Tickets for performances are sold not in the theater, but in the underpass near the Duomo, a 5-minute walk away. There was just one ticket to the box for me, but I was not ready to pay for it almost as much as I paid for the flight to Milan and back. In addition, I needed a black evening suit, which I would not take on a trip for the sake of one visit to the opera. Despite the democratic nature of Milan (where else can you meet a lady in a chic fur coat on a bicycle? ), the theater is in another dimension.→