I'm not sure why people think opera is stuffy and pretentious. They do that sort of stuff a lot. I've been to a couple with full frontal nudity, and one that had a giant inflatable person they were giving an enema to (I can't remember which one or what the context was, but that bit definitely stood out!)

Opera was (and in Italy still is) a popular entertainment. I blame the Victorians for "elevating" it to high art and getting all pretentious about it. Should be sexy, rambunctious and very very funny - like Shakespeare. Sounds like a great production of the Abduction though.

sounds like fun

um yeah, isn't the full title Abduction from the Seraglio? It's right there in the title.

Er, is there a non hedonistic type of sex club?

Lol