They sing for a living. In the pandemic, Germany has their backs.
Seth Carico began singing in the Tennessee mountains of his youth. As an adult, he’s decided to practice his craft in Germany.
About a third of all opera performances worldwide take place here, and Germany has cultivated a society where children are schooled in music theory and adults commonly budget for opera season tickets.
“Berlin is a city where I’ve gotten into taxis and said, ‘Take me to Deutsche Oper,’ and the driver launches a discussion about ‘Don Giovanni,’” says Mr. Carico, a salaried singer at Berlin’s premier opera company. “Music is baked into society here in a way I haven’t experienced in America.”
That kind of cultural reverence comes with benefits. As the pandemic shut down performance centers around the world, German opera grieved over canceled international tours and plans to stage joint Japan-Europe
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