Well, you could look yourself:
Rigoletto at the Met:
Prime Orchestra
$175
Balance Orchestra
$100
Rear Orchestra
$80
Center Parterre
$320
Side Parterre
$110
Front Grand Tier
$175
Rear Grand Tier
$100
Dress Circle
$100
Balcony
$65
Family Circle
$26
***
Jansons/Concertgebouw at Carnegie Hall:
First Tier
$110.00
Prime Parquet
$98.00
Parquet
$73.00
Second Tier Center
$73.00
Second Tier
$55.00
Dress Circle
$55.00
Center Balcony
$39.00
Balcony
$32.00
***
Golijov's La Pasion Segun San Marcos at Lincoln Center:
Orchestra
$65.00 $58.00
Orchestra Boxes
$58.00
Mezzanine
$45.00
Balcony
$30.00
***
Calexico at Joe's Pub:
$20.00
***
Lewis Taylor at the Bowery Ballroom
$15
Animal Collective at the Bowery Ballroom
$22/$20 adv.
***
As for the Mercury Lounge, there isn't a show on their entire
calendar that's more than $15, and most of those are double/triple
bills.
- Darcy
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On 29 Jan 2006, at 6:43 PM, Owain Sutton wrote:
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.
Random unscientific test to see if your claim applies for London:
Richard Ashcroft at the Brixton Academy (hardly U2) - £22.50. Gigs
at the Mean Fiddler - anywhere from £8 to £18. Wembley Arena
tickets around £25.
At the South Bank Centre, you can see the Alban Berg Qt or the
London Sinfonietta for £8, and the LPO for £6. And Figaro at the
Royal Opera for £7.
Is the situation in America really that much different from this?
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