I've only been once to the Zurich Opera (OK, it coulda been the Tonhalle), and it was to see Rudolph Nureyev dance in something of his own choreography that resembled a Busby Berkeley musical done in costumes with long flowing capes designed by a mad Russian cossack. (You've seen The Incredibles on capes? It's not just a good rule for superheroes.)
It's not London. It's not Munchen. It's not Berlin. It's not Vienna. It's not Milan. Hell, it ain't even Venice. But, I'd go for the Mozart if you can stand the splurge. You're in the German part of CH, after all. I don't follow singers anymore, but it looks like it's got an err, international cast. Even if the staging looks a little, err, modern, you'll be surrounded by an echt opera house.
Opera on a Friday night is going to be about as formal as it gets, but wear the best of what you have.
Munchen used to have a rush for last minute seats on the night of the performance. The best I ever did was in the Bayerischen Rundfunk's booth, which was both primo and free. (They probably still have the rush, but I've not been back for many years.)
There wuz the time I ran up to a formally dressed couple in Munchen, one in a tux that I knew from the bars, one in a long white formal dress drag that I did not know, for some translating assistance...
There wuz the time the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra played in Munchen's Herkulessaal and started on the stroke of 8:00 pm, leaving at least 1/3 of the audience unseated...
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It's not London. It's not Munchen. It's not Berlin. It's not Vienna. It's not Milan. Hell, it ain't even Venice. But, I'd go for the Mozart if you can stand the splurge. You're in the German part of CH, after all. I don't follow singers anymore, but it looks like it's got an err, international cast. Even if the staging looks a little, err, modern, you'll be surrounded by an echt opera house.
Opera on a Friday night is going to be about as formal as it gets, but wear the best of what you have.
Munchen used to have a rush for last minute seats on the night of the performance. The best I ever did was in the Bayerischen Rundfunk's booth, which was both primo and free. (They probably still have the rush, but I've not been back for many years.)
There wuz the time I ran up to a formally dressed couple in Munchen, one in a tux that I knew from the bars, one in a long white formal dress drag that I did not know, for some translating assistance...
There wuz the time the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra played in Munchen's Herkulessaal and started on the stroke of 8:00 pm, leaving at least 1/3 of the audience unseated...