L'Elisir d'Amore
L'Elisir d'Amore
L'Elisir d'Amore
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Peter GeLb general manager<br />
JaMes LeViNe music director<br />
fabio Luisi Principal conductor<br />
board of directors<br />
Ann Ziff<br />
Chairman<br />
Kevin W. Kennedy<br />
President and<br />
Chief Executive Officer<br />
Mercedes T. Bass<br />
Vice Chairman<br />
William C. Morris<br />
Chairman of the<br />
Executive Committee<br />
Judith-Ann Corrente<br />
Secretary<br />
Betsy Cohen<br />
Treasurer<br />
Frayda B. Lindemann<br />
Vice President<br />
Christine F. Hunter<br />
Honorary Chairman<br />
James W. Kinnear<br />
Honorary Chairman<br />
Paul M. Montrone<br />
President Emeritus<br />
Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha<br />
Vice Chairman Emerita<br />
Managing<br />
Directors<br />
Adrienne Arsht<br />
Mercedes T. Bass<br />
Frank A. Bennack, Jr.<br />
Susan S. Braddock<br />
Jerome A. Chazen<br />
Betsy Cohen<br />
Leonard S. Coleman<br />
Judith-Ann Corrente<br />
Edgar Foster Daniels<br />
Jerry del Missier<br />
Mrs. Paul Desmarais Sr.<br />
Sanford H. Fisher<br />
Marina Kellen French<br />
Mark Getty<br />
Beth W. Glynn<br />
Eugene P. Grisanti<br />
Marlene Hess<br />
Christine F. Hunter<br />
Frederick Iseman<br />
John J. Noffo Kahn<br />
Kevin W. Kennedy<br />
James W. Kinnear<br />
Bruce Kovner<br />
Camille D. LaBarre<br />
Mrs. Walter J. Laughery, Jr.<br />
Harry T. Lee<br />
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer<br />
Frayda B. Lindemann<br />
William R. Miller<br />
Vivian Milstein<br />
William C. Morris<br />
Elena A. Prokupets<br />
Hartley R. Rogers<br />
Laura J. Sloate<br />
Howard Solomon<br />
Hon. David A. Straz, Jr.<br />
Ambassador Nicholas F.<br />
Taubman<br />
Mrs. Wilmer J. Thomas, Jr.<br />
Robert I. Toll<br />
Robert L. Turner<br />
Ann Ziff<br />
Honorary<br />
Directors<br />
Bruce Crawford<br />
Emily Fisher Landau<br />
Mrs. Alexander M. Laughlin<br />
Laurence D. Lovett<br />
James S. Marcus<br />
John K. McKinley<br />
Paul M. Montrone<br />
Dr. M. Lee Pearce<br />
Miss Risë Stevens<br />
Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha<br />
aDvisory Directors<br />
Josef Ackermann<br />
Marcos Arbaitman<br />
M. Beverly Bartner<br />
Ellen S. Berelson<br />
Stanley M. Bergman<br />
Glen W. Bowersock<br />
Eleanor N. Caulkins<br />
Nabil N. Chartouni<br />
Daniel C. Cochran<br />
Alberto Cribiore<br />
Rena DeSisto<br />
Gordon P. Getty<br />
F. Malcolm Graff, Jr.<br />
Nancy A. Green<br />
Ephraim Greenwall<br />
Ray J. Groves<br />
H. Alexandra Kauka Hamill<br />
William A. Haseltine<br />
Rolf Heitmeyer<br />
Perk Hixon<br />
Thomas J. Hubbard<br />
Tod Johnson<br />
Klaus Kleinfeld<br />
Dr. Herbert G. Kloiber<br />
Dr. David G. Knott<br />
Meyer G. Koplow<br />
Theodore A. Kurz<br />
Dominique Laffont<br />
Mitchell L. Lathrop<br />
Dr. Coco Lazaroff<br />
Andrew J. Martin-Weber<br />
Richard Massey<br />
Anne Welsh McNulty<br />
Mrs. Corbin R. Miller<br />
Harvey R. Miller<br />
Richard J. Miller, Jr.<br />
Linda Mirels<br />
William E. Mitchell<br />
Socrates Nicholas<br />
Ellen F. Oelsner<br />
Katharina Otto-Bernstein<br />
Kevin Parker<br />
Joseph R. Perella<br />
Miss Leontyne Price<br />
Winthrop Rutherfurd, Jr.<br />
Mrs. Arnold Schwartz<br />
Barry Shenkman<br />
Donald G. Sisler<br />
Jacqui Smith<br />
Daisy M. Soros<br />
Daniel F. Terry, Jr.<br />
John J. Veronis<br />
Arete S. Warren<br />
Cover: Anna Netrebko as Adina and Ambrogio Maestri as Dulcamara<br />
MeMbers of<br />
tHe association<br />
Mahmoud M. Abdallah<br />
