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Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier launch a petition to support opera, art threatened by the covid

2020-04-27T16:42:05.914Z


The German tenor and the French baritone urge the public and the authorities to fly to the rescue of lyric art, the main theaters of which each charge tens of millions of euros in losses.


Two world opera stars, Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier, urged the public on Monday to support this " fragile " art in the face of the " catastrophe " of theaters closed due to Covid-19, in a petition published on Monday. Jonas Kaufmann, considered the greatest tenor of his generation, and Ludovic Tézier, French baritone of international renown, called on the public to sign this petition on change.org to bring his “fundamental support to the present and the future of the world lyric, and, beyond that, to all the performing arts professions, which are seriously threatened ”. They asked him to express his"Adherence to the idea of ​​a society where beauty and culture must not disappear and of a Europe which has the duty to perpetuate the most beautiful legacy of its own civilization: Art".

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The petition also recalls that the multiple lyric productions currently broadcast on televisions and platforms free of charge "are only an expedient in the face of the magnitude of the catastrophe represented by the cancellation in series, without compensation, of all artistic contracts " “Lyrical art is consubstantial with these plates that two millennia have not worn out, and current digitalization, as comforting as it is, is, despite this, only a magnificent substitute for a fragile emotion. We artists are fragile, the opera is fragile ”, underlined the two singers.

Around the world, opera houses, theaters and concert halls muzzled by the coronavirus until further notice and still in the dark about reopening are calling on governments and the public for help. While cultural subsidies have already been falling for several years in several European countries, the scenes fear more cuts in public aid after the epidemic. Added to this is the question of whether in September, the opera and theater audiences will be there.

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In the United States, where public support for culture is almost non-existent, many theaters and opera houses face an existential threat. The largest American opera house, the Metropolitan Opera, alone has lost $ 60 million due to the cancellations. On Saturday, the house organized a virtual gala with around forty lyrical singers from around the world, including Jonas Kaufmann.

Source: lefigaro

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