NEW YEAR’S EVE GALA STARRING ANNA NETREBKO

NEW YEAR’S EVE GALA STARRING ANNA NETREBKO

DECEMBER 31, 2019 METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE

The Board of Directors and

General Manager Peter Gelb invite you

to a New Year’s Eve Gala starring

Anna Netrebko in fully staged

acts from the Met’s grand productions

of three classic Puccini operas.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE

LINCOLN CENTER

Performance at 5:30PM. Dinner and dancing to

follow on the Mercedes T. Bass Grand Tier

BlaCk tie

PUCCINI

LA BOHÈME ACT I

Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, Quinn Kelsey, Davide Luciano, Christian Van Horn, Arthur Woodley

PUCCINI

TOSCA ACT I

Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov, Evgeny Nikitin, Patrick Carfizzi

PUCCINI

TURANDOT ACT II

Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov

CONDUCTOR: Yannick Nézet-Séguin

NEW YEAR’S EVE GALA CO-CHAIRMEN

Mercedes T. Bass Ann Ziff

The Metropolitan Opera

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERSAnn Ziff Chairman

Dr. Frayda B. Lindemann President and Chief Executive Officer

Mercedes T. Bass Vice Chair

William C. Morris Chair of the Executive Committee

Jeanette Lerman-NeubauerSecretary

Betsy CohenTreasurer

Tod Johnson Vice President

Christine F. HunterHonorary Chair

James W. Kinnear Honorary Chair

Paul M. Montrone President Emeritus

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMercedes T. BassFrank A. Bennack, Jr.Betsy CohenJudith-Ann CorrenteElizabeth M. EveillardEkkehart Hassels-WeilerChristine F. HunterTod JohnsonJeanette Lerman-NeubauerDr. Frayda B. LindemannWilliam C. MorrisRobert L. TurnerAnn Ziff

Peter GelbGeneral Manager

MANAGING DIRECTORSMrs. Veronica AtkinsMercedes T. BassFrank A. Bennack, Jr.C. Graham Berwind, IIISusan S. BraddockNoreen BuckfireAlexa Bator ChaeNabil N. ChartouniBetsy CohenLeonard S. Coleman, Jr.Judith-Ann CorrenteRena De SistoElizabeth M. EveillardKenneth R. FeinbergMarina Kellen FrenchBeth A. GrosshansEkkehart Hassels-WeilerRolf HeitmeyerMarlene HessH. M. Agnes Hsu-Tang, Ph.D.Christine F. HunterFrederick IsemanDavid Henry JacobsTod JohnsonJames W. KinnearBruce KovnerCamille D. LaBarreHarry T. LeeJeanette Lerman-NeubauerDr. Frayda B. LindemannFrances MarzioKathryn A. MillerWilliam C. MorrisSana H. SabbaghLaura J. Sloate Marc I. SternHon. David A. Straz, Jr.

Ambassador Nicholas F. TaubmanDouglas Dockery ThomasRobert I. TollRobert L. TurnerAnn Ziff

HONORARY DIRECTORSBruce CrawfordEdgar Foster DanielsEmily Fisher LandauMrs. Walter J. Laughery, Jr.Mrs. Alexander M. LaughlinPaul M. MontroneHoward Solomon

ADVISORY DIRECTORSM. Beverly BartnerEllen S. BerelsonStephen BergerStanley M. BergmanMs. Angela ChaoDaniel C. CochranCarol E. DominaGordon P. GettyRichard GilbertNancy A. GreenH. Alexandra Kauka HamillHoward W. HunterLinda E. JohnsonDr. Herbert G. KloiberDr. David G. KnottTheodore A. KurzDominique LaffontMarguerite L. LeeHelen Y. LittleAndrew J. Martin-WeberDafna Meitar-NechmadRichard J. Miller, Jr.

