it can be done mostly in the evenings and you get to dress up but 4-5 hours is a long, hard slog if you are not an afficionado. I must say , i had more fun doing a matiné of Madame Butterfly at Covent Garden or standing in the "gods" in Vienna to hear Ruggiero Raimondi in Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an exhibition" and being able to go have dinner somewhere after.
it can be done mostly in the evenings and you get to dress up but 4-5 hours is a long, hard slog if you are not an afficionado. I must say , i had more fun doing a matiné of Madame Butterfly at Covent Garden or standing in the "gods" in Vienna to hear Ruggiero Raimondi in Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an exhibition" and being able to go have dinner somewhere after.
it can be done mostly in the evenings and you get to dress up but 4-5 hours is a long, hard slog if you are not an afficionado. I must say , i had more fun doing a matiné of Madame Butterfly at Covent Garden or standing in the "gods" in Vienna to hear Ruggiero Raimondi in Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an exhibition" and being able to go have dinner somewhere after.
The closest I will ever come to Bayreuth is my enjoyment at reading Artur Rubenstein's experience of attending in his "My Younger Years".