Four-part series examines a behind-the-scenes crisis in Berlin’s opera landscape. Part I examines the Deutsche Oper – Last October, on the day of the important premiere of a new production of Schönberg’s “Moses und Aron,” fifteen members of the orchestra phoned in “ill,” forcing the company to frantically phone around several European cities and fly in replacements literally at the last second. Within days the entire orchestra was out on a full-blown strike, resulting in numerous cancelled performances, including all subsequent presentations of “Moses und Aron.” – Die Welt