NIXON IN CHINA: Matthias Klink (Mao Tse-tung), Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod (Chiang Ch'ing (Madame Mao Tse-tung)); in the background Jarrett Ott (Chou En-lai), Michael Mayes (Richard Nixon), Extras of the Staatsoper Stuttgart and Staatsopernchor Stuttgart; 2019 Photo: Matthias Baus