an opera world that has been transformed by technology, social media, and demands for greater diversity? and, could the chang
like now on bbc news, it s time for dateline london, with shaun ley. london, with shaun ley. hello and a warm welcome to the first of two special editions of dateline london. next weekend at the turn of the year, we will make some predictions for 2022. this weekend, we concentrate on the waning year and that seasonal classic. scrooge had three ghosts to remind scrooge. we don t have ghosts on this programme, we have guests. three distinguished journalists to reflect on the year. henry chu, isabel hilton and the bbc s lyse doucet. a very warm welcome for it to you all. thanks for breaking off to be with us on dateline. let us begin as you would expect with the virus. isabel, can you start by talking about how this year has been different from the previous year? this is the second year in which we had to learn to deal with covid. you re absolutely right. i think that fact has been the biggest shift. i think when it started, we probably all thought it would peak, and then it wou
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pete: it is march 31st year of our lord 2024 those are some cute kids. they are. rachel: that s ramona s daughter there. beautiful girl. with the pink sweater. pete: easter egg bun nebraska ear because the stone is rolled away he has risen he s risen indeed and we re glad that you re here with us on this holist of of christian holidays which we are going to do the easter egg rollings and bunnies all of that stuff but we know what it is all about and if you heard tim tebow s message he gave about a one minute sermon that sums it up more than better than anybody can. maybe better than the pope pete: better than the pope. rachel: it is a holy day one that we ve been highlighting throughout the show is the portion of christians to take responsibility for honoring making this day holy not allowing, you know, the commercialization and much less this other pagan path that white house is trying to overshadow this holy day with that ridiculous proclamation on the day our
and we start with the uk chip designer, arm. its owner, japan s softbank, has finally filed the paperwork for a new york market listing. this highly anticipated floatation should net its japanese owner tens of billions of dollars and will be the biggest initial public offering in almost two years. arm is based in cambridge and plans to make its american stock market debut in early september, selling its shares on the nasdaq exchange. our north america business correspondent, michelle fleury, has the details. arm didn t reveal the number of shares that were selling or pricing of the offering but is reportedly for evaluation of between 60 $70 billion. ahead of the ibo the cambridge company revealed revenue was down 1% from a year earlier. the company, currently owned by japan s softbank is a chip designer whose technology powers most smartphones around the world including iphones. in 2020 silicon valley chipmaker nvidia tried to buy arm but the deal fell through because of reg