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noadvertising ([personal profile] noadvertising) wrote2021-12-11 02:20 pm

Adventsingen

There should be a lot of traditional events going on in our festival hall, but Corona has put an end to all of them again. The most traditional is the Salzburger Adventsingen, cancelled for the second year in a row, one week before the opening night. Organizers were livid, which is totally understandable. All the concepts for safe performance have been in vain. If Corona hysterics have a say we will be in another lockdown after New Year. They so love to see people at home. See how this last lockdown worked, they tell us. Numbers dropped, though only slowly. Aha! You must know that the numbers also dropped in countries without lockdown! What a coincidence! Anyway, a local station will broadcast the final rehearsal of the Advent oratorio. My grandfather and father sung there when it was not yet an oratorio. My friend, too, in one of the leading parts even. My husband played in the Stubenmusi. We are tradition-bound to invest in tickets, which are quite pricy, every few years. Last year's tickets got cancelled, we got the money back without a problem. This year we took another involuntary gap year, because when we ordered our tickets they were already sold out. See, people love our Adventsingen! I am not sure if they will love it the coming years, should there be another cancellation! So today at six in the evening I will be glued in front of my TV for almost two hours. Maybe this will raise Christmassy feelings in me. It's about time!

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2021-12-11 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Ich wünsche Dir besinnliche Stunden!

Unser Adventskonzert is auch ausgefallen, für das zweite Mal schon; zu dumm, daß wir keine der Proben aufgenommen haben, dann hätten wir wenigstens etwas von all dem Üben...

[identity profile] noadvertising.livejournal.com 2021-12-11 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Mir fehlen die vielen Konzerte auch, für die so lange geprobt wurde und die jetzt nicht stattfinden konnten. Das Adventsingen spielt allerdings in einer anderen Liga, da ist das große Festspielhaus restlos ausverkauft- fast 40000 Besucher kommen zu den Vorstellungen, da gesellt sich zur Enttäuschung auch noch ein riesiger finanzieller Schaden. Zumindest durfte man das Oratorium wenigstens im Fernsehen anschauen. Obwohl- die diesjährige Inszenierung ließ zu wünschen übrig!

[identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com 2021-12-11 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Enjoy your evening in front of your TV :)

[identity profile] noadvertising.livejournal.com 2021-12-12 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, I did, though I was a bit disappointed by this year´s stage production.