The Waiting Room at ROH = nerve racking

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It was the last sale of the season at Royal Opera House. There was a long queue seconds after 10am. I already had tickets for what I wanted but I was trying to buy a ticket for a friend. A cheap one. I managed to sign in after 10 seconds. Queue = 1512. After one hour and 20 minutes, the connection with ROH was lost because there were too many people online. Back to the queue = 1869. After another hour and half I finally managed to sign in and try to buy something. But all the cheaper tickets were already sold out.
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My goal was Traviata on July 14th. There are still tickets available, but 90% expensive (150 - 170 pounds and over) and 10% in the Amphitheatre (60 - 80 pounds). The most requested Traviata was the one on July 8th - the premiere - for a very good reason ;)

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There are a few tickets left for July 8th and July 14th and plenty of tickets left for Sunday performances. Why do people prefer week days performances?

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After checking out what's left I understood the endless queue this morning. Simon Boccanegra was on sale too, starring Placido Domingo. Don't bother to sign in. For the moment all the performances are sold out. But there'll probably be tickets for sale in a few weeks. And there's always the queue on the day of the performance. And there was a third very requested performance, Manon starring Anna Netrebko.

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It was a long waiting and in the end I didn't buy anything but it's interesting to see what a fuss can famous names create on a rainy Spring day.

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Hope you got what you wanted.
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Going back at the Met, Traviata for tonight (April 7th) is SOLD OUT. It will be broadcasted live by Sirius starting 8pm, New York Time. And there are only 7 tickets left for the performance on April 10th.

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