Natalia Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 The following is from a 'mass e-mailing' sent by the Metropolitan Opera House's Marketing office to folks who've been inquiring about the upcoming Bolshoi-Met season. It will be followed by a formal press release shortly but, due to the official nature of this communication -- directly from the Met to their regular subscribers & other inquirers -- we are allowed to post it here. I have deleted the upper part of the e-mail & have kept only the closing words from the Marketing staffer, plus the full schedule. As has been pointed out elsewhere on BalletTalk, tickets go on sale May 1. This way, everyone who is interested in seeing the Bolshoi at the Met can begin to make 'travel plans' & such! ***** ...Thank you for your support of The Metropolitan Opera. Sincerely, Jennifer McGoldrick E-Marketing Associate * Monday July 18 8 PM Don Quixote * Tuesday July 19 8 PM Don Quixote * Wednesday July 20 8 PM Don Quixote * Thursday July 21 8 PM Don Quixote * Friday July 22 8 PM Spartacus * Saturday July 23 2 PM Spartacus * Saturday July 23 8 PM Spartacus * Monday July 25 8 PM The Bright Stream * Tuesday July 26 8 PM The Bright Stream * Wednesday July 27 8 PM The Bright Stream * Thursday July 28 8 PM The Pharaoh's Daughter * Friday July 29 8 PM The Pharaoh'sDaughter * Saturday July 30 2 PM The Pharaoh's Daughter * Saturday July 30 8 PM The Pharaoh's Daughter Link to comment
richard53dog Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Thanks Natalia, I've been waiting for this announcement. I should be getting the mailing, I'm on every possible mailing list from Lincoln Center. I'm curious to see the prices though. But still how broke can you go in just two weeks? Richard Link to comment
zerbinetta Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I believe the top prices are $95 & $90 for orchestra & grand tier respectively. Not bad. Link to comment
nysusan Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 As has been pointed out elsewhere on BalletTalk, tickets go on sale May 1. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Don't you think it's pretty strange that tickets are due to go on sale in less than a week and there still hasn't been any official announcement? I couldn't even find anything on the Lincoln Center website. What's up with that? Link to comment
Natalia Posted April 27, 2005 Author Share Posted April 27, 2005 I'm guessing that it took the Russians (Bolshoi management) a longer-than-normal time to give the final schedule of ballets to the Met. Hence, the brochure & all else will not be ready when it should be ready. Also -- again just guessing -- there may be some sort of agreement between the Met & ABT, that ABT be given an 'exclusive ballet booking period' of some sort. I'm no marketing expert but, perhaps, there's a science to spacing-out the information..."ABT Sales Blitz Period" shouldn't be undercut by a "Bolshoi Sales Blitz Period." Who knows? Link to comment
zerbinetta Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 The Grand Tier is now the same price as the orchestra: $95. But the upper tiers are priced higher than would be proportionate. The ad will run in the Sunday NYTimes, the same day the box office opens for the Bolshoi ticket sales. The lateness of all the arrangements was due to the lateness of firming the contracts between the Bolshoi/MG (Jane Hermann) & the Met. Link to comment
nysusan Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Well, thanks to all of you for the info. Now I will be first on line at the box office on Sunday to buy my favorite seats before most of the general public gets there! Link to comment
zerbinetta Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 The Bolshoi Met engagement has finally made the Met's website. Phone & online orders begin on May 3. The brochure may .. or may not .. go out next week. Link to comment
carbro Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 Thanks, Zerbinetta! Here's the link to the press release -- the only announcement I could find on the Met's site. Link to comment
nysusan Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 I picked up a flyer at the Met Box office yesterday - a printed flyer, mind you! Pricing is pretty steep: Orch prime - $95 Orch balance - $80 Center Parterre Boxes -$150 Side Parterre-Boxes- $80 Center Grand Tier - $95 Grand Tier Boxes - $80 Dress Circle - $80 Dress Circle Boxes- $60 Balcony - $60 Balcony Boxes- $45 Family Circle - $45 Family Circle Boxes - $30 Standing Room (Day of performance) Orch, Grand Tier & Dress Circle -$20 Family Circle - $15 Link to comment
carbro Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 , nysusan. Well, at least they're promising the availability of Standing Room. Last year, when the Royal Ballet visited, they withdrew Standing Room. Link to comment
atm711 Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 I find the prices appalling I shall sit this one out and content myself with the new DVD of Phareoh's Daughter. Link to comment
