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Serious follow-up to “The Merry Widow” in Vienna: After the operetta at the city’s University of Music and Art, 24 people tested positive for Covid.
After the screening of “The Merry Widow” at TAG on the Gumpendorfer Strasse in Vienna, no one wants to laugh. How “Today” Vienna faces a “theater group” despite the broad concepts of security for arts and culture. Although mouth and nose protection should be worn throughout the TAG, the virus spread rapidly after the operetta on September 6. An actor was sick with Covid-19 and had probably infected his colleagues in advance, because although the second cast had been sent on stage, there have been at least two dozen new corona cases so far that can be attributed to the sick person. .
Already 24 cases
“All subsequent submissions were immediately stopped and the required information passed on to the responsible authorities. Contact persons were informed, quarantined and tested, as far as was known. There are currently 24 cases, all of which date back to this group “, confirms the marketing director in front of the University of Music and Arts of the City of Vienna “Today”.
Particularly complicated: the interlude dance in the piece, which inevitably leads to closeness. “Today” Information provided that the actors should also have danced in the auditorium was not confirmed by the MUK.
“He reacted immediately”
The MUK “reacted immediately according to official requirements,” said press spokesman Bernhard Mayer-Rohonczy. “All necessary measures have been taken.” People in this group were informed immediately after it became known that the first corona positive cases were no longer entering MUK locations. This prevented it from spreading to the university. All productions with audience participation were initially stopped until October. The MUK (850 students, 270 teachers) is owned by the city of Vienna.
So far there are no cultural groups
The occurrence of these 24 cases for the entire art industry is bitter; after all, everything went well at the Salzburg Festival and at the recent premiere of Bogdan Roščić at the State Opera. Now, other theaters fear that this conglomerate will also affect their homes, rejections are feared. It is also obvious what threatens the city of Vienna with a possible orange switch at the Corona traffic light in the already troubled cultural zone …
