In today's broadcast, after taking a look at the news, we hear from our correspondent in Beirut, Elsa Yazbek, on the victory of the Lebanese group Mayyas in the televised American talent show competition America's Got Talent!  Then Justin Coe talks to German bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff, who besides classical music has more recently performed concerts and recorded albums of jazz, soul and pop.  In this archive interview Quasthoff, who was in Madrid to present his jazz album "Nice'n'Easy," talks, among other things, about differences between singing classical and singing popular music.