Maybe we're a little too laid back in Australia for our own good but I've always viewed going to the opera a terrific opportunity to dress up in a way I rarely get to. Equally, if I haven't had the time or money casual gear or day clothes have been just fine. A look around the audience has proved the same thing. Everything from dinner suits and diamond tiaras to dirty sneakers and thread bare jeans. I was a little surprised when this topic came up as it has always been a non- issue in this obscure corner of the world. My few trips to the Sydney Opera House were the same, but then again, they have been so few and far between and my own attitude is so laisse fare that I may have read the attitude there wrong. (Sydney is a thirteen hour car drive south of here.)
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