Dress code for a daytime performance at Palais Garnier

You will fit right in. We’ve been three times in the evening and just wore our touring “uniforms” - jeans and a button down shirt for my husband; black top and skirt with a cardigan for me. We saw many locals in jeans.

Maybe you have seen locals with jeans at palais Garnier. But for me, I would juge it as total bad manners and find this even worse when done by locals...
but people are more and more uneducated.
Going to Palais Garnier is something exceptional, so exceptional that many French people, even from Paris, do not have the means to afford it. Also exceptional from all the history of the building and the long ballet history.
Therefore I feel somebody who can afford Palais Garnier and not get a nice well cut pair of trousers with a shirt with a tie or bow tie ( in winter with a jacket) does not show the respect it owes. If ever I would go to a representation at Broadway’s, I would do my utmost to do my best. My companion is Parisian and would not allow this.

The Sunday noon concerts have been designed by the Opera de Paris to attract a wider audience. I’ve attended them and they are casual in the Parisian way. So your dark jeans/0xford shirt and sweater will be fine, with nicer casual shoes. Here is what the Opera website says about dress code:

There is no particular dress code. However, we do request that you dress suitably. On gala evenings, a dark suit is suggested for gentlemen and a dress for ladies.

Extrapolating backwards from that, you will be fine as you propose.

By the way, strikes have caused cancellations of some recent performances, so check a day or so before your date to confirm.

Two very different perspectives. Thank you. I get your point, Francois, at least to a degree,but I would emphasize that this is a daytime concert that frankly cost little more than the cinema. It’s not the Opéra or ballet. And because of that, I’m not convinced it requires us to dress up.

And even if we dressed up, it would still be on the casual side. There’s no way my husband is bringing a sport coat. Space in our luggage with heavier winter clothes is already at a premium. But if we have to find room for some dress slacks or a skirt/sweater/dress shoes, I can try. I’d just rather not for two to three hours of wear. Call me gauche, I guess. But so long as we’re not alone in our casual dress, I could live with that.

Oop, Barbara. I posted before I saw your response. Thank you for that. It was most helpful. I’ll likely try to bring an outfit. I’m more concerned with my husband. He’s rather tall and it takes very little in the way of clothes to fill his suitcase!

Indyhiker,
I had not understood it was for a day representation.
I did not think of a coat, just a jacket and my point was more on the cut of the trousers, not so much the colour ( could be beige, dark green, dark blue, dark grey (Cotton, velvet, flannel for evening) but for day representations, some well cut jeans would do. If your husband wear a dark jeans maybe he could wear a fine belt with it.
For yourself, a nice dress with a nice collar or some earrings or a broach would do .... but not the 3 of them ;-), specially during daytime.
I do not know when you are going but all France ( transports, radio, muséums, doctors, nurses, lawyers, etc.) has been on strike for 7 weeks now and before going you’d better check their website.

Oh my goodness , contrary to previous post , most people do NOT care what you wear to an afternoon of music - only the silliest people will care

Thanks again for the various perspectives. I’m sure we’ll make appropriate choices. I will say that packing for a winter trip is more challenging from a space perspective. We usually travel in May and September.