The Opera Ball 2022 will not take place. “The Opera Ball is the event where there are so many contacts between people in a density that is difficult to beat. I therefore believe that the Opera Ball 2022 is not feasible in the current situation and would also be a wrong signal. That is why it will will not take place, “said State Secretary for Art and Culture Andrea Mayer (Greens) on Wednesday of the APA.
“Today we made a major step towards opening up culture from December 12th, but only under certain conditions, namely with a mask and no standing events,” said Mayer. Even if the Opera Ball is known to be “a special social event” that “also radiates beyond Austria”, it does not seem to her “particularly responsible in this situation, in which we are still living in the pandemic,” if the State Opera for the Opera Ball 2022 continue planning and investing. In the days that were freed up as a result, the house “now has the opportunity to put together a nice program for young and old”.
Source: Nachrichten
