Subject: Re: Opera/Classical music too expensive?
From: Jessica
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
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Yes - exactly - 75$ would get you a great seat to most any rock concert or
sporting event. $75 dollars would get a nearly nosebleed seat at the opera
or a classical concert.

Someone asked earlier if operas and classical concerts might be more
expensive to produce than pop concerts? I dunno about that. I doubt it.
And, to add fuel, I'll throw in Broadway, where $50 - 75 would buy you the
best seat in the house for just about any show (not counting from scalpers)
and some of those shows are very expensive to produce. Opera is a world
amongst itself in ticket prices and, in my humble opinion, would do itself
well to lower the prices so they are more in line with what the masses are
willing to pay for other forms of cultural entertainment.

$.02
Jessica


on 1/20/00 1:16 PM, tmitche2-at-twcny.rr.com wrote:

> Per my son, front seats to Billy Joel December 1998 were $50-75.00; low end
> would be about $20-25.00.
>
> Nancy