| To: vocalist Subject: Opera/Classical music too expensive? Date sent: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:50:51 PST Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
In response to "Bad Review," John wrote:
>Opera and classical music has >been getting bad press as music only for the upper classes with >tickets priced so high that the general public can not afford to hear >live opera.
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? I remember paying about $25-35 for Family Circle seats at the Met a few years ago, but not having been to a pop concert since Richard Marx was big (yikes!), I wouldn't know what it's like now...
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