Subject: Re: Opera/Classical music too expensive?
From: Jessica
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
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Good seats (not the best, but second best) for a hockey game in Los Angeles
cost 70.00, the cheap seats 15$. A pop concert in a good venue can range
from 25-100. The thing that irks me about classical concerts (not
necessarily opera) is that concert prices do not remain consistent for the
venue, but change for the performer. For instance, when Pavarotti comes to
town, the best seats are 300.00. The next night at the same venue, the same
seat will sell for $75 dollars for a different performer. That's likely
where the opinions come from that classical concerts are expensive. If the
regular ticket sales for a pop group were being sold at $300 at the high end
- not from a scalper, mind you, but from the venue, pop fans would be up in
arms.


on 1/19/00 9:50 PM, lilsoprano-at-hotmail.com wrote:

> It strikes me as strange that this is the public sentiment not only in the
> UK but the US as well, when my impression is that the same public would
> shell out just as much, if not more, for seats to a stadium show by their
> favorite singers/rappers/performers/whatevers. How much does a cheap seat
> at a stadium concert cost, compared with a cheap seat at the opera or
> classical concert?