William R. MillerLinda MirelsFranci NeelyMarta NottebohmEllen F. OelsnerKatharina Otto-Bernstein Miss Leontyne PriceDr. Steve PrystowskyDonna Kesselman Raggio, M.D.Mark H. RosenbergWinthrop Rutherfurd, Jr.Jacqui SmithDaisy M. SorosKimberly V. StraussJohn J. VeronisArete S. Warren

MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATIONMahmoud M. AbdallahDr. Joan Taub AdesAgnieszka R. BalabanR. Joseph BarnettJane BeasleyEleanor N. CaulkinsDr. Patrizia A. CavazzoniBetsy CohnRobert J. CubittoRobert G. EdgeBeatrice EsteveBryan M. FabianoSanford H. FisherHeather H. GeorgesRosalind GlaserG. Morris GurleyBarbara GussMrs. Randolph H. GuthrieO. Delton Harrison, Jr.Erik Hartmann

Ronnie S. Hawkins Matthew G. HurdVikas KapoorMrs. Martin S. KimmelKlaus Kleinfeld Meyer G. KoplowC. Thomas KunzSandra Ourusoff MasseyJohn L. McGrawMrs. Peter H. NicholasCynthia D. SculcoPaul J. SekhriMrs. William F. SonderickerJackson TaiBarry TuckerGeorge L. Van AmsonSharon WeeMichael J. Woods

YOUNG ASSOCIATE DIRECTORSAmanda S. BrainerdMarco Fiorese Jordan A. D. FudgeRobert M. IommazzoSo-Chung Shinn LeePedro MagalhãesJulie Warner McAskinMaxwell J. MurphyEvelyn M. M. PoppChad J. ShampineItai ShoffmanSiddhartha ShuklaKevin M. TagamiEric S. WeiSatoko Yahata

Yannick Nézet-SéguinJeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director

Cover photo: Anna Netrebko as Tosca KEN HOWARD / MET OPERA

GALA COMMITTEE

GALA CO-CHAIRMEN

Mercedes T. Bass

Ann Ziff

PRINCIPAL BENEFACTORS

C. Graham Berwind, III

Ekkehart Hassels-Weiler

John C. and Sylvia M. Hughes

Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation

Lloyd E. Rigler–Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation

Denise Littlefield Sobel

BENEFACTOR

Hermione Foundation, Laura J. Sloate Trustee

PRINCIPAL SPONSORS

Seifi and Ellen GhasemiFrances MarzioWilliam C. and Susan F. MorrisFranci NeelyPaiko FoundationBarbara and Donald Tober

PRIME SPONSORS

F. Hugh and Sandra BucknerElizabeth and Jean-Marie EveillardKenneth R. Feinberg and Camille S. BirosMr. Leonardus HendrikxBruce Horten and Aaron LieberTeresa and Antonio MaderoMr. Jeffrey J. Rosen Robert and Janie SchwalbeDr. Michael and Mrs. Beth StoneJackson and Kay TaiRobert L. TurnerLauren and John VeronisKen and Dorothy Woodcock

NEW YEAR’S EVE GALA STARRING ANNA NETREBKOTuesday, December 31, 2019

SPONSORS

Marcia and Larry AremMadeleine BennettMr. Murat BeyazitSteven and Betsy BushThe Rev. Sarah Buxton-Smith and The Rev. Dr. Stephen J.S. SmithSimona and Jerome A. ChazenDavid ChouMr. and Mrs. Geoffrey GundDr. Beth Grosshans and Mr. Dennis StattmanMr. Reuben Gutoff and Dr. Ellen Siroka RobinsonSusan Hinkson and Frank CarlingKrystal HoudeMelissa HughesRichard P. Krasnow and Nancy MeyrichDrs. Marc Ladanyi and Maureen F. ZakowskiEric and Dominique LaffontSharon Ley and Robert LietzowJoel Robert Melamed MDJudith and Gary MoomjianYasuko Noguchi and George SheldenMarta Nottebohm

Charlotte PrinceFahmi Quadir, Safkhet Capital ManagementDr. Michael and Ursula RitterMr. and Mrs. Claude RoessigerKim RuskaDavid SelaLyn SilfenSouthampton Hunt and Polo ClubMarjorie and Michael SternHiroaki and Megumi TeraoElena VolkovaSheila Wolfe

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Nancy and Jim BartonJoan and Hy BloomDottie Litwin Brief and Dr. Donald BriefDiane BritzSarah and Thatcher BrownNoreen and Kenneth BuckfireLinda and Arthur CarterReed and Ann ColemanBeverly D’Anne-Mognaz and Guy MognazRon Filler Robert and Effie Fribourg Anthony Gallo

Margaret Duffy and Eugene F. GaughanJohn Harris and Don PressBeth and Larry HorowitzLinda Lewis and William Buford LewisMr. and Mrs. Herbert M. LoblJohn M. and Elizabeth W. LoderMiriam MangotDame Josephine MarchettaRoseanne MorrisonScott RudinSana H. SabbaghBarry TuckerDr. and Mrs. A. Wiener Anonymous (2)

(committee in formation)