ROH advice please - urgent!

[jean]

Just discovered I shall be in London at the same time as Juan Diego Flores - very few seats left, the only cheap ones are very cheap, slips at the sides of the amphitheatre - how awful are they?

Otherwise, since most of what's left is much the same (exorbitant) price, where is best?

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

Is this for La donna del lago, Jean? Which date?

What seat number is it? Upper Slips or Lower Slips? I've done Upper Slips before a couple of times, but as someone who doesn't get on with heights in any way, shape or form, it wasn't a great experience. Lower Slips might be less of a problem.

Which date(s) are you looking for?

(Sorry... lots of questions.)

The ROH website should let you see the view of the stage from the seat you 'select'.

[Simon Biazeck]

Just discovered I shall be in London at the same time as Juan Diego Flores - very few seats left, the only cheap ones are very cheap, slips at the sides of the amphitheatre - how awful are they?

Otherwise, since most of what's left is much the same (exorbitant) price, where is best?

The ROH booking site will give you a view as if from your seat when you are choosing what to buy. In terms of overall sound and balance, the front of the Amphitheatre is best. I very often find the balance uneven in the stalls (orchestra covers some voices) - stall circle is better.

[jean]

Thanks. It's May 20th. There's nothing in the amphitheatre except those slips, and as I hardly ever get the chance to go there, I can splurge vast amounts as a one-off.

I have gone for stalls circle, and I've got another 20 minutes or so to pay, so I'll wait a bit and see if more advice comes along...

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[Stephen Smith]

The slips nearest the rear of the auditorium are usually sold out - they have a reasonable view. Ones further forward than, say, 30% or so of the way towards the stage are progressively likely to have a restricted view of the stage (this is a concert performance, isn't it? - so it depends who is where on the front of the stage?). The sound should be good, though. I enjoy live performance - the sound in ROH is reasonably immediate and completely different from radio broadcast sound (very different from the Coliseum - although I avoid the rear of the RoH amphitheatre (and, generally, the Coliseum)).
Last time in the slips for me was Domingo's Operalia Winners and the sound was fine.

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

S39 in the Amphi?!

[jean]

Do you always have to buy a whole box?

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

Yes!

[jean]

Thanks everone.

I've done it now, so no more advice, please!

The first time I saw JDF was when he took over at short notice in Pesaro in Mathilde de Shabran..

The second time was when, having failed to get a seat for La Fille du Régiment at the ROH I happened to be in Vienna, and there it was. A lot cheaper, too!

[amateur51]

Done it, so no more advice, please!

The first time I saw JDF was when he took over at short notice in Pesaro in Mathilde de Shabran..

The second time was when, having failed to get a seat for La Fille du Régiment at the ROH< I happened to be in Vienna, and there it was.

What a dramatic thread this has been

I hope that you enjoy it jean

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

Excellent news.

I'm due there on opening night (17th) with a keen sense of anticipation. Interesting to see what they do with it production-wise - the ROH rejected the original co-production and have mounted their own. If only they'd taken a similar stance concerning Rusalka... <sigh>

[Barbirollians]

Stalls circle is my favourite area in the ROH and the best value in my experience .

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

Stalls Circle by the stage/ dangling over the pit is fabulous - A13 my favourite seat in the House, but since the days of Premium Friends (or 'Special' Friends as I like to call them) it's usually been snapped up well before I can get to it. :(