The Vienna State Opera rushes forward. Even before tomorrow’s consultations by the federal government with governors and experts, the house on the Ring sent its audience “really good news” on Tuesday: “As politicians announced in the afternoon, we can resume our gaming operations on December 13th!” The premiere of “Don Giovanni” in front of an audience has been scheduled for this day as an additional performance.
This new production by Barrie Kosky was shown for the first time last Sunday on television and via stream. Now there are performances in front of a live audience in the house for the first time. Further performances have been announced for December 14th, 17th and 20th. “Another premiere in front of an audience, namely the resumption of the corona-related ‘lockdown premiere’ of the previous season, ‘Parsifal’, awaits you on December 15th,” it continues.
At the moment it is assumed (subject to a different political decision on Wednesday) that – as last before the lockdown – the 2G-Plus rule applies, “that is, vaccinated or recovered as well as the submission of a valid, negative PCR test, not older than 48 hours “, so the letter. On Monday, the directorates of numerous well-known institutions, including the State Opera, appealed to politicians not to link the 2G regulation to a valid PCR test, but to an FFP2 mask requirement even during the performance.