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| Posted by: aleck 10:19 am EDT 06/29/24 | |
| In reply to: re: Could I get advice on first-time MET OPERA tickets? - NewtonUK 10:00 am EDT 06/29/24 | |
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| A few things to consider(gathered from countless trips to the Met): I think the best seats in orchestra are center, or slightly to the side, rows L through T. That gets you the sound and a good view of things. I think Parterre, although a neat experience, and Grand Tier is just too far away. In orchestra, the most important thing to remember is not to get seated under the overhang from Parterre above. The sound is awful. I think the overhang is AA/BB and back. The sound is especially good, I think, from Rows X and Y but only in the center section, not the sides. My favorite seat in the whole place is O2, orchestra. It's right on the aisle with a fantastic view of the stage and close enough to see the faces. Consider, however, that getting up the aisle, which is on an incline, and then getting to the rest room, which is down a flight of stairs, can be challenging for people who are somewhat physically immobile. An option, because the intermissions are long, is to take the elevator up to the Parterre level and use the rest rooms there, which are usually underused without lines. Then, take the elevator back down. Waiting to hope for a TDF ticket could be heartbreaking if you are focused on a specific performance on a specific date. And trying to bag those $15 rush tickets is tough. It's competitive, with some aggressive people who know how to game getting those tickets. (The trick here is to get one of those rotten seats at the rear, look up where the empty seats are by going to the Met ticket chart about two hours before curtain, find where the empty seats are -- with some alternatives -- and then just slip into one of those empties. It's best if you can find empty seats like that which show empties in the same area but empty in the same places in two rows, each in front of each other. Then, if someone shows up to claim the seat you've slipped into, you just get flustered and say you've mistakenly gone into the wrong row. But all this takes some chutzpah that is inappropriate in your situation. I personally never have a problem with this little game. But who is going to argue with an old white man wearing a tie? You going to call such a person a liar and a cheat? That's not my experience . . .) |
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