Instrument: Actor

Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek take on Donald Trump in their latest operatic collaboration. 

Agony, ecstasy and a double murder: Bill Barclay and The Gesualdo Six combine for a theatrical concert celebrating the life – and death – of the Renaissance composer.

On a snowy January evening, the premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s new opera Das kalte Herz fails to warm up the Berlin public.

Vanessa Beecroft’s production of Ennio Morricone’s demanding sole opera relies on strong visual images. 

A dizzying premise from Martina Eisenreich and Axel Ranisch, loosely drawing on Johann Strauss II’s unfinished ballet Aschenbrödel, which tries to be everything, all at once. 

An entertaining portrayal of the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs is marred by ham-fisted amplification.

Herheim’s Fledermaus is a risky experiment that, miraculously, works – at least in a city that knows it so intimately.