Thank you for a great review of a wonderful performance!

Great review!
Lyrics with Carmina Burana would help. The music and ballet are stunning!

When the cheapest seats are $96 + $25 service fee it discourages and prevents most people from seeing this ballet. I would have loved to go but the ticket prices are insane, especially for someone on a fixed income.

@3
Per McCaw Hall website, 2nd tier seats (they are tiny) are $37 to $60 each. But I hear you - I logged onto “carmina burana -Seattle’ and of course, waded through a half-dozen secondary sellers, and wound up paying much more than face value.

@3 and @4
It's really a shame when people don't buy directly from the presenting organization and pay ridiculously jacked-up prices to ticket brokers/scalpers. As noted, tickets on PNB's website start at $37, plus if you go to the "Offers" page on their site, there are $29 tickets for "Beer and Ballet" night, plus pay-what-you-can and rush ticket offers.

@3 and @4
I guess I should have included that link for reference (although it's pretty easy to find from the PNB home page):
https://www.pnb.org/season/offers/