Falstaff - Metropolitan Opera
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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 />
Mercedes T. Bass<br />
Frank A. Bennack, Jr.<br />
Susan S. Braddock<br />
Betsy Cohen<br />
Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.<br />
Judith-Ann Corrente<br />
Edgar Foster Daniels<br />
Rena De Sisto<br />
Jerry del Missier<br />
Mrs. Paul Desmarais Sr.<br />
Misook Doolittle<br />
Marina Kellen French<br />
Beth W. Glynn<br />
Eugene P. Grisanti<br />
Rolf Heitmeyer<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 />
Dafna Meitar-Nechmad<br />
Mrs. Corbin R. Miller<br />
William R. Miller<br />
Vivian Milstein<br />
William C. Morris<br />
Elena A. Prokupets<br />
Laura J. Sloate<br />
Howard Solomon<br />
Hon. David A. Straz, Jr.<br />
Ambassador Nicholas F. 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 />
Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha<br />
advisory<br />
Directors<br />
Josef Ackermann<br />
Marcos Arbaitman<br />
Adrienne Arsht<br />
M. Beverly Bartner<br />
Ellen S. Berelson<br />
Stanley M. Bergman<br />
Glen W. Bowersock<br />
Jacques E. Brand<br />
Nabil N. Chartouni<br />
Daniel C. Cochran<br />
Alberto Cribiore<br />
Gary B. Flom<br />
Gordon P. Getty<br />
Nancy A. Green<br />
Ephraim Greenwall<br />
Beth A. Grosshans<br />
Ray J. Groves<br />
H. Alexandra Kauka Hamill<br />
William A. Haseltine<br />
Perk Hixon<br />
Thomas J. Hubbard<br />
Linda E. Johnson<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 />
Dr. Richard J. Massey<br />
Anne Welsh McNulty<br />
Harvey R. Miller<br />
Richard J. Miller, Jr.<br />
Linda Mirels<br />
William E. Mitchell<br />
Ellen F. Oelsner<br />
Katharina Otto-Bernstein<br />
Joseph R. Perella<br />
Miss Leontyne Price<br />
Hartley R. Rogers<br />
Winthrop Rutherfurd, Jr.<br />
Sana H. Sabbagh<br />
Mrs. Arnold Schwartz<br />
Jacqui Smith<br />
Daisy M. Soros<br />
Richard S. Tedlow<br />
John J. Veronis<br />
Arete S. Warren<br />
Members of<br />
the Association<br />
Mahmoud M. Abdallah<br />
R. Joseph Barnett<br />
Jane Beasley<br />
Mrs. Thomas S. Brush<br />
Eleanor N. Caulkins<br />
Robert J. Cubitto<br />
Mrs. Bryant Reeve Dunn<br />
Robert G. Edge<br />
Beatrice Esteve<br />
Sanford H. Fisher<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 />
Sandra Ourusoff Massey<br />
John L. McGraw<br />
Mrs. Peter H. Nicholas<br />
Sharon Robinson<br />
Joan C. Schwartz<br />
Cynthia D. Sculco<br />
Mrs. William F. Sondericker<br />
Barry Tucker<br />
Mrs. Robert Wagenfeld<br />
Mrs. Ralph M. Wyman<br />
Young Associate<br />
Directors<br />
Alexa Bator Chae<br />
Diego De Giorgi<br />
Stephanie Potter Foster<br />
Heather H. Georges<br />
Matthew G. Hurd<br />
Vikas Kapoor<br />
Yung Hee Kim<br />
Joshua Kindler<br />
Melissa Ko<br />
So-Chung Shinn Lee<br />
Helen Lee-Warren<br />
Harrison T. LeFrak<br />
Pedro Magalhães<br />
Evelyn M. M. Popp<br />
Itai Shoffman<br />
Langdon Van Norden, Jr.<br />
Dale Westreich<br />
Satoko Yahata<br />
Simon Yates<br />
Cover: Ambrogio Maestri in the Covent Garden co-production of <strong>Falstaff</strong>. photo: catherine ashmore<br />
gala premiere<br />
<strong>Falstaff</strong><br />
