The final verdict for the appointment to become the General Manager of the Bratislava State National Theatre (SND) has fallen. A postition which has by now gathered enough controversies, that would need supernatural attributes of the candidate, as well as a firm grip of a generalissimo, but foremost being a skilled manager - a treat which demonstratively is a rare given around the SND. One could say, some level of masochism would be required.
In the end, what was most surprising, a candidate, who didn't want to become the GM at all - only to have his say and then keep his peace - in the end got the job: Ondrej Šoth. In these circles, life in Slovakia is far from dull and surprises are around the corner everywhere. Were it only that they would be more helpful instead of damaging.
Interesting was one of the headlines in the economical daily Hospodárske noviny which screamed that 'scandalous foreigners want to manage the SND". When only seeing the past 3 years at the SND, I would find the label 'scandalous' rather befitting to those Slovaks, who were in charge, and ruined the whole place. Moreover, one of the Slovak candidates (and thus not or less scandalous to the newspaper author I assume), was one of the very same initiators of the decomposition of the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Need I go on?
In the end, while others are described having had a good preparation, the winner went only to give an emotional plea. Seems that romantic ideas and emotions count more than realistic visions to face managerial responsibilities.
I hardly do not dare to pronounce my feelings, where I already see this scenario to repeat itself within a relatively short time. I don't want to draw a sign on the wall. But I am afraid, that somehow something is continuously nagging in my mind, that this circus has definitively not ended yet.
MS
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