{"id":530272,"date":"2026-04-14T12:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/530272\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:35:09","slug":"timothee-chalamet-praised-by-royal-opera-and-ballet-boss-for-boosting-ticket-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/530272\/","title":{"rendered":"Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet praised by Royal Opera and Ballet boss for boosting ticket sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Oscar-nominated Chalamet triggered a backlash from the performing arts world after he appeared to dismiss the two art forms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chalamet had been talking to Matthew McConaughey at the University of Texas in February about efforts to preserve cinema.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to be working in ballet, or opera, or things where it&#8217;s like, &#8216;Hey, keep this thing alive, even though like no one cares about this anymore,'&#8221; Chalamet said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;All respect to all the ballet and opera people out there&#8221;, he quickly added, seemingly realising how his comments may come across.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">His remarks drew criticism from stage stars, opera houses and ballet companies &#8211; but some saw his words as a promotional opportunity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Seattle Opera used the actor&#8217;s remarks as a marketing opportunity and ran a bespoke promotion for an upcoming performance of Carmen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Posting on Instagram, the company encouraged ticket buyers to use the promo code &#8220;TIMOTHEE&#8221; for a discount on certain tickets that weekend. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Timmy, you&#8217;re welcome to use it too,&#8221; the opera house added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar-nominated Chalamet triggered a backlash from the performing arts world after he appeared to dismiss the two art&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-530272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}