With this rush ticketing scheme, The Met can turn unsold tickets from an embarrassment into an asset, argues La Cieca.
Well, when the New York Times goes into a tizzy, you know times are hard, cher public, but your doyenne is ready to ride to the rescue, hakeo don’t panic.
In the above linked piece, you will note that there is some little concern over the fact that the Met’s level of potential box-office revenue has fallen to 66%, which apparently is some kind of magical warning number that means that things have gone terribly, terribly wrong. La Cieca isn’t sure she agrees with this assessment, because there are some kinds of theaters that sell out practically every night of the week presenting, more often than not, underrehearsed undercast crap and there are other theaters that present wonderful opera that doesn’t sell... Keep reading on parterre box
Well, when the New York Times goes into a tizzy, you know times are hard, cher public, but your doyenne is ready to ride to the rescue, hakeo don’t panic.
In the above linked piece, you will note that there is some little concern over the fact that the Met’s level of potential box-office revenue has fallen to 66%, which apparently is some kind of magical warning number that means that things have gone terribly, terribly wrong. La Cieca isn’t sure she agrees with this assessment, because there are some kinds of theaters that sell out practically every night of the week presenting, more often than not, underrehearsed undercast crap and there are other theaters that present wonderful opera that doesn’t sell... Keep reading on parterre box