Overview
- The theatre opened sales for the 30–31 December performances on Dec. 5, staging online release times at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 and 13:00 MSK.
- Auction activity set a new peak with a 660,000‑ruble bid for a four‑ticket set to the Dec. 28 evening show, with another four‑seat lot reaching 590,000 rubles and a pair selling at 310,000 rubles.
- Tickets for the third block of performances on Dec. 27–29 sold out on the official site on Dec. 4 after earlier windows also moved quickly.
- The Bolshoi confines distribution to its website and uses regulated auctions with limited lot sizes and a one‑position cap per buyer to deter scalping.
- State Duma committee chair Nina Ostanina proposed allocating a significant share of popular theatre tickets free to families of SVO participants and top theatre students.