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Millions of people attend music theatre performances in Germany every year. Half of the over 11,000 events are opera performances, followed by dance, musicals and operettas.

Mozart's ‘The Magic Flute’ was Germany's most performed opera of the 2021-22 season. Overall, peformance figures stabilised after COVID-19 breakout.

‘The Merry Widow’ by Franz Lehár and Johann Strauss's ‘Die Fledermaus’ were Germany's most performed operettas of the 2021-22 season.

The 2020-21 season data document the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orchestra operations. Concert and attendance figures declined significantly.

With only 3,205 opera, operetta, musical and dance performances and 685,000 visits to these events, the consequences of the pandemic on theatre operations in the 2020-21 season are profound.

At German theatres, non-permanent artistic staff was strongly affected by the pandemic. Figures of other staff groups only slightely decreased.

The total expenses of publicly financed theatres in Germany amounted to approximately 3.2 billion euros in 2020. 68.5 % of the expenditure was for staff.

In Germany's 129 publicly funded orchestras, four out of ten musicians are female. In section leader and soloist positions of highly remunerated orchestras, the share of women is only 22%.

Musical taste is linked to generational affiliation. Pop is currently the most popular genre, while there are indications of a declining trend in classical music.

Germany, a country with a rich and varied musical tradition, has a dense network of concert venues, including several exciting new buildings of recent vintage.

Independent ensembles are a major engine of innovation and creativity in musical life, but they often work under trying conditions.

Types of orchestras and magnitudes of positions: the map presents locations of the ensembles as well as mergers and disbandments since 1990.

Artistic experience or cultural event: musical festivals can be as varied in their ambitions as in their settings. Germany’s festival landscape is especially tight-knit and multifaceted.

Rollstuhlgerechte Zugänge gehören für Musiktheater und Konzerthäuser meist zum Standard. Zunehmend werden auch Vorstellungen mit Audiodeskription und Gebärdensprache angeboten.

Energie und Mobilität gehören bei den Theatern und Orchestern in Deutschland zu den größten Emissionstreibern. Mit Leitfäden und Klimabilanzen möchten die Institutionen gegensteuern.

Nur wenige Frauen leiten ein öffentlich finanziertes Orchester, und oft stehen ihnen Vorurteile im Weg. Doch ein Wandel ist in Sicht.