Galas & Special Events
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John Adams’s El Niño
Gala Premiere
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
The Met celebrates the return of eminent American composer John Adams with a gala event featuring a cocktail reception and dinner before curtain followed by dessert and Champagne at intermission. Adams’s acclaimed opera-oratorio has its long-awaited company premiere in a moving, fully staged new production that marks the Met debut of Lileana Blain-Cruz and brings together four fierce champions of new opera: Marin Alsop, one of the great conductors of our time; soprano Julia Bullock, a leading voice on and off stage; radiant mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges; and pathbreaking bass-baritone Davone Tines.
Production a gift of C. Graham Berwind, III
El Niño is part of the Neubauer Family Foundation New Works Initiative
- 6PM Cocktail Reception
- 6:30PM Gala Dinner
- 8PM Performance
- Intermission Champagne and Dessert
- BLACK TIE
El Niño Gala Committee
GALA CHAIRMEN
Al Roker and Deborah Roberts
GALA CO-CHAIRMEN
C. Graham Berwind, III
Cindy and Tod Johnson
Sheila Johnson and William T. Newman, Jr.
Matthew Christopher Pietras
Ann Ziff
PRIME BENEFACTOR
Bloomberg Philanthropies
PRINCIPAL SPONSORS
Stephen Novick
Judith-Ann Corrente
Barbara Walkowski
PRIME SPONSORS
Malcolm McCulloch and Alice Hunt
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin N. Pyne
SPONSORS
David Chou
Christopher Doumas
Robin Fowler
Nancy Greenblatt
Judith M. Hoffman
Lara Marcon and J.V. Kodali
Dr. Pamela Marron
Ms. Monika McLennan
Matthew Rooney
Howard and Sarah D. Solomon Foundation
Marian M. Warden
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Cynthia Bagby
William Buffett and Susan Kennedy
Kevin and Jennifer Woodruff
Committee as of April 10, 2024
On Stage at the Met
Honoring Barbara Tober
Monday, May 20, 2024
On Monday, May 20th, the Metropolitan Opera will honor Barbara Tober for her steadfast and ardent support of the company, and for her towering achievements as a philanthropist and patron of the arts.
The On Stage at the Met gala, which takes place on the magnificent stage at the opera house in New York, will feature a black-tie dinner, dancing, and performances by extraordinary Met artists. We hope you will join us in celebrating Mrs. Tober on this very special evening.
On Stage at the Met
Gala Committee
Peter Marino
GALA CHAIRMAN
Frank Sciame
GALA CO-CHAIRMAN
LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE
Deborah Borda
Joel Ehrenkranz
Isabelle Harnoncourt Feigen
Carole Bailey French and John French III
Agnes Hsu-Tang and Oscar Tang
Leonard A. Lauder and Judy Glickman Lauder
Daisy M. Soros
Henry Timms
UNDERWRITERS
Barbara Tober
Ann Ziff
BENEFACTOR
Bloomberg Philanthropies
PRINCIPAL SPONSORS
Graham Berwind, III
LaVon Kellner and Tom Roush
Matthew Christopher Pietras
Elizabeth Segerstrom
PATRONS
Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard
SUPPORTERS
Neil and Marika Bender
Mr. and Mrs. Oakleigh Thorne
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Afsaneh Akhtari
Gigi and Harry Benson CBE
Brook Berlind
Tina Berrero
Noreen and Kenneth Buckfire
Suzi Cordish
Prudence Fairweather, Alexandra Fairweather, Eric Goodman
Esther Friesner-Stutzman and Walter Stutzman
David and Sharon Gibbs
Nina Gillman
Sylvia Hemingway
David Hochberg
Yue-Sai Kan
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Keesee III
Nizam P. Kettaneh
Meriel Lari
Karen Lee
William and Helen Little
Dr. Pamela Marron
Mr. Andrew J. Martin-Weber
Honorable Johnathan S. Miller
Tinu Naija
Marta E. Nottebohm
Theo and Justine Osborne
Caterine Sanchez
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shiah
Adrianne and William Silver
Huanjie Yuan
Committee as of April 3, 2024