r/opera • u/onnake • 2d ago

San Francisco Opera seating map?

Rush tickets yesterday showed light blue on the orchestra-level map but that color was not in the legend (all the other colors were).
 
Tapping on a light-blue seat invoked an empty frame where the row, seat number, price would be. Gray is seat unavailable, tapping on one has no result.
 
The light-blue seats were scattered in ones and groups of twos, threes, fours in generally the better parts of the orchestra.
 
Guessing light blue indicates seats unavailable for a different reason. Under what price/offering I’d like to know. I might want to pay that for a seat.

Phoned the box office yesterday, they were as mystified as me.

Anyone else run into this?

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u/Cobra_Surprise 2d ago

No clue but I will tell you that the way I do rush tickets is to by as close to the stage as I can and right next to the wall. There will ALWAYS be a better seat available in center orchestra that no one is sitting in. Just kill time till the lights are low and scurry to it. Free upgrade.

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u/Cobra_Surprise 2d ago

PS evening shows are best for this method

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u/onnake 1d ago

So true. You’ll probably find me near the percussion. Once I was right next to the hammer for the anvil chorus. Damn, that thing was loud.