Friday, December 6, 2013
Gala Chairman<br />
Misook Doolittle<br />
Gala Co-Chairmen<br />
Mercedes T. Bass<br />
Betsy and Ed Cohen<br />
Judith-Ann Corrente and Wim Kooyker<br />
Jane and Jerry del Missier<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 />
Production a gift of the<br />
Betsy and Ed Cohen / Areté Foundation Fund<br />
for New Productions & Revivals,<br />
and Harry and Misook Doolittle<br />
Additional funding from<br />
The Gilbert S. Kahn & John J. Noffo Kahn Foundation,<br />
and Mr. and Mrs. William R. Miller<br />
The Board of Directors and General Manager Peter Gelb<br />
invite you to the Gala Premiere of<br />
Verdi<br />
<strong>Falstaff</strong><br />
New Production<br />
Friday, December 6, 2013<br />
6:00 pm Cocktail Reception<br />
Balcony Level<br />
6:30 pm Dinner<br />
The Mercedes T. Bass Grand Tier<br />
8:00 pm Performance<br />
Intermission<br />
black tie<br />
Conductor James Levine<br />
Nannetta Lisette Oropesa<br />
Alice Ford Angela Meade<br />
Champagne and Dessert<br />
The Mercedes T. Bass Grand Tier<br />
Mistress Quickly Stephanie Blythe<br />
Meg Page Jennifer Johnson Cano<br />
Fenton Paolo Fanale*<br />
<strong>Falstaff</strong> Ambrogio Maestri<br />
Ford Franco Vassallo<br />
Production Robert Carsen<br />
Set Designer Paul Steinberg<br />
Costume Designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel<br />
Lighting designers Robert Carsen and Peter Van Praet*<br />
* debut<br />
A co-production of the <strong>Metropolitan</strong> <strong>Opera</strong>; Royal <strong>Opera</strong> House,<br />
Covent Garden; Teatro alla Scala, Milan; the Canadian <strong>Opera</strong> Company,<br />
Toronto; and De Nederlandse <strong>Opera</strong>, Amsterdam.
Verdi<br />
<strong>Falstaff</strong><br />
New Production<br />
Friday, December 6, 2013<br />
Gala Committee<br />
Gala Chairman<br />
Misook Doolittle<br />
Gala Co-Chairmen<br />
Mercedes T. Bass<br />
Betsy and Ed Cohen<br />
Judith-Ann Corrente<br />
and Wim Kooyker<br />
Jane and Jerry del Missier<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 />
Principal Sponsors<br />
BNY Mellon Wealth Management<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Kahn<br />
Prime Sponsors<br />
John and Carole French<br />
Judith M. Hoffman<br />
Ruth and Harvey Miller<br />
Amelia T. R. Starr and<br />
Matthew P. Ziehl<br />
Joseph Stewart<br />
Sponsors<br />
Ms. Angela A. Chao<br />
and Mr. Jim Breyer<br />
David Chou<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Max Goodson<br />
Dr. Beth Grosshans and<br />
Mr. Dennis Stattman<br />
Jean-Claude Gruffat<br />
Mrs. Alexandra Kauka Hamill<br />
and Mr. Sterling Morton Hamill<br />
Leonardus Hendrikx<br />
James Issler and Heather Jeltes<br />
James F. and Joan Sheets Jones<br />
Mrs. Shirley Maytag-King<br />
Joel Robert Melamed MD<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Miller, Jr.<br />
Leslie Powell and Stanley Stairs<br />
Tony Rosenthal and Ruth Ganister<br />
Sana Sabbagh<br />
Mark O. Schwartz<br />
Jean Shafiroff<br />
Committee Members<br />
Jacqueline B. Mars<br />
Beverly B. Yunich<br />
Anonymous<br />
(Committee in formation)
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