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Opera - in a theater near you

Started by Shripriya · 8 months ago

Watching an opera at The Met is an incredible experience. But not everyone lives in New York. This past year was the second season where people could watch the operas, live, in theaters.
The Met’s transmissions of eight live performances to movie theaters reached 908,000 people, mo ... Continue reading »

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  • Krishna

    1 year ago

    I love the fact that they're screening these world class productions. But, much like digital music, or computer software, the marginal cost of screening should merely be the depreciation on the cameras (if they were not already being recorded for sale on DVD) and the cost of renting the theaters.
    Unless they believe that this is cannibalizing their live performance (and your #s show they're not), why are they charging $22/ ticket? Even a movie costs only $11. I wounder if they've done real price elasticity research
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  • Shripriya

    1 year ago

    Yeah, I don't know why it is $22. Perhaps because a live ticket is a lot more? But I agree with you that this should be educational and customer acquisition focused instead of profit focused.
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