Appropriate Clothes For Opera. Even the Wiener Musikverein home of the Vienna Philharmonic merely recommends elegant concert dress for their gala New Years Eve concert a rather vague standard. Slacks and a polo shirt would be fine.
I had a seat on the main floor and noticed an astonishing array of everything including tuxedos formal gowns furs sports jackets. Visit the Royal Opera House or the English National Opera and youll see dinner jackets and evening gowns rub shoulders with leather jackets and open-necked shirts. A dress is an easy solution and a good idea.
If you wouldnt wear it to visit a church in Rome dont wear it to the opera in Vienna.
A dress is an easy solution and a good idea. If youre in the standing sections expectations of dress are lower than for the seats. If you wouldnt wear it to visit a church in Rome dont wear it to the opera in Vienna. Sometimes its a projection to the sides or above the stage and in other places its a screen on the seat in front of you.