April 7, 2020
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The ban on events ordered by politicians on Monday until the end of June presents the major theaters and opera houses in Vienna with the complex challenge of deciding whether to skip premieres entirely or to try to postpone them until the coming season.
Last but not least, all institutions are faced with massive revenue shortfalls.
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From the STATE OPERA APA is told that a serious answer regarding the possible takeover of planned premieres in the first season of the designated director Bogdan Roscic is not yet possible at this time.
In any case, the “Cosi fan tutte” by Chiara Muti scheduled for May 22nd, the “Ballo in maschera” interpreted by Josef Ernst Köpplinger and the Nureyev gala on June 25th have to be canceled. As of the current state, Roscic wants to provide information about the schedule for the 2020/21 season in a television program on April 26.
in the BURGTHEATER it is also emphasized that at the present time no serious statement about costs or plans can be made.
The premieres “Peer Gynt” directed by Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson, Evan Placey’s “Girls like them”, Lies Pauwels “City of the Apes”, Anne-Cecile Vandalems “Tristesses” and Alice Birchs are here in the main building and the academy theater during the period in question “2020 or the end” affected.
In the PEOPLE OPERA As of today, the two ballet premieres “La Piaf” and “Appassionato – Bach and Vivaldi” will be dropped. The premiere of “Boris Godunow” has been postponed to an unknown date, which also applies to the death of Machover’s “Schönberg in Hollywood”.
When you can present the game schedule for the new season here is still open. In any case, it is clear that the loss from card receipts amounts to around 3.5 million euros, while a large part of the personnel costs can be compensated for by short-time work.
in the THEATER AT VIENNA the “Fidelio” interpreted by Christoph Waltz as well as the two outstanding season premieres, Prokofiev’s “The Fiery Angel” and Bellini’s “Norma” and the world premieres “Genia” and “Orphee et Eurydice” had been canceled .
The youth opera “Neun x Leben” planned for June will be converted into an online project. “Postponing the canceled premieres to the next season is difficult, but we are striving to show one or the other premiere at a later point in time,” Director Roland Geyer told APA.
The new schedule is scheduled to be presented online on May 5. In any case, according to VBW managing director Franz Patay, the loss of income in the Theater an der Wien and the Chamber Opera amounts to around one million euros.
in the PEOPLE THEATER Director Anna Badora, who is leaving at the end of the season, emphasizes that, according to the current status, all the premieres that are still planned – including “Body War” by Armin Petras, Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” and a new piece by Florentina Holzinger – due to the change of management to Kay Voges with a change of season should be eliminated.
“We check what could possibly be done in another form or online,” it says. The presentation of the game plan – made more difficult by the ongoing general renovation – is not expected until autumn. In any case, it is clear: “By the end of June, we have to expect the Volkstheater to generate around EUR 400,000 less than originally planned.”
It will only become clear in the coming weeks whether there will be additional costs for the construction work due to protective equipment and other work processes.
in the THEATER IN JOSEFSTADT one underlines that one must first speak to everyone involved. “Our wish is to have completed the necessary preparatory work by Tuesday after Easter in order to be able to create a disposition for the new game plan in the next step.”
In any case, no premiere will be canceled – until June the schedule included “Secret of an Unknown” by Christopher Hampton, “The Concert” by Hermann Bahr and the world premiere of Peter Turrini’s “Together, Alzheimer’s is more beautiful” – but the upcoming one Bring play time to the performance.
The day for the presentation of the new game plan is May 14th. The monthly loss of revenue, not including additional costs, amounts to around one million euros.
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