Dale Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 Like the Royal Ballet, the Bolshoi might end up with a ton of empty seats. I think the presenters are really banking on the Russian community here. Maybe they'll come through, but those prices have pretty much cashed me out. Lucky SAB students will probably reap the benefits by grabbing up those comp seats that will come there way if the tickets don't sell. Link to comment
zerbinetta Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 The prices are comparable to ABT in the prime orchestra : Bolshoi $95; ABT $92 & Grand Tier: Bolshoi $95; ABT $98. And they are bringing their own orchestra, which is costly. Link to comment
Dale Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 But the balcony prices are almost double than for ABT. Link to comment
nysusan Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 The casting has been posted on the Met's website, just click " tickets & info" for the ballet you're intersted in http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/season/bolshoi.aspx It looks like they're bringing a really strong group and I'm torn about which casts to see. I was planning to concentrate on Zakharova and catch one performance by Alexandrova but Lunkina has 2 matinees (7/23 Spartacus and 7/30 Pharoah's Daughter) and Tsiskaridze has 2 performances (7/26 Bright Stream and 7/29 PD with Alexandrova). Stepanenko gets a DQ and a Bright Stream & Antinocheva has the first Spartacus. Damn those high ticket prices! Link to comment
Dale Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 Thanks for this nysusan. I'm torn too. The ticket prices are really going to make me chose carefully and I'll have to miss some casts I probably would have liked to see. Link to comment
Marc Haegeman Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 Damn those high ticket prices! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> And damn those preliminary castings that never turn out correct - place your bets! Link to comment
Thalictum Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 TWO Zakharova Don Qs and not ONE by Antonicheva!!!!???? Link to comment
dufay Posted May 1, 2005 Share Posted May 1, 2005 We decided to spend our bucks on the Bolsoi rather than ABT this year. However, I am not very familiar with the dancers. For you Bolshoi aficionados, which "Bright Spring" would you recommend?. Link to comment
Dale Posted May 1, 2005 Share Posted May 1, 2005 I would see Bright Stream with two of the original dancers: Alexandrova, and Filin on Monday, July 25 8pm. Alexandrova gives a star-making performance in her role as the Dancer. Link to comment
richard53dog Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 But the balcony prices are almost double than for ABT. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dale, If I remember last Summer, the Balcony and Familicy Circle for ABT were very cheap, much less than the opera, then the Royal Ballet came in for the Ashton programs and the prices were much higher, and there were many more empty seats, at least at the mixed programs. Well I want to see Pharaoh's Daughter, it's hard to imagine seeing a production that lavish every day of the week. So I'll pay the freight. I'm really wondering if it will really look so spectacular as it does on video However I will also probably be "dragged" to a Spartacus, which isn't really my thing. Richard Link to comment
Natalia Posted May 2, 2005 Author Share Posted May 2, 2005 I'll second Dale's recommendation on 'Bright Stream.' I've seen the original cast -- Alexandrova & Filin -- live & in at a later Russian-TV telecast. I've also seen the other casts live. No doubt - go with Alexandrova/Filin. Link to comment
nysusan Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 I'll second Dale's recommendation on 'Bright Stream.' I've seen the original cast -- Alexandrova & Filin -- live & in at a later Russian-TV telecast. I've also seen the other casts live. No doubt - go with Alexandrova/Filin. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was also debating about which cast to see for Bright Stream. I had a really hard time making my mind up but I decided to go for the Shipulina/Tsiskaridze cast since I've heard such great things about Tsiskaridze and I expect to see Alexandrova & Filin in DonQ. And I really liked Shipulina when I saw them in Boston. Of course, she was dancing soloist roles in Boston, we'll see if I made the right choice for Bright Stream. The way it stands now the one dancer I'm not going to see at all is Lunkina. Such tough choices, I wish I could afford to see them all! Link to comment
koshka Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 The Bolshoi is doing DonQ at Wolf Trap here in DC August 5 & 6--tickets start at $18 for lawn and front orchestra is $65. You could always road-trip it down here for the weekend. :-) Link to comment
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