(Credit: Staatstheater Cottbus official website) The Staatstheater Cottbus has announced that it will extend its closure until Easter 2021. Per a statement from the organization, all the state theaters and orchestras of the German federal state of Brandenburg have come to a joint decision to extend the closure in the interest of public health protection. “If earlier openings are possible, {…}
(Credit: Kungliga Operan/Markus Gårder) The Royal Swedish Opera has announced that it will extend closure until at least March 26, 2021, due to the current COVID-19 infection control situation. If the epidemiological situation allows, the opera house will reopen its doors for the premiere of Richard Strauss’ opera “Ariadne auf Naxos” on March 27. The cast for the opera includes {…}
(Credit: Mannheim.de) The Nationaltheater Mannheim has announced that it will remain shut down until at least March 31, 2021. Per a statement on the company’s website, after the decision of the federal and state governments to both extend and tighten the lockdown, the city of Mannheim and the Nationaltheater Mannheim agreed to suspend all performances until March 31, 2021. Additionally, {…}
Credit: https://www.visitvalencia.com/ The Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía has announced the cancellation of its whole run of Verdi’s “Falstaff” due to COVID-19 cases in the production team. The opera was scheduled to take place between Jan. 21 and Jan. 31, 2021. The opera house has stated that the detection of positive cases has been possible due to the extensive {…}
(Credit: Dutch National Opera & Ballet official website) The Dutch government has announced the extension of its national lockdown with new drastic measures in a bid to curb the spread of the novel SARS-CoV-2 strains of coronavirus. The cabinet of Prime Minister Mark Rutte will introduce a nationwide curfew from 8:30 p.m. – 4:30 a.m. Citizens will be able to {…}
(Credit: dpa) The German federal government and the Prime Ministers of the German federal states have decided to extend the current state of lockdown until Feb. 14, 2021. The cabinet of German Chancellor Angela Merkel also decided to impose more drastic measures, such as mandatory medical face masks in public transport and shops. The government also wants to expand work {…}
(Credit: Christian Thür) The Austrian government has announced the extension of its hard nationwide lockdown for an initial period of 14 days, until Feb. 7, 2021. The cabinet of Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz also decided to impose more drastic measures, such as mandatory FFP2 face masks in supermarkets, pharmacies, and post offices; meanwhile, hotels, restaurants, bars, cafees, gyms, indoor sports {…}
(Credit: © Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar) After only few days of extending the theater closure until March 2021, the Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar announced a further shutdown extension, this time until April 2021. The latest extension came as a result of a meeting between the Minister of Culture of the State of Thuringia Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff, and directors of {…}
(Credit: Royal Opera House official website) The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has canceled March performances of Puccini’s opera “Tosca.” The opera was set to star British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso in the role of Mario Cavaradossi, German baritone Michael Volle as Baron Scarpia, and Swedish soprano Malin Byström in the title role. British conductor Alexander Soddy was signed on {…}
(Credit: Staatsoper Stuttgart official website) Only a few days after the announcement of the revised 2020-21 season, the Staatsoper Stuttgart has canceled February and March performances. The German company announced that it would shut down until at least March 31, 2021. Per the official statement on the company’s website, the current epidemiological situation still does not allow the resumption of {…}
(Credits: Klaus Frahm / dpa / Gunnar Geller) Berlin Senator for Culture and Europe Dr. Klaus Lederer has announced that Berlin’s opera houses will stay shut at least until Easter 2021. In view of the serious infection situation in Berlin, Dr. Lederer had a meeting with representatives of the state’s theaters, as well as the independent theaters on January 13, {…}