Performer: Nicole Chevalier

Sam Brown's sparse production leaves nothing to focus on but the individual protagonists on stage. 

Peter Konwitschny's production strips away much of the religious symbolism, presenting the difference between Jews and Christians as little more than the dyed colour of their hands. 

Serious farce, warm-hearted sarcasm, operatic Broadway: Barrie Kosky and Komische Oper turn Bernstein's problem child into a show that thrills from start to finish.

Handel’s Semele is presented as a flashback at the Komische Oper in Berlin. 

A woman, mother and outcast needs to make life choices in a hostile environment.

Before the beginning of each opera, an announcement is made reminding the audience not to film, photograph, tweet, post, google, snapchat... Komische Oper Berlin premieres a hilarious Barber of Seville where the singers do nothing but just that.