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my passion with you. so i m on a mission to find out how opera is trying to attract new audiences and reinvent itself. this time i meet sir antonio pappano in the run up to the end 0lmert he is taking us behind the scenes notjust he is taking us behind the scenes not just at london s he is taking us behind the scenes notjust at london s old royal opera house, but right 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 midd ....
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, ey! he plays don basilio, a music teacher whose sole interest is in lining his own pockets. hello, sir bryn terfel! are you here for a singing lesson? i wish! you know, i admire people like you who can sing but ijust can t sing myself. i can sing but i can t te ....
reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey. helena, you ve been following the developments for us there, bring us up to date with the latest. i m here on the road to lahaina. this is as close as we can get to the community full up can get to the community full up and what i want to show you right now is the scene here. if we just move over here i want to give you a picture of these dry conditions here on the island of maui. you can see the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. you can also see the high winds. in these high winds really have been an issue in fanning those flames and they are leading to more concerns, ever present concerns from authorities about the prospect for flareups in these places. i m going to move out of the way so you can look over my shoulder here. what you can see is this is the last police check point here on the road to lahaina here, everyone on the road he is stopped and asked questions about ....
time for a look at the business news now with marc ashdown. hello, this is world business report, i m marc ashdown. we start in the us, where the all important inflation data is just out. prices inched up injuly, but less than expected. the consumer price index, a key inflation figure, rose 3.2% compared to a year ago. it was running at 3% injune, so on the face of it, the pace of price rises has ticked up again. but the markets had expected a bigger increase, so could today s figure be good news? and could it be enough to persuade the federal reserve to leave interest rates unchanged next month? let s bring in our north america business correspondent michelle fleury. firstly, talk us through the reasons behind this uptick. inflation had been easing gradually, why has it gone up? some of this has to do with comparisons of where we were last year and the way the data is compiled but some of it is things like rising housing costs and stuff like rising housing costs and st ....
53 according to the latest statement released in the last hour from the maui county government. joe biden has already issued a major disaster declaration and the governor has said it is the deadliest natural disaster for generations. thousands have been forced to leave their homes and hospitals have been treating patients for burns and smoke inhalation. nomia iqbal has this report. much of the hawaiian island of maui is now scorched earth. a pilot can hardly believe what he s seeing. oh, my gosh! look at the harbour! this looks like baghdad or something. the historic town of lahaina barely exists anymore. since the fire began on tuesday, it has ripped through, fuelled by hurricane force winds, leaving burnt out cars on once busy streets and instead of historic buildings, there are smoking piles of rubble. everybody still out here, it s time to go! for anyone still in the town, the message is clear get out. if anybody s still here, the fire is on front street and it is ....