Marketers have already started selling tickets for The Nutcracker: the price for a ticket to the Bolshoi Theater for The Nutcracker already reached 180,000 rubles in November.
"The official sales haven't started yet, but the marketers have already come to help. For a place in the performances from December 27 to 31, they ask for 60 thousand rubles. Parterre starts from 100 thousand, and the most expensive offers reach 180 thousand and above. After the New Year, the magic loses a little in price: on average, a ticket will cost 140 rubles.
Last season, official tickets cost between 1,250 rubles and 50 thousand in December and from 800 rubles and 50 thousand in January. The first show sold out in two hours, and all December shows sold out in four days. Some of the tickets were sold at auction, and there, for four tickets on December 20, the bids eventually reached 510,000 rubles."