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Revealed: the Met’s least popular operas

Revealed: the Met’s least popular operas

The Metropolitan Opera has released its end-season performance statistics.

Overall, it played to 72 percent capacity (down from 75% pre-Covid) and to 64% of potential ticket revenue, after discounts and freebies.

General manager Peter Gelb told the Associated Press that single-ticket buyers, 85% of the audience, averaged 44 years old. Subscribers were 70+years old.

These were the best and worst selling operas:
The Magic Flute – 87%
Turandot – 82%
Carmen – 81%

X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X – 78%

Madama Butterfly – 75%
La Bohème – 74%
Nabucco – 72%
La Forza del Destino – 71%

Florencia en el Amazonas – 68%
Fire Shut up in My Bones – 65%
Dead Man Walking – 62%
The Hours (pictured) – 61%
El Niño – 58%
Un Ballo in Maschera – 56%

Draw your own conclusions.

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