I'm old and out of touch. I was aghast when season symphony tickets went to $100 per for the balcony. That's a six set series for two of us. I moved us up to the second balcony, first row, which actually is pretty decent. Still expensive.
We were comped premium tickets in Cincinnati to the concert, which was excellent. I'm sure they were pricey, we sat with the maestro's wife. She and my wife spoke French much of the time.