The Stepford Wives

It is hard to imagine today: in 1926, after the premiere of the ballet “The Miraculous Mandarin” in Cologne, the then mayor Konrad Adenauer banned the work because of its “immoral” plot. The “Mandarin” paints a picture of the modern city, which was not always idyllic in 1920. Arabella Steinbacher has been one of the world’s best-known violinists for years. She works regularly with orchestras in New York, Boston, Chicago, Leipzig, NDR Elbphilharmo...