Is it worth staying open for a crowd like this?
NewsThe Vienna State Opera is caught between a rock and a hard place.
It wants to stay open but the audience is staying away.
This is Tosca yesterday – the safest of tickets in the safest of productions – and hardly anyone turned up.
A thicket of new Covid rules and rising Covid numbers have conspired to keep locals at home.
Tourists are kept away by lack of flights and strict entry controls.
An empty house is demoralising for performers. How long can Vienna stay open?
photo: Online Merker
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