METROPOLITAN
OPERA OPENING
NIGHT GALA
The Metropolitan Opera debuted
its new season Sept. 23 with a performance of Peter Tchaikovsky’s
Eugene Onegin. The gala performance followed a cocktail party
and, after the première, guests
enjoyed dinner in Damrosch Park
at Lincoln Center. Valery Gergiev
conducted the opening-night
performance, which starred Anna
Netrebko, Mariusz Kwiecie; and
Piotr Beczała.
TOP ROW FROM LEFT: Opera singers Isabel
Leonard and Sondra Radvanovsky; Met
chairman Ann Zi; and Mariusz Kwiecie;;
Met Opera GM Peter Gelb with Plácido
Domingo; BOTTOM ROW FROM LEFT:
Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta;
musician Patti Smith; actress Diane
Kruger; actor Dan Stevens; and the gala
dinner in Damrosch Park.
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