Ticket pricing for the 2012/13 Season
More than 50% of all seats for opera productions are available for £65 or less.
There have been some queries about our opera seat prices for the 2012/13 Season. We have done a number of things: either lowered all price bands for a number of opera productions across the Season, or kept the prices the same as when the productions had their previous showing at Covent Garden. So for example, the prices for Tosca and La bohème will range from £6 – £175 next season instead of £9.70/ £9 – £219.50 when it was last on, and all the other seats in the house for these operas will be cheaper than the last time – it is a lower price range for the whole house (although, in pounds, the cut is naturally higher for the expensive seats). In the case of The Minotaur prices are held to the 2008 rate with a top price of £65.
A recent Evening Standard article stated: ”[The] price drop is being made up for by ticket prices elsewhere.” What this means is there will be an increase in seat prices for a few productions we know there will be a huge demand for tickets for such as The Ring (which is sold out), Don Carlo, La Rondine and the new production of Nabucco. But this by no means implies that we will be upping the prices of the cheaper seats generally. In fact, we will continue to have – across the season on average – more than 50% of all seats available for £55 or less, and 40 % of all seats for £40 or less.
Pricing for the first booking period of next Season – click on the link below to enlarge:
Thank you ROH for making this pricing policy transparent and thus ensuring that the press reports are put in their right place.
Thank you
Thank you for clarifying. The Intermezzo blog went completely off the rails on this as a result of taking the Evening Standard article at face value without checking the facts. I just hope that the lower prices will mean that there is less last-minute discounting of seats, because this is always extremely frustrating to Friends and others who have booked early and at the full price.
Thanks for clarifying things, people do like to speculate and badmouth with every occasion, often ignoring the facts, now it is there black on white. I like the varied pricing, gives me plenty of choice and room for repeat visits at what i can fit into my budget
Excellent news re the ticket pricing. I'm glad such a high number will be accessible. I cannot wait to take advantage on the first day of public sales.
The ticket prices chart on this web page is unreadable.
http://www.roh.org.uk/news/ticket-pricing-for-the-201213-season
Where is the theatre seating plan?
Hi Ken,
It's possible to view the a seating plan at present by going through the booking path. We are looking at adding a plan separately as we continue to add content to the site. In terms of the ticket prices chart, this can be seen in larger size at http://www.flickr.com/photos/royaloperahouse/6856650948/sizes/h/in/photostream/
Thanks,
Chris
Social Media Manager
Here's the BBC "Price of Football" 2012/13 by comparison.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19842397
Football is for the common man and not "elitist", of course, despite being more expensive.