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The Arts Hour: Placido Domingo, Amy Poehler, Harper Lee

Domingo, Poehler, Lee

25/07/2015

Placido Domingo, Amy Poehler, Harper Lee

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, Placido Domingo, Amy Poehler, Harper Lee

Placido Domingo on his opera competition Operalia and actor Amy Poehler on Inside Out

Placido Domingo on his opera competition Operalia, actor Amy Poehler on animated movie Inside Out and Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman.

Legendary opera star Placido Domingo tells us that his opera competition Operalia, for upcoming talent, is his true legacy and we also hear from this year’s multi-prize winner Lise Davidsen. More opera from Syria - composer Zaid Jabri discusses the performance of four scenes from his new work Cities of Salt, about the effect of oil discovery on a fictional Gulf country.

After reading Harper Lee’s new book Will Gompertz, the BBC’s Arts editor, asks whether it was right for her to publish Go Set a Watchman. Comic Actor Amy Poehler reflects on the unlikely and painstaking process of improvising jokes for animation movies as Inside Out becomes Pixar’s biggest film hit.

Screen veteran Michael Douglas talks producing for TV, giving long speeches, and his new role alongside Paul Rudd in the summer blockbuster Ant-Man. How do you look stylish in a hijab - especially in hot weather? That is one of the questions Muslim girls in London are asking themselves in an extended report about fashion and Islam.

And, as London’s Shubbak Festival finishes, the biennial festival of contemporary Arab arts and culture, we meet one of the highlight artists from the event, Syrian electronica act Hello Psychaleppo. Plus, in Nairobi BBC Pop Up meets Sir Elvis, a Kenyan whose parents named him after Elvis Presley, to discover the unlikely country music scene. Presented by Tina Daheley.

(Photo: Left to right, Placido Domingo © Moni Fellner/Getty Images, Amy Poehler © James McCarthy/Getty Images, Harper Lee © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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