티켓 가격이 터무니없이 비싼데, 왜 오페라 극장들은 적자를 보는 걸까요?

1. 67% of tickets were scooped up by first-timers. (scoop up) cf. scoop up: 잽싸게 집어들다, 재빨리 사들이다

2. she saved on the energy bills by lowering the auditorium temperature two degrees in winter cf. auditorium: 객석, 공연장

3. salary and benefits for a full-time stagehand amounted to $260,000 a year. cf. stagehand: 무대 작업자

4. Opera is fundamentally a pricey endeavor. cf. endeavor: 상당한 노력이 필요한 일·사업

5. personnel costs account for around 58% of their expenses cf. personnel costs: 인건비

6. a fight with the orchestra over compensation resulted in the cancellation... cf. compensation: 보수, 보상

7. The latter heavily subsidize the form in much of Europe cf. subsidize: 보조금을 주다

8. We still have great philanthropists who support us (philanthropist) cf. philanthropist: 자선가

9. the Met cited nearly $180 million worth of contributions and bequests in its 2025 financial statement... (bequest) cf. bequest: 유증, 유산

10. This imbalance is not unique. cf. imbalance: 불균형

11. In a climate that’s increasingly precarious for all arts organizations cf. precarious: 불안정한, 위태로운

12. This may be an adaptive challenge. cf. adaptive challenge: 기존 방식의 변화가 필요한 과제