 The Cologne Opera invited him in 1981 to conduct Bartók’s ballet, banned by the Nazis, “The Miraculous Mandarin” a big production commemorating 100 years of the composer’s birth.Later came the Berlin Opera where he conducted the world premiere of a ballet piece “Die Nacht aus Blei" by Hans-Jürgen von Bose and the Hamburg Opera where he conducted an eight-hour commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Stravinsky with choreographies of John Neumeier with Marcia Haydée.A big honour since for the 80th anniversary they had Stravinsky himself conducting.