This remix of Rossini with current crisis capitalism proves that opera can be contemporary – imagine “you can download a widget” sung with vibrato. Set in the first-class lounge at the Willy Brandt airport, the plot revolves around the ‘one percent’ who, despite all their power and money, still can’t take off from the BER. A co-production with the Athens Beggars’ Operas and part of the Move Op festival for alternative music theatre in August. Visit neukoellneroper.de for full programme.