R. Joseph Barnett<br />
Jane Beasley<br />
Mrs. Thomas S. Brush<br />
Van Cliburn<br />
Robert J. Cubitto<br />
Mrs. Bryant Reeve Dunn<br />
Robert G. Edge<br />
Beatrice Esteve<br />
Eugene M. Grant<br />
G. Morris Gurley<br />
Mrs. Randolph H. Guthrie<br />
O. Delton Harrison, Jr.<br />
Henry H. Hoyt, Jr.<br />
Mattiwilda Dobbs Janzon<br />
Mrs. Martin S. Kimmel<br />
W. Loeber Landau<br />
Mrs. Joan C. Long<br />
Arthur J. Mahon<br />
John L. McGraw<br />
Mrs. Peter H. Nicholas<br />
Sharon Robinson<br />
Joan C. Schwartz<br />
Mrs. William F. Sondericker<br />
Stephanie Landess Suslak<br />
Barry Tucker<br />
Mrs. Robert Wagenfeld<br />
Mrs. Ralph M. Wyman<br />
young associate<br />
Directors<br />
Alexa Bator Chae<br />
Lawrence S. Chu<br />
Diego De Giorgi<br />
Stephanie Potter Foster<br />
Heather H. Georges<br />
Matthew G. Hurd<br />
Vikas Kapoor<br />
Roelfien Kuijpers<br />
So-Chung Shinn Lee<br />
Helen Lee-Warren<br />
Harrison T. LeFrak<br />
Pedro Magalhães<br />
Mary E. Peck<br />
Evelyn M. M. Popp<br />
Itai Shoffman<br />
Langdon Van Norden, Jr.<br />
Christopher C. Warren<br />
Dale Westreich<br />
Satoko Yahata<br />
Simon Yates<br />
PHOTO: NiCk HEaViCaN / mETrOPOliTaN OPEra<br />
oPeNiNg Night gala<br />
L’Elisir d’Amore<br />
Monday, September 24, 2012
Gala chairman<br />
Judith-Ann Corrente<br />
Gala co-chairmen/Underwriters<br />
Mercedes T. Bass<br />
Betsy and Ed Cohen<br />
Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin<br />
Mary and Michael Jaharis<br />
Karen and Kevin Kennedy<br />
William C. and Susan F. Morris<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Solomon<br />
Ann Ziff<br />
corporate chairman<br />
Jacques Brand<br />
Global Head of Investment Banking Coverage and Advisory<br />
Deutsche Bank<br />
corporate Vice chairman<br />
Gary B. Flom<br />
President and Chief Executive Officer<br />
Manhattan Jaguar<br />
Production a gift of the Monteforte Foundation, Inc.,<br />
in honor of Wim Kooyker<br />
The Met is grateful to Deutsche Bank for underwriting<br />
the Opening Night Gala for the twelfth consecutive year.<br />
Additional funding provided by Manhattan Jaguar<br />
The Met’s Board of Directors and General Manager Peter Gelb<br />
invite you to Opening Night of the 2012–13 season<br />
Donizetti<br />
L’Elisir d’Amore<br />
New ProductioN Premiere<br />
Monday, September 24, 2012<br />
6:00 pm<br />
Committee Cocktail Reception<br />
The Mercedes T. Bass Grand Tier<br />
7:00 pm<br />
Performance<br />
Post-performance Cast Dinner<br />
The Tent in Damrosch Park<br />
black tie<br />
ConduCtor Maurizio Benini<br />
AdinA Anna Netrebko<br />
nemorino Matthew Polenzani<br />
BelCore Mariusz Kwiecien<br />
dulCAmArA Ambrogio Maestri<br />
ProduCtion Bartlett Sher<br />
Set deSigner Michael Yeargan<br />
CoStume deSigner Catherine Zuber<br />
lighting deSigned By Jennifer Tipton
opening night gala<br />
L’Elisir d’Amore<br />
Monday, September 24, 2012<br />
Gala Committee<br />
Gala Chairman<br />
Judith-Ann Corrente<br />
Co-Chairmen/Underwriters<br />
Mercedes T. Bass<br />
Betsy and Ed Cohen<br />
Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin<br />
Mary and Michael Jaharis<br />
Karen and Kevin Kennedy<br />
William C. and Susan F. Morris<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Solomon<br />
Ann Ziff<br />
Corporate Chairman<br />
Jacques Brand<br />
Global Head of Investment Banking<br />
Coverage and Advisory<br />
Deutsche Bank<br />
Corporate ViCe Chairman<br />
Gary B. Flom<br />
President and Chief Executive Officer<br />
Manhattan Jaguar<br />
ViCe Chairmen<br />
