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- Since 1913 Verona has hosted a summer Opera Festival. The Arena di Verona's General Manager and Artistic Director invites Zeinab Badawi to see for herself how Cecilia Gasdia and her team are pulling together to make this year's festival work during a pandemic.
- Opera lover Zeinab Badawi meet stars from the world of opera who are seeking to make the genre fit for the 21st century. In this first episode, Zeinab talks to two of the biggest names in opera today: Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli and tenor Juan Diego Florez. Zeinab hears how Cecilia Bartoli is pushing the boundaries in a traditional man's world with a string of opera firsts to her name. And she talks to Peruvian-born tenor Juan Diego Florez about how he uses his Latin American flair and showmanship to attract new audiences and to re-imagine opera for the future.
- Opera lover Zeinab Badawi meet stars from the opera world who are seeking to make the art form fit for the 21st century. In this second episode, Zeinab meets two sublime young opera stars who are grappling with a new world of opera. South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha believes black performers are more accepted in opera today than in previous decades, but she says that more still needs to be done. And Zeinab hears from French tenor Benjamin Bernheim who is worried about the impact of social media on young singers and fears streaming could devalue opera in the future.
- In this first episode, Zeinab Badawi travels across the continent examining the origins of humankind; how and why we evolved in Africa - Africa is the greatest exporter of all time: every human being originated in Africa.
- Zeinab Badawi continues her journey through the history of human development, travelling to meet the Maasai of East Africa and examining how humans became pastoralists.
- Zeinab Badawi travels to northern Sudan where she sheds light on this little-known aspect of ancient African history.