It's debatable which is the most expensive genre of music. On a
recent trip to New York, my Met opera tickets, second highest price,
cost $100 while a similar ticket to Spamalot was going for $120. (I
didn't have the advantage of same-day half price tickets.) And
shouldn't the Joe's Pub venue be compared to a chamber music concert
instead of an orchestral one?)
I might be wrong on some of the details, but in the cities I've
visited, the prices of classical music is not out of line with what
you would pay for jazz or rock.
If I am wrong, then here is an obvious way to attract a wider
audience. But somehow I think that the issue is much more complex
than a simple price war.
-Randolph Peters
At 6:25 PM -0500 1/29/06, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Only stadium rock concerts are more expensive than classical fare,
and then only for massive touring acts like Madonna and U2. Madison
Square Garden is one thing, but seeing even a big-name gig at the
Mercury Lounge or Joe's Pub costs considerably less than going to
Carnegie Hall or Lincoln Center. Let alone the Met, which for
non-nosebleed seats is more expensive than any other (legal) form of
entertainment I can think of.
- Darcy
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On 29 Jan 2006, at 6:11 PM, Randolph Peters wrote:
At 2:21 PM -0800 1/29/06, Carl Dershem wrote:
To me, the price of tickets, plus the perception of snootiness are
at least as much what keep the audiences away as anything else.
As to the price of tickets, rock concerts and musicals are more
expensive than the "classical" fare.
-Randolph Peters
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