The rate for a ticket for "The Nutcracker" at the Bolshoi Theater amounted to 165 thousand rubles

The bid for a ticket for the traditional New Year's ballet "The Nutcracker" at the Bolshoi Theater for the show on December 29 at 19:00 exceeded the initial one more than three times and amounted to 165 thousand rubles (at the initial cost of 50 thousand rubles). This is reported on December 13 , "RIA Novosti", referring to the bidding data.

The price for a set of two parterre tickets for the first and fifth rows amounted to Br220 thousand. At the initial cost of Br100 thousand.

The most favorable offer for a set of four tickets in the parterre for the 10th-13th seats of the 12th row amounted to Br550 thousand. At the same time, the auction started at Br200 thousand.

Bolshoi Theater began selling tickets for "The Nutcracker" on December 12 at 10:00. Only sessions for December 29 at 12:00 and 19:00 were on sale. Bidding for the evening performance went on for more than 15 hours, ending on December 13 at 1:32 Moscow time.

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Before that, on December 2, it was reported that the site of the Bolshoi Theater was temporarily inaccessible after the start of ticket sales for the screening of "The Nutcracker". When trying to go to the selection of tickets or enter the personal account error: "technical work is underway" or "the site is inaccessible". Also, some users could incorrectly display the number of available tickets.

Earlier, on November 25, the press service of the Bolshoi Theater reported that due to the popularity of the ballet "The Nutcracker" the process of selling tickets for its shows this year has changed. Thus, the sale through the box office was canceled and there was an opportunity to purchase some tickets at auction.