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The piece was performed on the first weekend of September by the University Course of Classical Operetta in Music and Art of the Private University of the City of Vienna (MUK). “On September 6, MUK’s Covid-19 working group was informed that one of those involved in the production of an operetta had tested positive for Corona,” MUK press spokesman Bernhard Mayer-Rohonczy described. the process in a written statement; more about this at wien.ORF.at.
According to a report from “Krone”, the infected person was an actor who was ill before the performance. In view of this, he had not appeared. However, other people involved in the production could already be infected.
“All subsequent presentations were stopped immediately and the required information was passed on to the responsible authorities. As far as is known, the contact persons were informed, quarantined and tested. There are currently 24 cases, all of which date back to this group, ”Mayer-Rohonczy continues. All the activities of the affected courses have been suspended since the occurrence of the cases until the regular start of conferences on September 21. Furthermore, all public events at the university were canceled until the end of September ”.
The member of the state opera was a spectator
As a result of this group, the Staatsoper had to make two changes on Monday night: Evelino Pido will direct “Elisir d’amore”, while Javier Camarena will play the role of Nemorino. Both changes were necessary as part of the follow-up of all contact persons for a member of the State Opera’s opera studio who tested positive, he said from home in the ring.
This person had attended the performance at TAG on September 6 as a spectator, which was said to be attended by 61 people, and subsequently tested positive. “She has been in quarantine ever since. Even before authorities were informed, this person had already participated in a joint trial, which has now led to more infections in the house, ”said a statement from the State Opera.
“The State Opera immediately isolated all direct and indirect contacts of the person concerned and subjected them to daily tests to prevent further spread of the infection in the home.”
Roscic: Reports of dance scenes in the auditorium.
At the TAG performance, he himself was not present, State Opera director Roscic said in a statement to the APA. “But visitors report, among other things, dance scenes in the auditorium, that is, a mix between the stage and the public space, which really should be unthinkable. If these reports are true, then it is shocking irresponsibility, “Roscic said.
“Our colleague, who was only present as a member of the audience wearing a mask, was also notified too late to isolate her immediately. Our entire focus now is to prevent it from spreading to the State Opera and to see the health of our affected colleagues restored. “
TAG: Contagions during trials
“There is not a TAG theater cluster, but a music university rehearsal cluster”, argues Ferdinand Urbach, commercial director of the Gumpendorfer Straße (TAG) theater, in the face of complaints of CoV cases as a result of the performance in TAG. This was a rented event, Urbach told the APA. The concept of prevention of the house is strict.
“I daresay all the infections occurred during rehearsals and not during the performance,” Urbach said Monday night. September 6 was the first event at the TAG since the closing in March, the internal rules provide for tests and contact diaries for employees, personalized cards “in the checkerboard pattern”, exemption from the buffet operation and requirement mask for visitors even during the presentation. they are, so to speak, a voluntary orange toggle of the internal CoV semaphore.
Infected lighting technician
All TAG employees had been assessed both before the start of operations and now throughout the established cluster; the only positive case concerns a lighting technician who was directly involved in rehearsals for MUK’s production of “The Merry Widow” Urbach. She is responsible for compliance with the CoV rules in the auditorium, but not for the stage processes in an external event. The alleged “dance scenes in the auditorium” criticized by Roscic were only an appearance of three dancers through the auditorium on stage and not a scene performed among the audience.
At TAG, all performances had been canceled since the infections became known. The game will start again on Tuesday. The program includes a performance by singer-songwriter Bernhard Eder. Appropriate title of his concert: “Reset”.
