Artiste: Alexandra Flood

When is The Nutcracker not The Nutcracker? When's it's mashed together with Tchaikovsky's Iolanta to represent the blind princess’ inner world in a dark interpretation. 

Lotte de Beer’s new retelling at the Volksoper reintroduces the element of shock into Bizet's popular opera. 

Harry Kupfers Regiearbeit aus dem Jahr 1984 überzeugt ebenso wie Rebecca Nelsen als Mimì.