Tsar power Tsar power

Zany gags keep Zar und Zimmermann zipping along at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

No sex please, we’re German No sex please, we’re German

Why is so twinkling, tuneful a score so little known?

Stout fellow Stout fellow

There are two delights here: a delectable score too rarely heard and an introduction at close quarters to half a dozen young singers ready for takeoff, indeed already flying.