It still exists, the tradition that remains resistant to corona.
Sticking to the traditional as a transition to the new, the still unpredictable, not really predictable for 2021.
But how did the classic live events at the end of the year, Beethoven's Ninth and the operetta, the Straussian “bat” in particular, deal in concert halls and opera houses without spectators with the pandemic, which first flooded and then brought meetings in public space to a standstill?
For Beethoven, who was already thwarted in his 250th anniversary year, there were at least three not uninteresting performance alternatives for his human kissing superseller.