The reason is the increased spread of infection in Västra Götaland and the stricter restrictions in the county where the public is urged to refrain from gatherings, including concerts and performances.
Large parts of the staff will be unemployed during the next week.
- These are difficult, heavy but absolutely necessary decisions based on the extreme situation that our society is currently in. Our balanced assessment, after going through the new tightened advice and after talks with the region's infection control doctors, is that this is the only reasonable to do right now to take our social and employer responsibility, says Christina Björklund, CEO of the Gothenburg Opera, in a press release.
GöteborgsOperans Restaurang closes during the same period. Decisions on what happens after November 22 will be made later.