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LETTER FROM THE CLASSIC. In budgetary difficulty, several opera houses have announced cancellations of shows and a temporary closure.
Par Anne-Laure Poisson
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« Mdams the Minister of Culture, the closure of our establishments is no longer a chimera! “Warned in a tribune at the Monde, last December, a group of cultural professionals and elected officials. “In concrete terms, 89% of our houses are preparing to suspend their activity, to cut part of their programming from 2023. Some for a few days, others for several weeks, the most affected for months”, worried then the petitioners.
A few weeks later, here we are. Several operas have notified adjustments in the programming of their 2022-2023 season in recent weeks. Thursday, February 2, the Rouen Opera announced its closure for a period of six weeks, causing the cancellation of five shows between the 1is April and…