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Virus latest: Vienna Opera shuts for the month

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norman lebrecht

March 10, 2020

Nothing moves or sings in Vienna before March 31.

Wiener Staatsoper: Absage der Vorstellungen von 10. März bis 31. März
2020

Aufgrund der heute bekanntgewordenen Entscheidung der österreichischen
Bundesregierung werden ab dem heutigen Tag sämtliche Vorstellungen und
Veranstaltungen der Wiener Staatsoper bis vorläufig Ende März abgesagt.

Alle Kundinnen und Kunden werden nach Möglichkeit in den nächsten Tagen
direkt kontaktiert. Einzelkarten für Vorstellungen von 10. bis 31. März
2020 können bis 30. Juni 2020 gegen Erstattung des Kaufpreises
zurückgegeben werden. Abonnement- und ZyklenbesitzerInnen werden
gesondert informiert.

Following the Austrian Federal government’s decision which has just been announced, all performances and events of the Vienna State Opera will be provisionally cancelled as of today until 31 March.

All customers will be directly contacted by the various organisers over the next few days, if possible. Tickets for events from 10 to 31 March 2020 may be returned until 30 June 2020 against reimbursement of the purchase price. Holders of subscriptions, flexible subscription and cycles will be informed separately by the Vienna State Opera.

UPDATE:

Theater an der Wien will go dark til April, wiping out Christoph Waltz’s “Leonore.”

All Austrian Landestheatern – Graz, Linz, Innsbruck – are shut.

Comments

Larry L. Lash / Vienna says:

March 10, 2020 at 3:06 pm

Volksoper Wien as well: no shows through 31. March. Still awaiting to see what happens with Theater a. der Wien which has schedules a sold-out run of “Leonore”/”Fidelio” (the second version) starting 16. March. The big draw is that the director is Vienna native and Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz. But it is a smaller theatre, and is not under the control of Bundestheater Holding, which controls Staatsoper, Volksoper, and Burgtheater.

christoph says:

March 10, 2020 at 8:26 pm

Canceled.

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Larry L. Lash / Vienna says:

March 10, 2020 at 3:21 pm

Update: it is now clear that ALL Austrian venues – from stadiums to concert halls and opera houses to kinos – may not present an event for more than 100 spectators.

Theater an der Wien is pondering a “closed premiere” of “Leonore” and Livestreaming it to journalists. (All performances were sold out months in advance with a very long waiting list.)