Sandy Hausman reports
Victory Hall Opera singers recorded themselves for a documentary about how the pandemic has changed their lives.
Credit Victory Hall Opera
Charlottesville’s Victory Hall Opera was planning a production of La Traviata when the pandemic hit. It was a small irony since that 19th century Italian opera tells the tale of a young woman fighting a deadly disease.
Artistic Director Miriam Gordon-Stewart says the company had hired a distinguished, 74-year-old conductor from The Met.
“Joel Revson was originally scheduled to conduct our Traviata production, she recalls. He contracted COVID and after a very long struggle passed away.”
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Pubs, cafes and restaurants have been hit by lockdown (Image: Rowan Griffiths)
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Wales has moved into Alert Level 4 - the equivalent to a lockdown. This is the third lockdown the country has faced since March and comes after further rules were placed on the hospitality sector. The hospitality industry has suffered like no other throughout the course of the pandemic, with more bleak times ahead. Mark Finlay, general manager for the Fat Boar which has pubs in Wrexham and Mold, said it has been a devastating blow. He told the Leader: Here at the Fat Boar we own our buildings so we managed to supply a takeaway service but it s a devastating blow.
PUBS and restaurants will have been making agonising phone calls to families that their original Christmas plans will now need to be cancelled. The latest announcement from Welsh Government has forced hospitality venues to close their doors until 2021 at least. Earlier this week, venues were hit with the news that Wales would enter its highest form for coronavirus control when alert level three was not deemed strong enough. It was confirmed that hospitality venues were going to have to stop serving customers on site from 6pm on Christmas Day. However, Saturday’s announcement has pulled the rug out from underneath business owners that were forced to shut from Sunday, December 20, unless they could operate on a takeaway basis only.
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Eva Williams was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) on New Years Eve (Image: Paul Slapa)
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