Superstitions

My first night at the opera in Florence. Not Verdi or Puccini, unfortunately. This one is by Strauss. I've been advised not to wear purple. Although it's the color of Fiorentina, the home team--they're called "Viola" for short, even--purple also is a funerary color and considered bad luck in the theater.

I guess it's no crazier than "Break a Leg!" or the curse of Macbeth...