Райнбюне, Леверкузен

Leverkusen is a young city by Rhineland standards, assembled in the twentieth century around the chemical works that gave it both its name and its wealth, and its cultural buildings are correspondingly modern. The Rhein-Bühne is one of the stages that serve that audience, taking in touring companies and concert programmes; Verdi's Nabucco has been among the operas brought to it.