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By ANDREW POWELL MUNICH \u2014 Like the miracle of compound interest, Bavarian State Opera<\/a>\u2019s pricing can chart smartly upwards when you\u2019re not watching. The company sells using an astounding total of 128 price points<\/em> \u2014 the product of eight price categories for its National Theater<\/a> home and sixteen sliding scales. Things get interesting when the scale changes, which is usually, but not always, in single increments. Take La traviata<\/em>. Today\u2019s performance sells for a top price of \u20ac132 and a low of \u20ac10 for a no-view score seat, with six categories in between. Pertinent detail: Leo Nucci<\/a>, 75, sings Giorgio Germont. But next month the same opera has a \u20ac264 top, a low of \u20ac20, and corresponding increases in the middle categories of as much as 130%. Same leading lady. Same chorus and orchestra. Same conductor. Same production. Pertinent variance: Pl\u00e1cido Domingo<\/a>, 76, sings Giorgio Germont. Who would have thought the cold old paterfamilias could make such a difference? Apparently he does. To be sure, the costly performances (on June 27 and 29) are part of the Munich Opera Festival<\/a>, when a small adjustment is customary. What amazes is a scale shift of four levels in this case. Separately, completely separately, June 29 will in all likelihood mark the erstwhile tenor\u2019s farewell to this city, at least as far as staged opera goes. No announcement has been made, of course. But there it is. Sonya Yoncheva<\/a> sings Violetta, Charles Castronovo<\/a> is Alfredo, Andrea Battistoni<\/a> conducts. Domingo made his BStO debut on Jan. 22, 1972, as Puccini\u2019s Rodolfo.<\/p>\n Photo \u00a9 Chad Batka<\/p>\n Related posts:
Published: May 2, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n
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