{"id":19336,"date":"2015-09-11T15:21:37","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T05:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=19336"},"modified":"2015-09-11T15:21:37","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T05:21:37","slug":"enter-the-ballot-to-see-opera-for-a-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=19336","title":{"rendered":"Enter The Ballot To See Opera For A Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19341\" style=\"width: 312px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19341\" alt=\"Opera Australia's 2016 line-up include Bizet's exotic opera The Peaarlfishers\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/the-pearlfishers-2016-325x250-312x240.jpg\" width=\"312\" height=\"240\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Opera Australia&#8217;s 2016 line-up include Bizet&#8217;s exotic opera The Pearlfishers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Opera Australia is offering first time opera goers the opportunity to enter a ballot to obtain premium reserve opera tickets at $20, making the best seats in the house more affordable than a night at the cinema!<\/p>\n<p>This has become possible through the generosity of\u00a0Susan and Isaac Wakil, who have donated $1.5 million to Opera Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The heavily subsidised tickets will be available for performances at the Sydney Opera House and Arts Centre Melbourne.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To enter the ballot for tickets, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opera.org.au\/buytickets\/twenty-dollar-tickets\">https:\/\/opera.org.au\/buytickets\/twenty-dollar-tickets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Opera Australia is offering first time opera goers the opportunity to enter a ballot to obtain premium reserve opera tickets at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"sls_format":[],"class_list":["post-19336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"deck":"","is_featured":false,"media_type":"standard","audio_embed":"","video_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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