> It also doesn't help that concert tickets for "classical" events like this are ferociously expensive. That's common knowledge, I admit, but I just checked an

> It also doesn't help that concert tickets for "classical" events like this are ferociously expensive. That's common knowledge, I admit, but I just checked and at least in Seattle today, it's actually backwards. Seattle Opera tickets for the upcoming "The Turn of The Screw" (in English and with subtitles, in case anyone is worried!) are $25 to $314. The Seattle Symphony this Thursday is $22 to $122. Those starting prices are only a couple bucks more than a movie (Cinerama: $18.50). It's pop music that's crazy expensive: Childish Gambino tickets for next weekend are $114 to $589. Festivals aren't necessarily any better: Bumbershoot tickets last month were $130 (single day) to $775. I would say it's definitely a marketing problem when even people who might consider going to a concert assume that tickets are several times more expensive than they really are. $25 tickets are not aimed at 'extremely wealthy patrons', yet SO and SS ads don't mention tickets or do anything to dispel the myth of high prices.