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Someone gives you two tickets to the opera, and formal attire is required/expected for the audience members. What do you do? ~

Posted - November 6, 2018

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  • 44173
    Give the tickets away.
      November 6, 2018 7:49 AM MST
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  • 13251
    If they're for an opera I like (by, say, Mozart or Puccini) at the Met, I would put on my tux and attend. If not, I would sell or give them away. However, many folks don't dress up for the opera these days, or even own formal wear.
      November 6, 2018 8:18 AM MST
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  • 10449
    * Don't go (I can't afford a formal tire.  Who do they think I am, Les Schwab?)
      November 6, 2018 9:14 AM MST
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  • 13251
    Actually, a tuxedo or a set of tails isn't much more expensive than a standard men's suit if you know how and where to shop.
      November 6, 2018 9:44 PM MST
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  • 10449
    I was being funny.  I can't afford a "formal tire".  Around here Les Schwab is a major tire store.
      November 7, 2018 4:12 PM MST
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  • 13251
    OK. Never heard of it, which is why the joke went over my head.
      November 7, 2018 5:03 PM MST
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  • 52903

      (It's ok; I didn't get it either.)

    ~
      November 7, 2018 7:50 PM MST
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  • 14795
    You should treat her better for a spell, and then maybe you wood ...:)D 
      November 7, 2018 8:49 PM MST
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  • 7919
    I can't fathom me wanting to attend the opera. It seriously sounds like Hades to me. I cannot come up with a single circumstance I'd go; not even if I was paid to. The symphony would be a bit different, but it's also not so formal anymore. I think women have it easier in this respect; a nice black dress works for all occasions. I could pull off a formal look in a pinch.
      November 6, 2018 9:28 AM MST
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  • 44173
    I've gone to a symphony in jeans.
      November 6, 2018 9:32 AM MST
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  • 14795
    In Jeans what ? 
      November 7, 2018 8:47 PM MST
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  • 44173
    Yep...right in her what. (Spelling)
      November 7, 2018 9:49 PM MST
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  • 6098
    Yes people dress casually for such things now. 
      November 8, 2018 4:45 AM MST
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  • 13251
    It can be hellish, depending on the opera. But a performance of comic opera, such as the works of Gilbert and Sullivan, or a lighter grand opera such as Rossini's The Barber of Seville or Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro or The Magic Flute, especially as produced by a first class operation like the Metropolitan Opera with wonderfully colorful and detailed costumes and sets, can be a very delightful and memorable experience. In other words, don't knock it until you've tried it!
      November 6, 2018 11:37 AM MST
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  • 7919
    I'm not sold, but I'll throw it on my bucket list so I can justify my dislike for it. lol
      November 6, 2018 5:25 PM MST
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  • 6098
    My husband is an enthusiast and we go to operas both staged and in concert performances several times a year. I had never enjoyed opera as I thought it too long-winded and seemingly too star-driven but now I have come to rather enjoy both famous operas and modern both musically and dramatically and quite look forward to going. 
      November 8, 2018 4:49 AM MST
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  • 7776
    I give the tickets back. There's no way I'm doing the formal thing.
      November 6, 2018 9:29 AM MST
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  • 14795
    Four male things ?????  Would you not for four £Tenors if they were singing on the mike !
      November 7, 2018 8:42 PM MST
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  • 7776
    I'd do it for Freddie Mercury and no one else, but then again he's dead.
      November 7, 2018 8:49 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Shame....wierd guy ,but great singer and artist...
      November 7, 2018 8:51 PM MST
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  • 5455
    I would go because I've never been to an opera.  Experiencing new things is a good thing.
      November 6, 2018 9:40 AM MST
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  • 22891
    give thenn back, i dont like dressing up
      November 6, 2018 11:03 AM MST
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  • 1893
    Look at when is the performance, block the time off my calendar then.  Take my Tux out of the suit bag, Make sure the shirt is properly ironed, and polish my shoes.  If my Tux were not available my Black Suit with a fine pinpoint oxford shirt and a solid color tie, polished black shoes

    Same as I do for any other formal event.  I generally hit 8-10 in a year minimum.  Formal Wear, Tux or Dinner Jacket is NBD, just  another suit in a slightly different form.
      November 6, 2018 11:53 AM MST
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  • I'll already be appropriately dressed for when I shoot myself.
      November 6, 2018 12:27 PM MST
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