22 September 2008

And the answer is. . .


A
The price of a movie ticket
B
The price of an opera ticket

A The quantity in column A is greater
B The quantity in column B is greater
C The quantities are equal
D The relationship cannot be determined from the information given

It's official. Here in the Bay Area, it is officially cheaper to attend an opera than it is to go see a movie.

The price of a movie ticket: $10.50
The price of the cheapest ticket at SF Opera: $10.00

Who said opera was for the wealthy?

Of course, I only discovered the whole standing room process this past year, since they don't exactly display this prominently on their website. One has to know that such things exist (and quite frankly, most of my non-opera-frequenting friends have no idea that you can go see opera for $10), and then search for it.

Still, what a wonderful thing to make opera so accessible and affordable.
Now if only I had more time to take advantage of this. . ..

3 comments:

Empiricus said...

In defense of your feet, don't get those tickets for Wagner. Good find.

Sator Arepo said...

Wow. Good times. SFO doing anything cool this year?

anzu said...

It looks like no Wagner this season. (Though truth be told, I do get tired from standing for that length, so for part of it, I end up sitting on the floor.)

I want to go see Die Tote Stadt (sp?).