Jane and Jerry del Missier<br />
Mrs. Paul Desmarais Sr.<br />
Katherine Farley and<br />
Jerry I. Speyer/Tishman Speyer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hess<br />
Suzie and Bruce Kovner<br />
prinCipal BenefaCtors<br />
Stanley and Marion Bergman<br />
Beth and Gary Glynn<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Green<br />
Frederick Iseman<br />
John Noffo Kahn<br />
Dr. David G. Knott and<br />
Ms. Françoise Girard<br />
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and<br />
Joseph Neubauer<br />
Ambassador and Mrs.<br />
Nicholas F. Taubman<br />
George and Lydia Weiss<br />
BenefaCtors<br />
Adrienne Arsht<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Diego De Giorgi<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Diassi<br />
Harry and Misook Doolittle<br />
Foundation<br />
Amparo Espinosa<br />
Christine F. Hunter<br />
Nancy Louise Jones<br />
Christian K. Keesee<br />
Richard J. Massey<br />
The John P. and Anne Welsh<br />
McNulty Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Hartley R. Rogers<br />
prinCipal sponsors<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Benenson<br />
Judith and Arnold Bluff<br />
Samantha and Nabil Chartouni<br />
Ann L. Johnson<br />
Henry & Elaine Kaufman<br />
Foundation, Inc.<br />
Robert L. Turner<br />
Anonymous (2)<br />
prime sponsors<br />
Yuki and Alex Bouzari<br />
Harry D. Harper MD<br />
Marsha and Carl Hewitt<br />
Vicki and Chris Kellogg<br />
Bertita and Guillermo L. MartÍnez<br />
Socrates Nicholas and<br />
Gerard F. Bell<br />
Anka K. Palitz<br />
Cynthia Hazen Polsky and<br />
Leon Polsky<br />
Mrs. A.M. Rosenthal<br />
Gary and Paget Stanco<br />
sponsors<br />
Robert and Adrienne Birnbaum<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Buckfire<br />
The Hon. Mrs. H. Beecher Chapin<br />
Simona and Jerome Chazen<br />
Elizabeth De Cuevas<br />
Flavia M. Gale<br />
Richard and Elizabeth Gilbert<br />
David & Lorna Gladstone Foundation<br />
Lance J. Gotko and Paul A. Caddell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gunther E. Greiner<br />
John and Carmen Grossman<br />
Stanley & Nancy Grossman<br />
Family Foundation<br />
H. Alexandra Kauka Hamill and<br />
Sterling Morton Hamill<br />
Anneliese Harstick<br />
Dr. Horst and Heike Heimbach<br />
Molly K. Heines and<br />
Thomas J. Moloney<br />
Rolf Heitmeyer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Werner Klinkau<br />
Anne C. Kolker, M.D.<br />
Camille and Dennis LaBarre<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Laughery, Jr.<br />
Dr. Jan Lessem<br />
Mark Loewen<br />
Peter and Jocelyn Luongo<br />
Gina Giumarra MacArthur<br />
Ann Marie Bryan-McCaughan<br />
Joel Robert Melamed MD<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Corbin R. Miller<br />
Gillian and Sylvester Miniter<br />
Linda Mirels<br />
William E. and Jan S. Mitchell<br />
Georgette Mosbacher<br />
Ms. Evgenia Mysina<br />
Lynn Nesbit<br />
Alf and Bibbi Sollevi<br />
Daisy and Paul Soros<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. Suskind<br />
Xerox Foundation<br />
Liza R. Zaneri<br />
Anonymous (2)<br />
Committee memBers<br />
Fred and Barbara Colin<br />
Jean and Philip Corso<br />
Lee MacCormick Edwards, Ph.D.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Friedman<br />
Claude Nicaise<br />
Mickey Rolfe<br />
The Rolfe Company, Inc.<br />
Eleanor and Harry Schick<br />
Christa Schutz<br />
Robert and Jane Toll<br />
Wolfensohn Family Foundation<br />
Anonymous<br />
(As of June 13, 2012)
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