The Opéra de Nancy certainly did not have to know the horrors of the Paris Opera which endured not only the cancellation of the confinement, but also those linked to a very long strike strike caused by the draft law on the pension reform. However, the institution’s budget has to cope with a considerable loss of revenue: € 500,000!
“Of course, we would have to succeed in saving money,” notes its director Matthieu Dussouillez. “But most of the expenses are de facto incompressible. The only variable charges relate to the remuneration of intermittent technicians and artists, on whom we have decided not to make any savings. And this in their interest as in ours. It is a question of preserving our ecosystem: all are essential for the resumption of our activity. “
The issue is whether the compensation promised by the state in this regard will indeed be insured. “Especially since the direction of work in the Marseille region announced to refuse approval to certain opera houses. “
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Obviously in deficit
This does not seem to be the case with the Opéra national de Lorraine. The recovery nonetheless promises to be delicate. It will have to take into account a certain number of unknowns. Admittedly, the distancing measures in concert halls have recently been relaxed, but a number of seats still cannot be occupied.
However, you should know that even when sold out, an opera house necessarily generates a deficit, made up by subsidies. “And if the ticket office is also deprived of part of its own income, it will not be viable in the long term. “
In addition, we still do not know how to manage these issues of distancing on stage, and even more so in the pit where musicians play shoulder to shoulder for three or four hours.
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