Instrument: Dramaturgy

I felt that the choreography as performed by these excellent dancers was enough to carry the story without such excessive use of text and animation

Thanks to Barrie Kosky's flamboyant imagination and a solid cast, the Komische Oper's new production of La Cage aux Folles glitters, but could be more gay.

“Lima darf nicht Österreich werden!” Offenbach's operetta is set in Lima, but really it’s Vienna in director Nikolaus Habjan uproarious production. 

A top-class line-up of international soloists produce an accomplished and polished semi-staging for the company's tour. 

A strong cast carries this satisfying revival of Andreas Homoki's production of Salome at Opernhaus Zürich.

There is magic aplenty in director Stefan Herheim’s bold recontextualization of Gian Carlo Menotti's holiday opera. 

Sailor suits and powder-puff bows as Herbert Fritsch directs a colourful new production in Berlin.