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Fidelio Finale.
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Los
Angeles Opera opened its twenty-second season
with a weekend full of special events and two memorable
performances - Beethoven's Fidelio and Verdi's
Requiem.
The Company celebrates the debut of Grant Gershon as
the associate conductor / chorus master; as well as,
live radio broadcasts of both opening performances. Highlighting
the weekend were an array of glamorous events, which
were attended by over 600 guests from the arts and entertainment
community.
Among those in attendance throughout the weekend include
the Broad general director Plácido Domingo and Marta
Domingo, music director James Conlon and Jennifer
Conlon, chairman and CEO Marc Stern and Eva
Stern, Mary Hayley, chair of the Gala Weekend Celebration and Selim
Zilkha, Fidelio underwriters Milan and Milena
Panic, Requiem underwriter Barbara Augusta
Teichert, Eli and Edye
Broad, Sid and Mercedes
Bass, Barbara Davis, Michael and Jane
Eisner, Breck and Georgia
Eisner, John and Kimberly
Emerson, new chorus master/associate conductor Grant
Gershon and Elissa Gershon, Thomas and Thea
Gottschalk, John and Joan
Hotchkis, Patricia Ward Kelly, Thomas and Travis
Kranz, Scott and Susan
Disney Lord, David Mamet and Rebecca
Pidgeon, German bass René Pape, Nancy
Daly Riordan and William Isacoff, Esa-Pekka and Jane
Salonen, Dennis and Elizabeth
Tito, Wally and Sheila
Weisman, Alyce de Roulet Williamson, Marilyn
Ziering and Howard Walter, Anna
Maria Alberghetti and Laura Zucker.
LA Opera launched its Gala Weekend festivities on September
8, with a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's
masterpiece Fidelio, conducted by James
Conlon and directed and designed by Pier'Alli in
his Company debut. This production starred two electrifying
young artists, soprano Anja Kampe as
Leonore and tenor Klaus Florian Vogt as
Florestan, in their Company debuts. Matti Salminen returned
to LA Opera as the jailer Rocco and baritone Eike
Wilm Schulte made his Company debut as
the villainous Don Pizarro. The black-tie evening continued
with a lavish post-performance Gala on the Music Center
Plaza, where guests mingled with the artists and enjoyed
dancing and a feast created by Patina.
On September 10, a Celebratory Luncheon held on the Music
Center Plaza preceded the first-ever LA Opera performance
of Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem. Plácido
Domingo conducted an astounding work featuring a quartet
of world-class singers: soprano Adrianne Pieczonka,
mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, and,
in their Company debuts, tenor Arturo Chácon-Cruz and
bass René Pape. Plácido
dedicated this performance to the memory of tenor Luciano
Pavarotti and of Edgar Baitzel,
the Company's late chief operating officer. Following
the performance, the Gala Weekend culminated with a Finale
Celebration with the artists in the Grand Hall of the
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
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Plácido Domingo, Adrianne
Pieczonka, Stephanie Blythe, Jonas Kaufmann
and René Pape in the performance of Verdi's Requiem.
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Marc and Eva Stern with Anja Kampe.
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Eli and Edythe Broad with Marta and
Placido Domingo.
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Anja Kampe and Milan Panic and Milena Kitic Panic.
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Selim Zilkha and Mary Hayley with James Conlon.
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Holly Nuckols with Barbara Augusta Teigert.
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Ira Cohen and Patricia Cohen.
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Sid and Mercedes Bass.
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Michael and Jane Eisner.
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Warner and Carol Henry.
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James and Jennifer Conlon.
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Alyssa and Grant Gershon.
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James Conlon, Michael Eisner and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
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Barbara Davis.
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Lisa Colburn and Patricia Ward Kelly.
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John and Kimberly Emerson.
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Cathy and Paul Tosetti.
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Matti Salminen, his wife, Placido Domingo and Marta Domingo.
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Frank Bonetto, Jami Bonetto and Placido Domingo.
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Photos: Images
1 -2: Robert Millard, courtesy of LA Opera.
Images 4-7,
11-13,
17-18: Lee Salem |
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AUG 05,
2008
CRI Young Philanthropists' Summer Social |
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AUG 02,
2008
Southampton Hospital Summer Party |
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AUG 01,
2008
Rita Hayworth Gala Kickoff |
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AUG 01,
2008
Aspen Art Museum artCRUSH |
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JUL 31,
2008
Black Ties & Baseball Caps Gala |
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JUL 31,
2008
Aspen Art Museum previewCRUSH |
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JUL 29,
2008
Mostly Mozart Festival Gala |
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JUL 25,
2008
HOFI Hamptons Benefit |
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JUL 25,
2008
NY Stem Cell Foundation Reception |
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JUL 22,
2008
Museum at FIT Cocktail |
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JUL 19,
2008
HDS Gala Preview |
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