v operu vs. na operu

[Laura Goering]

Dear colleagues:

My local native sources don't agree, so I would appreciate some more 
opinions.  At issue is whether the choice of verb (ezdita' vs. khodit') 
makes a difference and also whether a one-time trip is different from 
multiple trips.

Which of the following are correct, which are impossible and which are 
both possible:

Zachem moei babe vechernee plat'e? Chtoby khodit' na operu./ Chtoby 
khodit' v operu.

Ia byla na diskoteke, ezdila na operu, byla v muzee. / Ia byla na 
diskoteke, ezdila v operu, byla v muzee. [In this one the context rules 
out "khodila na operu."]

Ia govoriu po-iaponski, chasto khozhu na operu, spliu malo/ Ia govoriu 
po-iaponski, chasto khozhu v operu, spliu malo. [Context is someone 
talking about himself.]

Please reply off-list to lgoering at carleton.edu.

Spasibo!

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Laura Goering
Professor of Russian
Chair, Dept. of German and Russian
Carleton College
Northfield, MN 55057
lgoering at carleton.edu

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