MOSCOW, November 4. Ticket sales to the Bolshoi Theater for the ballet “The Nutcracker” have just begun, the theater box office reported.
Earlier, there were reports in the media about a huge queue near the Bolshoi Theater for bracelets, which will be used to buy tickets to the performance.
«Sales have just begun, the box office opened at 10 am. The first few people came in,» said the agency's interlocutor.
At the box office they noted that people are allowed in with bracelets, according to a previously developed algorithm. One person at the box office can buy a ticket for himself or a second adult spectator who is a relative. If a person has minor children, he can also buy tickets for them. The purchase of a ticket is carried out using a passport, the box office emphasized.
“The ticket cannot be renamed — it can only be returned. It is impossible to rename it to another person for any reason,” added the agency’s interlocutor.
The box office noted that buying tickets with bracelets concerns not only sales for the Nutcracker ballet, which is always in high demand.
“For any performance, if there are more than 100 people in the queue, the security hands out bracelets so that people do not stand for a long time, according to the queue number came,» they said at the box office.
The sales day is after 12 midnight, after which people in line will be able to get them. Only the cashier can inform you about the availability of tickets in person, the box office added.
Previously, the Bolshoi Theater published a special program for pre-sale of tickets for performances of the ballet “The Nutcracker” on its official website due to the increased demand for the performance. According to the sales schedule for performances on December 23-28, pre-sale of tickets will begin at the theater box office from November 4, and on the website from November 5. Ticket sales for productions on December 29-31 will start on November 11 and 12 at the box office and on the website, respectively. Tickets for performances during the January holidays from January 2 to 7 will be available for purchase on November 18 and 19. At the second stage, tickets remaining after pre-sale at the box office will be available for purchase on the website and at the theater box office.