Corona cluster in the Viennese opera scene
The Vienna Theater on Gumpendorfer Strasse, where there is suspected to have been an unlawful mixing of audience and stage, has experienced a corona cluster. The infections have also had an impact on the State Opera.
Apparently, the coronavirus spread unnoticed within the production team during rehearsals at the Theater an der Gumpendorfer Strasse (TAG), writes the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK). It was only after the premiere that the managing director of TAG, who was present at the theater, learned that there had been a suspected case in the production during the rehearsal period, which later tested positive.
According to the Viennese media, dance scenes had taken place in the auditorium at the TAG, among other things, meaning that there had been an impermissible mixing of stage and public areas. An employee of the State Opera, who had only been present as an audience member wearing a mask, had been informed too late to isolate her immediately. She later tested positive. As a result, changes had to be made to the cast at the State Opera.
The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw) is not affected by the incidents.
Picture above: Manfred Werner (Tsui) / CC BY-SA 3.0
