Theaters, performers and private agents are off of life support and hopeful that progress will continue. Performances are happening and being planned, although the particulars vary depending on the Bundesland or country. Austria, for instance, had full houses for the festivals at Salzburg, Bregenz and Erl and public health measures seem to be working under …
“Apparently the Wuppertal theater is under water”—a Telegram message from a friend.. First, it must be said that theaters are far from the worst news from the recent floods. Peoplehave died and towns have been destroyed. Our hearts go out to them. Recovery and rebuildingwill be a huge job. It’s my old theater and it’s …
Germany has removed the US from it’s “Hot Spots” list. You will still need your CDC vaccination card-cellphone photos are not valid-or recent negative tests, but quarantines are no longer required. The same is true for Canada and several other countries and regions. The official site for this info is the Robert Koch Institute for …
Passengers traveling to Germany aged 6 years or older must present one of the following: 1) a negative PCR or POC-PCR test result taken no more than 72 hours priorto arrival 2) a negative antigen test result taken no more than 48 hours prior to arrival, 3) a vaccination certificate or 4) proof of recovery …
Germany Appears To Be Getting It Together At Last! Vaccinations are finally beginning to proceed for larger portions of the population. In Berlin for example, my son and daughter in law, who are in their 30’s, are scheduled for their first shots next week, so by the Fall things will be on their way to …
The Fach system covers all of the roles in almost all of the operas regularly performed in Germany. This vast and complex system can be confusing. Luckily the Fach database lets you search and sort through roles with a variety of useful filters and search tools so you can find exactly what you need to …
If you want to sing for ZAV this Fall, NOW is the time to email them for a slot. Summer vacation is coming up and they requests should be made 3-4 months in advance, so get it done by early June. Everybody goes to Berlin (it is a cool city) and wants to sing there, …
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Hot Off Die Presse Direct from the Theaters Coming Soon: the 2019-20 Season Plans Press releases are machine translated using DeepL.com , so I cannot vouch that they are 100% accurate. LEIPZIG-APRIL 13 PREMIER Oper Leipzig presents a retro-updates of an operetta classic Das Feuerwerk (The Fireworks) set in DDR (that’s what they called …
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BREAKING NEWS FOR CONTACTING ZAV ***Email Maximum is now 2MB** use youtube links and check attachment size carefully! This list, excerpted from the more comprehensive operabase.com is not a list of recommended agents. I do not know many of them. It is just a starting point. I have gone through Operabase’s agent listings and …
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