{"id":37848,"date":"2017-03-13T06:05:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T10:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/?p=37848"},"modified":"2018-03-08T03:51:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T07:51:05","slug":"state-mute-on-ticket-handicap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/?p=37848","title":{"rendered":"State Mute on Ticket Handicap"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ludwig<\/p>\n

By ANDREW POWELL
Published: March 13, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n

MUNICH \u2014 Bavaria\u2019s Culture Ministry declined to comment last week on the handicapping of online ticket buyers<\/a> by Bavarian State Opera, one of the entities it supervises.<\/p>\n

In theory the Bavarian State Ministry of Education and Culture, Science and Art<\/a>, to give it its full name, supports culture and the arts \u201cin all regions of Bavaria,\u201d spending $534 million<\/a> yearly to this end. (California, for context, spends $12 million<\/a> on the arts.)<\/p>\n

But the opera company\u2019s handicapping, which began with the 2016\u201317 season, drastically narrows the chances for Bavarians outside Munich to buy seats below \u20ac100 to Staatsoper performances in heavy demand<\/a>. This obviously affects Americans and other distant buyers as well.<\/p>\n

Intrepid readers can follow the handicap, without registering, next Tuesday, March 21, at 5 a.m. EDT (2 a.m. PDT)<\/a>, when online sales start for BStO\u2019s new Tannh\u00e4user<\/em>. The production opens May 21, conducted by Kirill Petrenko<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ludwig Spaenle, Bavaria\u2019s busy Kultusminister<\/em>, is pictured.<\/p>\n

Photo \u00a9 Jens Renner<\/p>\n

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\nHarteros Warms to Tosca<\/a><\/p>\n