Opera Etiquette
While I reserve the right to comment further at a later date, for now I just need to make a couple remarks regarding opera guests.
- If you got all gussied up, drove to Fair Park and sat through multiple acts, could you please have the courtesy to stay through the final curtain and show your appreciation to the cast and musicians? Leaving before the lights come up is so disrespectful to the many individuals who put their heart and soul into creating an experience for you—the audience. And are you honestly going to get out of that chaotic parking lot that much sooner?!
- Please refrain from wearing black Crocs with your black suit. You may think they blend in. Let me tell you—they don’t.
And thanks for the tickets, big brother! I believe I discovered my favorite opera tonight!
posted by Jill Blevins @ 11:20 PM
1 Comments:
At February 19, 2009 at 2:05 AM ,
Smorg said...
I hear you. I get sort of jealous reading in various books about how great divas of the mid 20th century would draw 10+ curtain calls from the enthusiastic audience after particularly great performances... here in the USA!
The Europeans are still into it (a favorite soprano of mine, Edita Gruberova, drew a 37 minutes long curtain call when she sang Lucrezia Borgia at the Liceu in Barcelona last year).
Here in San Diego... there were folks leaving right when the curtain came down after a very good performance of an opera that was done by 9:45PM! Arrghhh! Not even the 'gotta catch the last train' excuse would fly there. Kudos to you for speaking out. :o)
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