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» Bryce Westervelt - Opera Etiquette at your first opera!

What are some good recommendations you would give to enjoying a first opera experience?

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» smileychipper - Opera Etiquette at your first opera!

In response to Opera Etiquette at your first opera! posted by brycethetenor:
hmmm dont go to watch aida with a group of highschool smarty pants from the govenor's school.... oh wait......

hehehhe watch la boheme in vienna, but take some tissue, i cried for an hour

-- posted by smileychipper

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» i_dig_vivaldi - Opera Etiquette at your first opera!

In response to Opera Etiquette at your first opera! posted by smileychipper:

I cried too! I cry in every Puccini opera

-- posted by i_dig_vivaldi

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» i_dig_vivaldi - Opera Etiquette at your first opera!

In response to Opera Etiquette at your first opera! posted by smileychipper:

I meant like I still do .. when it's dne right.

-- posted by i_dig_vivaldi

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» Bryce Westervelt - Opera Etiquette at your first opera!

In response to Opera Etiquette at your first opera! posted by i_dig_vivaldi:

Every Puccini opera? Wow...make sure you take tissues!

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» Smorg - Opera Etiquette at your first opera!

In response to Opera Etiquette at your first opera! posted by brycethetenor:

hoho.. I wish someone told me before going to my first opera not to have a big meal/drink a lot before hand... ;o) The lines to the loos are rivaled in length only by the lines to the Disney World rides!

Also... don't clap before the music ends! If (and very likely) no-one follows your lead, it's .... awkward.

Don't yell 'Brava' at the tenor!!!

And.. the great acoustic in the auditorium means that not only can you hear others... they can hear you as well (no matter how softly you think you're chewing on the macademia nuts)....

And talking about nuts. They tend to cause you to ..er... smell... after a while. Can you imagine sitting packed like canned sardines surrounded by glittering people who smell like they've had some trouble properly digesting a bucket of macademia nuts with the intermission still a good 30 min away? Perfumes aren't all that better, for that matter.

-- posted by Smorg

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» Bryce Westervelt - Opera Etiquette at your first opera!

In response to Opera Etiquette at your first opera! posted by Smorg:

"Brava to the tenor" is not recommended, you are right about that!

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» Smorg - Opera Etiquette at your first opera!

In response to Opera Etiquette at your first opera! posted by brycethetenor:

Thinking 'bout it a bit more...
Would it be taken as a compliment if I yell, 'Bravi!' at the soprano who sings 'Despina' the maid if she was good at all the impersonations?

;oP

-- posted by Smorg

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