Greens overturn German opera house
NewsThe arts minister of Baden-Württemberg, Theresia Bauer, a member of the Green Party, has decided that Karlsruhe opera should no longer be run by a general director.
Instead, she has installed a revolutionary committee of three – an artistic director, a managing director and a third person ‘who is responsible for the entire theatre’.
Sounds like a recipe for interminable meetings.
The particular circumstances in Karlsruhe make this a reasonable development. It will take some years to get past the toxic atmosphere created by Spuhler and Fichtenholz and their abuses of power. The process will be quicker with three people overseeing the process.
Does Frau Bauer know that the one who is responsible for the entire theatre usually is the general director?
She’s probably thinking of something like Chief Operating Officer, I imagine, but doesn’t know it.
On a more serious note, the German minister for culture is also a green woman, and her name is Claudia.
a green woman? is she from mars? does she have some kind of severe skin infection?
Mars is just as good an explanation for the red under the green as any other.
Divide et impera! It is easier for her to intervene when there are three people “responsible”.
We frequently hear calls from Americans for the government to more thoroughly sponsor the arts, “as is standard in Europe”.