key facts founded in 1883 oldest opera company in the united states
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Key Facts Founded in 1883 Oldest opera company in the United States Annual Budget: $320,000,000 USD (FY 2012) Metropolitan Opera House capacity: 3,995 (including standing room) T ickets range from $20 to $460 1/3 of the ticket prices are less than $100. Ambrogio Maestri , Falstaff - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Key Facts• Founded in 1883• Oldest opera company in the United States• Annual Budget: $320,000,000 USD (FY 2012)• Metropolitan Opera House capacity: 3,995 (including standing
room)• Tickets range from $20 to $460 • 1/3 of the ticket prices are less than $100
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Ambrogio Maestri, Falstaff
2013-14 Season• 6 new productions, including 2 Met premieres • 20 revivals• Total: 219 main stage opera performances• Radio (live): 19 Saturday International Broadcasts; 95 Satellite Broadcasts• HD: 10 productions; 1 Plazacast (also shown in Times Square)• Additional concerts and events
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New Technology & Media InitiativesSaturday Matinee International Radio Broadcasts• Started December 25, 1931 • Beginning 81st season, now heard on the Toll Bros-
Met Opera international radio network• America’s longest-running program of its kind• 43 countries• 8,500,000 annual potential reach
Hänsel und Gretel, 1931Met Opera Radio on Sirius XM
• 24/7 commercial-free subscription service • Three weekly live performances and archival broadcasts
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• Launched October 2008• Web-based subscription service• More than 477 Met
performances• 340 radio, 69 standard
definition titles, 68 HD titles• Now available through iTunes
for the iPad
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2,000,000+ views12,000+ subscribers
Over 4,759,000 unique visitors to website during 2012-13 Season
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Social Media @ The Met
269,000+ fans (60% non-U.S.)
87,000+ followers
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The Magic Flute, 2006 Inside view of remote TV Truck
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Carmen January 2010
HD Live ticket sales: 240,000
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Metropolitan Opera / Live in HD Countries
2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-20140
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
19
3543 47
5464 64
(6 operas) (8 operas) (11 operas) (9 operas) (12 operas) (11 operas) (12 operas) (10 operas)
8
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Metropolitan Opera / Live in HD Theaters
2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-20140
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
US Worldwide
248
340
500
868
500
1200
620
1700
748
1500
761
1900
748
2000
60632
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Metropolitan Opera / Live in HD Attendance
2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-20130
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
(6 operas) (8 operas) (11 operas) (9 operas) (12 operas) (11 operas) (12 operas)
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14 Million total Live in HD tickets sold to date
2 Emmy Awards: for advancing the technology in the field (2009); for outstanding technical direction (2010)
Peabody Award (2009): for “reinvent[ing] presentation of a classic art form”
IBC International Honour for Excellence (UK) (2009): for outstanding contribution
Tribeca (Film Festival)’s Disruptive Innovation Award (2011)
Rossini’s The Barber of Seville