Hes a charismatic person, performer. His way of communicating, his intelligence that one hears whenever he is singing, isjust unique. And that makes him really very special. But the pressures of staying at the top are immense. The highs and lows of life as an operatic celebrity from one of the people who knows him best. To get to the top is not so difficult, but to stay there, this is really a hard one. Are the sacrifices worth it . The moment it all falls into. Place and you are at a position that youve hardly ever dreamt| of is so much of a payback that everything, all the worki that youve done before, seems to be minimal. Jonas kaufmann unveiled. Let me take you to the opera. Singing Jonas Kaufmann is an opera legend. Hes already assured of his place in history as one of the greatest ever tenors. Applause like millions of others, im a huge fan ofJonas Kaufmann and i try to see him perform whenever i can. I am in awe of his almost supernatural talent, but now i can go one step furthe
he s a charismatic person, performer. his way of communicating, his intelligence that one hears whenever he is singing, isjust unique. and that makes him really very special. but the pressures of staying at the top are immense. the highs and lows of life as an operatic celebrity from one of the people who knows him best. to get to the top is not so difficult, but to stay there, this is really a hard one. are the sacrifices worth it? the moment it all falls into. place and you are at a position that you ve hardly ever dreamt| of is so much of a payback that everything, all the worki that you ve done before, seems to be minimal. jonas kaufmann unveiled. let me take you to the opera. singing jonas kaufmann is an opera legend. he s already assured of his place in history as one of the greatest ever tenors. applause like millions of others, i m a huge fan ofjonas kaufmann and i try to see him perform whenever i can. i am in awe of his almost supernatural talent, but now i can go o
the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has alleged that china is considering supplying weapons and ammunition to russia, for its war against ukraine. he was speaking to cbs news, after meeting china s top diplomat, wang yi, on the sidelines of the international munich security conference in germany. he said he d warned mr wang of consequences, if material support was provided to moscow. mr blinken told cbs, that chinese firms were already providing non lethal aid for russia s invasion. james landale reports. for months now, vladimir putin has been wooing china s president so is all that diplomacy about to pay off? so far, china has neither endorsed nor condemned russia s invasion of ukraine, calling instead for a peaceful solution. but the us believes russian forces in ukraine are already getting surveillance and other information from chinese firms. and america s top diplomat now believes that china could be going further and providing weapons. we have seen them provid
stars of the silver screen are getting ready for the baftas later tonight. we ll look at which films might take home the awards. good morning. we are looking at a brighter day, with a few more cloudbreak surround, so some sunny spells developing for many. probably quite a nice sunrise for some of you. in scotland we have to get cloud with rain on the way and here it is going to turn progressively windier, with severe gales on the way, tonight across the north. more on but a bit later on. it s sunday, the 19th of february. our main story: the british medical association says the government is standing on the precipice of a historic mistake by failing to stop strike action in the nhs. 16,000 junior doctors in england are being balloted over industrial action. that vote closes tomorrow, when a large number of ambulance workers in england and wales will also walk out. vincent mcaviney has the latest. escalating strikes across the nhs. ambulance workers in england, wales and nor
at least eight people have died. the south korean president has called an emergerncy meeting now on bbc news, take me to the opera. i ve been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you, so i m on a mission to find out how opera is making itself fit for the future. i ve come to munich to meet one of my all time opera heroes, the german tenor jonas kaufmann, who s widely viewed as the world s leading opera singer. he s a charismatic person, performer. his way of communicating, his intelligence that one hears whenever he is singing, isjust unique. and that makes him really very special. but the pressures of staying at the top are immense. the highs and lows of life as an operatic celebrity from one of the people who knows him best. to get to the top is not so difficult, but to stay there, this is really a hard one. are the sacrifices worth it? the moment it all falls into. place and you are at a position that you ve hardly ever dreamt| of is so much of a pa