L'Elisir d'Amore
L'Elisir d'Amore L'Elisir d'Amore
Peter GeLb general manager JaMes LeViNe music director fabio Luisi Principal conductor board of directors Ann Ziff Chairman Kevin W. Kennedy President and Chief Executive Officer Mercedes T. Bass Vice Chairman William C. Morris Chairman of the Executive Committee Judith-Ann Corrente Secretary Betsy Cohen Treasurer Frayda B. Lindemann Vice President Christine F. Hunter Honorary Chairman James W. Kinnear Honorary Chairman Paul M. Montrone President Emeritus Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha Vice Chairman Emerita Managing Directors Adrienne Arsht Mercedes T. Bass Frank A. Bennack, Jr. Susan S. Braddock Jerome A. Chazen Betsy Cohen Leonard S. Coleman Judith-Ann Corrente Edgar Foster Daniels Jerry del Missier Mrs. Paul Desmarais Sr. Sanford H. Fisher Marina Kellen French Mark Getty Beth W. Glynn Eugene P. Grisanti Marlene Hess Christine F. Hunter Frederick Iseman John J. Noffo Kahn Kevin W. Kennedy James W. Kinnear Bruce Kovner Camille D. LaBarre Mrs. Walter J. Laughery, Jr. Harry T. Lee Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Frayda B. Lindemann William R. Miller Vivian Milstein William C. Morris Elena A. Prokupets Hartley R. Rogers Laura J. Sloate Howard Solomon Hon. David A. Straz, Jr. Ambassador Nicholas F. Taubman Mrs. Wilmer J. Thomas, Jr. Robert I. Toll Robert L. Turner Ann Ziff Honorary Directors Bruce Crawford Emily Fisher Landau Mrs. Alexander M. Laughlin Laurence D. Lovett James S. Marcus John K. McKinley Paul M. Montrone Dr. M. Lee Pearce Miss Risë Stevens Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha aDvisory Directors Josef Ackermann Marcos Arbaitman M. Beverly Bartner Ellen S. Berelson Stanley M. Bergman Glen W. Bowersock Eleanor N. Caulkins Nabil N. Chartouni Daniel C. Cochran Alberto Cribiore Rena DeSisto Gordon P. Getty F. Malcolm Graff, Jr. Nancy A. Green Ephraim Greenwall Ray J. Groves H. Alexandra Kauka Hamill William A. Haseltine Rolf Heitmeyer Perk Hixon Thomas J. Hubbard Tod Johnson Klaus Kleinfeld Dr. Herbert G. Kloiber Dr. David G. Knott Meyer G. Koplow Theodore A. Kurz Dominique Laffont Mitchell L. Lathrop Dr. Coco Lazaroff Andrew J. Martin-Weber Richard Massey Anne Welsh McNulty Mrs. Corbin R. Miller Harvey R. Miller Richard J. Miller, Jr. Linda Mirels William E. Mitchell Socrates Nicholas Ellen F. Oelsner Katharina Otto-Bernstein Kevin Parker Joseph R. Perella Miss Leontyne Price Winthrop Rutherfurd, Jr. Mrs. Arnold Schwartz Barry Shenkman Donald G. Sisler Jacqui Smith Daisy M. Soros Daniel F. Terry, Jr. John J. Veronis Arete S. Warren Cover: Anna Netrebko as Adina and Ambrogio Maestri as Dulcamara MeMbers of tHe association Mahmoud M. Abdallah R. Joseph Barnett Jane Beasley Mrs. Thomas S. Brush Van Cliburn Robert J. Cubitto Mrs. Bryant Reeve Dunn Robert G. Edge Beatrice Esteve Eugene M. Grant G. Morris Gurley Mrs. Randolph H. Guthrie O. Delton Harrison, Jr. Henry H. Hoyt, Jr. Mattiwilda Dobbs Janzon Mrs. Martin S. Kimmel W. Loeber Landau Mrs. Joan C. Long Arthur J. Mahon John L. McGraw Mrs. Peter H. Nicholas Sharon Robinson Joan C. Schwartz Mrs. William F. Sondericker Stephanie Landess Suslak Barry Tucker Mrs. Robert Wagenfeld Mrs. Ralph M. Wyman young associate Directors Alexa Bator Chae Lawrence S. Chu Diego De Giorgi Stephanie Potter Foster Heather H. Georges Matthew G. Hurd Vikas Kapoor Roelfien Kuijpers So-Chung Shinn Lee Helen Lee-Warren Harrison T. LeFrak Pedro Magalhães Mary E. Peck Evelyn M. M. Popp Itai Shoffman Langdon Van Norden, Jr. Christopher C. Warren Dale Westreich Satoko Yahata Simon Yates PHOTO: NiCk HEaViCaN / mETrOPOliTaN OPEra oPeNiNg Night gala L’Elisir d’Amore Monday, September 24, 2012
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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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