Glyndebourne 2020

[Bax-of-Delights]

A week ago I was eager to get tickets for “Carmelites” and “Rake’s Progress”. Successfully acquired I am now concerned that the coronavirus emergency is going to cause havoc with the Festival. Knowing the typical audience is international and mostly from the older age groups I fear that it will be one of the unfortunate victims of any forthcoming restrictions.
Thoughts?

[Bryn]

A week ago I was eager to get tickets for “Carmelites” and “Rake’s Progress”. Successfully acquired I am now concerned that the coronavirus emergency is going to cause havoc with the Festival. Knowing the typical audience is international and mostly from the older age groups I fear that it will be one of the unfortunate victims of any forthcoming restrictions.
Thoughts?

Don't join the voluntary cull. Whether the perfromances are cancelled or not, stay away.

[Dave2002]

A week ago I was eager to get tickets for “Carmelites” and “Rake’s Progress”. Successfully acquired I am now concerned that the coronavirus emergency is going to cause havoc with the Festival. Knowing the typical audience is international and mostly from the older age groups I fear that it will be one of the unfortunate victims of any forthcoming restrictions.
Thoughts?

If you've already got the tickets, you might as well hang on to them, as things may well have improved by the time the operas come around. If things are still really bad, either in the UK or abroad, then try to sell them back to the box office, or just take a hit and be thankful you're stlll alive.

We didn't bother with the opening day of ticket sales recently, but if things do pick up later on I expect we could get tickets if we really wanted to go.

[Petrushka]

Don't join the voluntary cull. Whether the perfromances are cancelled or not, stay away.

I'm with Bryn on this. I'm in lockdown mode already about going to any concerts etc. We are all going to have to make massive changes to our lifestyles while this emergency continues and those things we were looking forward to will just have to go by the board.

[Dave2002]

I'm with Bryn on this. I'm in lockdown mode already about going to any concerts etc. We are all going to have to make massive changes to our lifestyles while this emergency continues and those things we were looking forward to will just have to go by the board.

I'm not quite as committed to abstinence as you are - yet. As I've already mentioned we have tickets for concerts in the coming weekend in Glasgow. There's quite a high probability they'll be cancelled - but we can take the financial hit if they're not - so we definitely won't go now. The hotel has already offered a refund. A big factor with the weekend trip is the use of public transport.

Locally things don't seem to be quite as bad, and we don't need to use public transport, so if the ROH Fidelio still happens, we might go to the cinema for that. We do have tickets. I think we still have a few other tickets lined up - but we aren't intending to buy any new ones now until this problem has largely passed. We'll consider each event for which we have tickets, with an assessment of risk.

It's probably better to be slightly poorer, and still alive, than the alternative. Time to focus the mind.

[Bax-of-Delights]

It will be interesting to see how Glyndebourne handles this. It has to be a logistical nightmare for the company but their hand may be forced by government decree to limit gatherings and advisory for 70+ years to self isolate. This year, for the first time, I used a credit card to purchase so may well have financial recourse if all goes tonto.

[Edgy 2]

I mentioned on another thread that I have a free ticket for the BBC Phil world premiere of Steve Elcock’s 4th Symphony (a big deal for me)on Tuesday afternoon,to be broadcast on radio 3.
Even if it doesn’t turn out to be audience-free I’ve decided I shouldn’t go,I was diagnosed with heart failure about 4 years ago albeit under control at the moment with medication

[LeMartinPecheur]

I've just had notification that the St Endellion Easter Festival has been cancelled. I had tickets for all concerts bar repeats and a lunchtime. They say that refunds on tickets will come in time, but are asking for these to be donated, in whole or in part, to offset big losses

[gurnemanz]

It will be interesting to see how Glyndebourne handles this. It has to be a logistical nightmare for the company but their hand may be forced by government decree to limit gatherings and advisory for 70+ years to self isolate. This year, for the first time, I used a credit card to purchase so may well have financial recourse if all goes tonto.

Our first Glyndebourne trip was my surprise 70th birthday present from our children last summer. Glad to have got it in. This year, as a 70+, I am likely to be in lockdown

[Dave2002]

It will be interesting to see how Glyndebourne handles this. It has to be a logistical nightmare for the company but their hand may be forced by government decree to limit gatherings and advisory for 70+ years to self isolate. This year, for the first time, I used a credit card to purchase so may well have financial recourse if all goes tonto.

The Gyndebourne box office people have, in the past, been very helpful, and we have previously managed to return unwanted seats (from a block booking) and also to pick up returns, and also just do straight swaps if we found that the dates we wanted were not the ones we actually had tickets for. If you return tickets, and the seats are bought by someone else, you should get most of the money back, though that may depend on whether the performance is sold out by the time it goes on.

Depending on how things turn out, my guess is that you are fairly safe on the ticket front, at least. In the meantime we probably all need to start being really careful about what we do, when, and where.

We always try to use credit cards and/or credit to buy things, though whether this really gives financial protection I'm not so sure. For small purchases (yes - even several Glyndebourne tickets) I would expect the credit companies to be cooperative. Whether the Consumer Credit Act really works well enough for larger things (such as building projects, or purchasing a new car) I couldn't really say.

[MrGongGong]

The best thing you can do if you want there to be events after this crisis
is to not ask for a refund

The folks who sing, play, light & manage need the support

[Dave2002]

The best thing you can do if you want there to be events after this crisis
is to not ask for a refund

The folks who sing, play, light & manage need the support

That makes some sort of sense, though some people might be less willing to take a huge hit. Some places might offer later performances in lieu of a refund - which would be a sort of compromise. It may be going to become quite difficult - though I hope not.

[MrGongGong]

That makes some sort of sense, though some people might be less willing to take a huge hit. Some places might offer later performances in lieu of a refund - which would be a sort of compromise. It may be going to become quite difficult - though I hope not.

It's not a "hit" for the audience at all
It's a "miss" in terms of missing a gig
but for those who make it happen it's the potential loss of work

[underthecountertenor]

The best thing you can do if you want there to be events after this crisis
is to not ask for a refund

The folks who sing, play, light & manage need the support

I would want a guarantee that, if I didn't ask for a refund, the ticket money would be distributed fairly amongst the artists and other staff. If, for example, Glyndebourne were to cancel and, for contractual reasons, was not bound to pay its artists, I wouldn't be happy with the ticket money simply swelling Glyndebourne's coffers. I believe that some organisations have made it clear that the artists will benefit from any unrefunded ticket money, but in other cases the position is very unclear. An alternative would be to take the refund and use the money to support performers by other means.

[MrGongGong]

I would want a guarantee that, if I didn't ask for a refund, the ticket money would be distributed fairly amongst the artists and other staff. If, for example, Glyndebourne were to cancel and, for contractual reasons, was not bound to pay its artists, I wouldn't be happy with the ticket money simply swelling Glyndebourne's coffers. I believe that some organisations have made it clear that the artists will benefit from any unrefunded ticket money, but in other cases the position is very unclear. An alternative would be to take the refund and use the money to support performers by other means.

Indeed
Take the money and support music in a way of your choice

Of course, it's unlikely to be distributed "fairly" , that's not how things work i'm afraid