what is appropriate attire at an opera or ballet in Paris

Just as some men might wear formal attire to a night at the opera in New York, you could do that in Paris too.<BR><BR>Or any nice suit would put you in the upper/middle half of how men are dressed.<BR><BR>And a practical alternative, especially in warmer weather would be a solid dark blazer over a complementary dark lightweight turtleneck or &quot;dress&quot; t-shirt.<BR><BR>There will be some men who are more &quot;dressed down&quot; than this. Presumably wouldn't want fashion advice.<BR>

You can wear just about anything that would not get you arrested!!<BR>My wife and I went to the Opera Bastille, and we brought along some dressy clothes for the occation because we were sitting in the high priced seats. So we turned up all turned out, and sat down next to a man elegantly clad in a very formal black T-shirt!<BR><BR>We saw everything from jewels to jeans!<BR><BR>The same dress patterns were true in Vienna, New York (at the Metropolitan Opera) and Munich. My standard attire of a dark blue sports jacket, tie, and grey slacks works quite well. My wife usually has her long black dress that resists wrinkles.<BR>At home she would have a necklace and ear rings but, on the road, she tries not to draw attention, so the spangles and dangles are very subdued. If anything, she is a little overdressed for the upper balcony. <BR>

We had the same experience as Bob and his wife. I was sorry we dragged along extra clothes for the event. Although I wouldn't want to have gone in jeans and a t-shirt (like some of the people seated near us in the most expensive seats) were dressed, we certainly didn't need to have brought extra things to wear--what we wore to several nice restaurants (nice shirt and heels for me, sports jacket and nice pants for my husband) would have been fine.

So long as you have a ticket, it just doesn't matter. Others will be wearing anything and everything imaginable. Best is to dress for whatever you have planned for before or after...

One thing I might add that could influence what you have on is that those opera houses are often HOT or HOTTER in early fall. In Paris, Vienna, and Munich we have sweltered. It was so hot in Vienna that I said to H((( with it and took of my jacket, and I was still hot.<BR>I wonder if those building are hot in January?? They sure are in September!<BR>Even the Met last Saturday was uncomfortably warm to the extent that I came out of my coat, with the same reasoning as in Europe. I'll be ((&amp;(* if I am going to pay top dollar to sit at some flipping opera and be miserable!!<BR>

Bob how do u where a jacket in the standing room section? Isnt that kinda odd?

I have not the slighest idea how to where a jacket. I never used the word &quot;where&quot; as a verb.<BR>

The whereing of the jacket reminds me of the two old gals at the retirement home, both in laws after my father's second marriage.<BR>The older of the two was 102 at the time; her daughter was about 84. Both used powerful hearing aids, but still had trouble. One afternoon one of the great grand daughters came for a visit with her Walkman and a new Cd. Trying to make conversation, her grandmother asked her where she got the CD. The answer: &quot;Wherehouse Music.&quot;<BR>The great grandmother got a little confused on where the girl had made her purchase.<BR>In translation it came not where but something relatively close. The other people in the room got quite a charge out of it, particularly as it had to be repeated two or three times for some of the other seniors. You can build your own scenario.<BR><BR>