Around those performances she also runs a programme of educational lectures, films and workshops (with a tranche of heavily discounted tickets for students).
That makes for a total of 16,400 discounted tickets for the season, and a price tag of about $1 million in (potentially) lost revenue.
Michael Taylor, president of the Little League in Lake View, on Long Island, said when he requested discounted tickets for his group, he was sent information on full-price group sales.
In Manhattan, the increase is slightly steeper, and discount tickets, for those 12 and under, and 62 and older, will also be affected: they will go to $6.50 from $6. Adult tickets in Brooklyn will remain at $8, but discounted tickets for the elderly and children will go to $5 from $4.75.
A spokeswoman for the RSC said it has offered £5 seats to 16 to 25-year-olds for the past decade, as well as discounted tickets for schools and families.
The secret: a growing reputation among opera-lovers, cemented by a new "Ring" production that begins with "Rheingold" on April 11th, together with heavily discounted tickets for first-time buyers and new works aimed at local groups.
It's no secret that theatergoers can get discounted tickets for Broadway and Off Broadway shows at the TKTS booth near Times Square, but there are ways to avoid the throngs of waiting tourists.
The ENO's Access All Arias scheme offers discounted tickets for performances at the London Coliseum, while a Royal Opera House student membership is free to join and gets you tickets as cheap as a quid.
The Mets and local needle arts stores sold more than 800 discounted tickets for last night's game against the Braves, when people from all over the metropolitan area gathered to knit, crochet and embroider in the stands.
For green fingers Gift membership of the Royal Horticultural Society, costing £55 a year per person, gives the recipient entry to 150 gardens around the UK with one guest, priority booking and discounted tickets for RHS flower shows including Chelsea, 12 issues of the RHS magazine The Garden, and other perks including personalised gardening advice.
