In Covid-era concerts, pity the poor page-turner

In Covid-era concerts, pity the poor page-turner

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norman lebrecht

April 27, 2020

I’m watching tonight’s concert from Bavarian State Opera – a Handel aria in memory of Peter Jonas, a Mozart piano quartet and Jonas Kaufmann with his regular accompanist Helmut Deutsch.

In each instance, the pianist has a page turner.

When that person leans forward he or she is by no means two metres away from the pianist.

This is patently unsafe.

Nor is anyone wearing a mask.

What’s to be done?

UPDATE: That’s no page-turner. He’s my partner

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