A friend of mine went to Sicily a couple of years ago, and I suggested she go to the opera while she was in Palermo. She scoffed. A matinee would have been $20 or so. I looked it up later on the internet and they were performing something by Rossini. $20 to hear an opera by Rossini in the Teatro Massimo (incredible building, from pictures I've seen), but she passed on the opportunity. She loves football games, though. Sit through hours of a game with atom-sized figures running around on a field, but no Rossini. She looked at me like I was a toad when I suggested the opera.