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A scene from Lucia di Lammermoor.
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In
a star-studded event, the Met's 2007–08
season opened on September 24 with the premiere of
a new production of Donizetti's Lucia di
Lammermoor, directed by Tony Award-winner Mary
Zimmerman and conducted by James Levine.
French soprano Natalie Dessay starred
as the doomed title heroine, Marcello Giordani sang
her lover Edgardo and Mariusz Kwiecien could
be heard in the role of her brother Enrico. With the
opera house packed to the ceiling, more than 2000 people
had gathered on Lincoln Center Plaza to watch the performance,
transmitted live onto a large screen that stretched
across the center arches of the front of the opera
house. Another several thousand had come to Times Square,
which was blocked off to traffic, to enjoy the performance
on three giant screens in what was truly a city-wide
celebration of opera.
Among the celebrities from the worlds of theater,
film, music, and politics who were attended the gala
were actresses Jane Fonda, Blythe
Danner, Vera Farmiga, and Mary-Louise
Parker, directors Anthony Minghella, Bartlett Sher,
and Adrian Noble,
actors Willem Dafoe and Bob
Balaban, TV personalities Barbara Walters, Walter
Cronkite, and Charlie Rose, Mayor
Michael Bloomberg, Met Board member Mercedes
Bass, fashion designers Calvin Klein and Zac
Posen, publisher Jared Kushner,
tennis legend John McEnroe, human
rights advocate Bianca Jagger, and
opera stars Marilyn Horne, Anna
Netrebko, Maria Guleghina,
and Plácido Domingo.
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Lucia director Mary Zimmerman and Metropolitan Opera general
manager
Peter Gelb.
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Anna Netrebko.
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Barbara Walters
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Zac Posen.
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Jared Kushner.
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Mayor Bloomberg.
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Georgette Mosbacher.
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Cady Huffman.
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Placido Domingo.
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Bianca Jagger.
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Giada Colagrande and William Dafoe.
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John McEnroe and Patty Smyth.
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Renn Hawkey and Vera Farmiga.
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Walter Cronkite and Joanna Simon.
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Deborah Norville.
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Mary Louise Parker.
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| Photos:
Performance photo: Ken Howard. Red carpet photos:
Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Metropolitan Opera. |
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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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