Opera lovers flocked to Cincinnati Opera this year. The company is celebrating an uptick in the double digits of tickets sold for its just-completed 2023 Summer Festival.
Whether due to pent-up demand coming out of the pandemic, or just the right mix of operas, there was a 21% increase in the average number of tickets sold per performance. Students snapped up 24% more tickets than last year. Average attendance soared from 1,545 last year to 1,855.
And for the first time since before the pandemic,…