Richard Lugner finds the decision announced on Wednesday by the State Secretary for Arts and Culture Andrea Mayer (Greens) to cancel the Vienna Opera Ball for the second time in a row because of the corona pandemic, “a shame” and premature. Attending the traditional ball with a star guest – which Lugner has long since made a tradition – will also fall through in 2022. “Perhaps by February 2022 it would no longer be so dangerous if everyone got vaccinated,” Lugner told the APA.
The ball would have brought additional customers to Vienna, from which not only the State Opera, but also the hotel and catering industry would have benefited, said Lugner, he himself was a sponsor of the State Opera. The opera ball is even included in the federal theater law and must be held, he said. At the Opera Ball in 2023 he will be 90 years old. “At some point I will no longer be able to participate,” he pointed out.
The first invited celebrity guest had Lugner canceled six weeks ago. Now you were about to graduate with a potential guest in Los Angeles. “We stopped that,” said Lugner.
Source: Nachrichten
