Unbalanced Vision

Brompton Buddies

Early Bird Buddies

Outside:
1) There's certainly no need to arrive at the wee hours of 7.30; it would be safe enough just to stand behind the small queue at 8 to 8.30. (Was haunted by the experience of the Apple store opening.)
2) Bring magazines and papers to read or to sit on.
3) Buy a nice, warm cup of hot chocolate from the nearby Starbucks.

Inside:
1) The opera house is like a maze--arrive early to find your seat.
2) Buy seats in the back not because they are cheaper, but because it wouldn't be so obvious if you doze off. On second thoughts, bring a pillow.
3) The scary fecund couple, Papagino and Papagina, in The Magic Flute may inspire fertility.