April 16, 2008

More free Met Opera tix; huge sale at Met Opera shop

All the free tickets for Friday's free Met Opera Open House dress rehearsal of Donizetti's "La Fille du Regiment" are spoken for -- but there's a very good chance more will be availble at the box office after 5 p.m. this evening.

That's the cut-off time for people to show up with their confirmation numbers and pick up tickets they ordered last weekend. But if they're not there by 5 p.m. today, those tickets will be back up for grabs at the box office.

A Met Opera ticketing agent advised that you may want to start lining up before 5 p.m. for your best chance to get a pair of freebies. The box office closes at 8 p.m. tonight.

The Open House begins at 10 a.m. Friday, with the curtain rising at 11 a.m.

Also worth noting, the Met Opera's gift shop is having quite the blowout sale in advance of its April 30 closing for a major renovation. All CDs and DVDs are 40 percent off (except for new releases and the season's repretory;) librettos are 40 percent off, jewelry is all 50 percent marked down, and most other merchandise (like the Diva-branded cosmetics bags and shirts,) are also 50 percent off. The online shop has many of the same items on sale as well.

Image source: From the stage of the Met Opera at the end of the Met Opera Open House in September 2007. Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.

April 16, 2008 10:30 AM in Cheap Stuff, Romance, Shopology, Sightsology, Upper West Side

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