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Subject: Opera/Classical music too expensive?
Date sent: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:50:51 PST
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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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