The Metropolitan Opera is modifying its program that offers $25 tickets in some of the priciest sections of the opera house by moving it onto the web this season, rather than having patrons physically wait in line for a chance at seats.
The tickets, known as rush tickets, will be distributed by a lottery system. Buyers will be able to enter on the Met’s website the evening before a performance, and winners will get an email at noon on the day of the performance offering them the chance to buy two tickets for $25 each. The company said that there would be a minimum of 100 tickets available for each regular performance.
The tickets are among the great bargains in New York: the average ticket price at the Met this coming season will be $160.