The sale of 2009 Season tickets closed with an increase in over 10% compared to 2008 at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari: 8200 more season tickets were sold for the 2009 Opera and Ballet Season and added together with the Concert Season make a total increase of 11000 tickets sold compared to 2008. On the Eve of the Opening Night of the IX Festival di Sant'Efisio at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari with ‘Semen Kotko’ opera by Sergej Prokof'ev, the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari is top of the Italian Opera Houses both for events and Season Ticket holders.