Published On:Saturday, 31 December 2016
Posted by ARAB GAZETTE. weekly newspaper issued on Sunday morning - London, UNITED KINGDOMمؤسسة الوطن العربى الإعلامية - لندن ، المملكة المتحدة . WA MEDIA FOUNDATION - LONDON, UK
Audience increased at Rome opera house this year
Audience increased at Rome opera house this year
ARAB GAZETTE - Rome, (ANSA)
The Rome opera house's audience has increased in 2016, according to a Doxa survey commissioned by the opera house's foundation directed by Carlo Fuortes published on Wednesday.
The study registered a growing number of young people, in equal parts men and women, and stressed that 42% of those who went to the theater were newcomers.
Overall, the vast majority had a university degree (72%) and a job (68%), according to the poll.
Only 17% were pensioners.
A reported 30% were between the ages of 15 and 40, 39% were aged 41 to 60 and 31% were over 60.
The survey also found that 13% of theater goers were foreign tourists.
Ticket sales grew 35.8% from 2014 to 2015 and further increased by 11.2% in 2016, totaling 11.6 million euros.
Theater goers reportedly rose 28.2% for a total of 242,800 people while season tickets grew 29.7% for a total of 3,915 subscriptions.
