Dress code for the opera?

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The whole charade sounds dreadful.

I think I'd rather watch a DVD in my jimjams.

(I went to the opera once. The big lady took forever to die - just when I thought it was time to go and get a pint, she'd lean up on her elbow and start her caterwauling again. Never, ever again, suit or no suit.)

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That sounds like La Traviata. She dies but never dies...

Or the Titanic in the movie...it sinks, but it never really does...

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Didn't know this one.. I had heard of green being considered unlucky in theaters due to the fact that in the Middle Ages the color pigment contained arsenic, but purple ?

Google indicates 2 possibilities: purple was the color or mourning and also of Lent in the MA. During Lent actors couldn't work, thus the color is associated with difficult times.

I love the opera, it's absolutely beautiful.

It's a special occasion. Seems so strange how different we all are To each his own.

Getting dressed up for the opera is lovely !

Where else would you wear a nice cocktail dress ?

For those who enjoy the opera, there's a quite special event this Summer.. they'll be playing "Carmen" in the Roman theater in Aventicum (Avenches)

http://www.avenchesopera.ch/fr/content/carmen-2014

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Let me picture this ,DB watching "Goetterdaemerung " in this outfit [](http://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=mCDb9u44Umv-hM&tbnid=qD4bpDSSCqmMoM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheedmontonian.com%2F2010%2F11%2F19%2Flong-john-index%2F&ei=ZNOEU86fEo2Dqgb8zoDQAg&bvm=bv.67720277,d.b2U&psig=AFQjCNHkVsSEumOgnjORDSC9T9vzQcVcmg&ust=1401300074030016)

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Not quite. I have been doing both and no, it's not the same amount of hard work. Nor same amount people, practices, synchronisation, etc. We also dress for the audience, the performance halls cleaned for guests, etc. If people want to get off by picking that particular day for some punk, anti burgeoise stance, maybe they can think of at least fellow guests if not the performers.

And it's not a couple of fat chicks gutting out some high notes, either. There definitely are a couple of slim Soprano 1s out there.

Indeed.

And each time is amazingly special. It's never routine. You just can't perform big pieces in big orchestra like that.

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Must have been my fav piece, Dido and Aeneas

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The Beatles performed more than 1200 times/+10 000 hours in Germany between 1960 and 64.

I'm well aware that there are thin opera performers. Obviously. And making opera and theatre into something special you get dressed up for and pairing it with expensive food and wine and suits and chauffeur driven cars is a horrific crime which serves to isolate art and imagination from the most downtrodden who need it most. We should all be trying to strip away as many barriers as possible to make opera, classical music and theatre as widely accessible as possible. Pointless elitism serves no one, least of all the art.

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It sounds like Wagner. We went to see Tristan and Isolde. First act was 90 minutes of this imposing woman in an amazing dress with a big train. She whipped that thing around - impressive. But i didn't have the patience for it. I love lots and lots of opera, but not Wagner.

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Which is less than anyone performing in musical theatre would do in the same period. It works out at around 4-5 performances a week. With two shows a day for a musical they easily pass that figure.

Whatever type of performance you enjoy watching, just remember that there’s a lot of hard work from everyone involved to make it an enjoyable experience for you. I know, I used to do it for fun.

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Absolutely. Yet elitism has nothing to do with wearing jeans to classical concert. Accessible art has nothing to do with respect you show. Maybe in the West, who knows, because people feel like they are obliged to . The most frequent concert/theatre/gallery/public reading goers I am used to, wear nice stuff when needed. And inexpensive. No Gucci. So they could afford concerts and culture in general as often as possible.

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Wagner annoys me, pompous. Exept Nabuco.

(and Strauss)

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Umm... Nabucco is Verdi though?

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This post reminded me of outings to Opera in the Park - NYC, with my high school friends. There was every sort there - and on a warm summer eve with a good picnic - there was something really powerful about group consumption of what might otherwise be out of bounds financially for much of the audience (myself included). One kind of wondered where everyone went home to - Madison Ave or an ungentrified Harlem. In the years we lived in UK, I often thought it would be nice to go to Glyndebourne, but can't stomach the "aren't we posh" set.

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I though Nabucco made biscuits?

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Argh, I meant Tannhäuser, because it was written in a castle in my home town. I should know... We sang a couple of Verdis. He is much nicer to sing.

Ye ye. I should wake up. I was cutting pizza with the other hand, hahah. Sing sumfin to wake me up! Yodel! I will yodel again Aug 1st. True partisan art.

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You're thinking of Nabisco aren't you? Nice hair

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I canna wait.

Been watching some stuff on youtube to try explain to the 4 yr old what is opera (she was reasonably impressed).

I just hope it's as good as the 'bit from the fifth element'

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That's awesome. Kids love opera when they are small..When I practised, mine had no clue what was happening but would sing too, kid's brain understands music better than ours. Our filters spoil it. Make it sound awkward. Kids love awkward and will promptly copy it. I love that.

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You might arrive home to a 4yr old impersonating Queen of the Night (Magic Flute)...or better tomorrow morning at 6am