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Whatever Works - a satiric opera by Manuela Kerer and Arturo Fuentes

What is missing?:  „A good politician will hold on to his deepest inner conviction, even if he runs the risk to be voted out for it.”
Minister for foreign affairs of the BRD, Hans Dietrich Genscher
 
Following Woody Allen´s film title „Whatever Works“ – but using the phrase in a satirical way in its opposite meaning, the opera deals with the subject of how a real public demand provokes a series of political actions that are not at all related to the initial problem, and that are completely useless for anybody, except for the career of one or more politicians, who use the occasion to accumulate more power, influence, reputation and to attract more media attention.
A story that stands as an example for a widespread way of political action – globally and regionally.