NIXON IN CHINA: Katherine Manley (Pat Nixon), Michael Mayes (Richard Nixon); in the background Shigeo Ishino (Henry Kissinger), Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod (Chiang Ch'ing (Madame Mao Tse-tung)), Extras of the Staatsoper Stuttgart and Staatsopernchor Stuttgart; 2019 Photo: Matthias Baus