Scottish Opera also graciously points out that there are no minimum limits for the indecisive. "If you can't make up your mind which role to support, Scottish Opera would be delighted to receive support at any level towards the production."

In return, all patrons will receive accreditation in SO programs. Depending on the amount of their sponsorship, donors may also receive tickets to parties with the cast, drinks receptions and signed photographs.

According to The Independent of London, SO was "inundated with requests" and each character had multiple sponsors.

"We started out looking for Ô£10,000 or Ô£11,000 and ended up raising Ô£44,000, which is absolutely amazing," Jane Nicolson, a spokeswoman for Scottish Opera, told the paper. "As far as we know we are the only opera company who has ever done anything like this. The thinking behind the idea was that as it is increasingly difficult to raise funds we thought we had to be a little more creative, but we didn't expect it to be so successful."