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The pandemic impact is visible in event and attendance figures of the 2019-20 season. In total, there were 7,900 opera, operetta, musical and dance performances with 4.8 million visits.

In the 2019-20 season, the theatres had more than 16,000 permanent artistic employees in singing, dance, choir and orchestra, as well as in artistic management and non-performing areas.

The total expenses of publicly financed theatres in Germany amounted to more than 3.4 billion euros in 2019. Almost three quarters of the expenditure was for staff.

Durchschnittlich sind in jeder Saison über 30 Uraufführungen von Opern auf den Musiktheaterbühnen in Deutschland zu erleben. Sie setzen auch Impulse für Inszenierungen des Kernrepertoires.