Cincinnati Opera breaks records with Aida
Here's the student ticket line before the final performance of Cincinnati Opera's Aida last night at Music Hall! It was taken early in the evening, and the line got longer later on, the opera reports.
On a Tuesday night, the opera broke all records with attendance of 3,347, a full 20 percent above projections. Overall, the company set a record for the most people seeing an opera production since they moved indoors from the Zoo to Music Hall.
In total, 12,595 people saw Aida's four performances.
Faust, Cosi fan tutte, Nixon in China and Aida -- What was your favorite opera?
posted by Janelle Gelfand at 3:22 PM
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Post a Comment*It has to be gratifying for the Opera to see people standing in line-a long line-for tickets outside of Music Hall while on the way to setting an attendance record. It's amazing what a little buzz can do to get people interested in the performng arts isn't it? CSO are you watching, are you listening? This could happen to you!
Arts Fan from Oakley, but not big into Opera.
P.S. Didn't see Aida, but really liked "Nixon in China" of the three I did go to.
The leadership of the opera did such a wonderful job creating "buzz" for each production. I loved their promotional website videos! They also are excellent in collaborating with other organizations. Also their audience numbers were boosted for Aida, due to family members and friends of their extra large chorus.
With the symphony season about a month away, what do you think would cajole people to go down and try a symphony concert? The opera made a big pitch for Aida as the best first opera to see...
Elephants.
What can be done to cajole people to try a Symphony concert? This subject has been discussed at length numerous times from many viewpoints in this blog with apparently no effect. Someone might want to go back and read them. The crisis is still at hand. Don't forget you're dealing with an organization that feels one of their major problems is that the hall is too big. It didn't seem to be a problem with the Cincinnati Opera. About the simpliest thing I can suggest is that maybe the marketing/development,outreach staff of the CSO (there are at least 20) should have lunch with the marketing people from the Opera. Maybe they can give them some fresh perspectives. Nothing to loose/everything to gain.
Steve Deiters
I'm so happy to hear that our opera is doing well!
Of the three I saw (didn't see Faust), I liked Aida the most (my first "grand" opera, so I was quite easily blown away). Cosi Fan Tutte was fun too, and the singing was incredible. Nixon in China was an interesting, if only partially successful intellectual exercise. Can't wait for next season!
What can cajole people to come down and try a symphony concert?
Fresh, innovative programming for a start. Being from Ft. Thomas I'm glad that I've got the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra to enjoy. I'm not sure how many Cincinnatians would come "across the river," but I'm betting a great deal of CSO attendees would very much enjoy these concerts.
If you can stand the heat, theres a free show this saturday at Devou park. Its the Sound of Music with singers, 7:30 p.m.
Wow! This person must work for the KSO. There is no question which orchestra would be my choice to hear.
Getting back to opera, which opera did you love or dislike the most? The figures are in (watch the paper this Sunday) and there are some surprises in terms of audience favorites.
Cincinnati Opera does 4 operas a year.
How many performances does the CSO do every year?
How could any intelligent person compare attendance at the two organizations?
You can't create buzz about every concert... and once in a while, the CSO does sell out (or comes very close). I'm not saying that everything's perfect, but for a hall that's about 1,000 seats bigger than any other symphony hall in American, I think that's pretty darn good.
You people (i.e. Steve Deiters) who constantly complain like children about things that you are obviously not completely informed about need to get a life.
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