Galas & Special Events

Bizet’s Carmen
New Year's Eve Gala

Sunday, December 31, 2023

New Year’s Eve at the Met ushers in a vital new production of one of opera’s most enduringly popular and powerful works. Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story of deadly passion with a modern-day staging. After the performance, join Maestro Daniele Rustioni and the opera’s stars for dinner, dancing, and fireworks on the Mercedes T. Bass Grand Tier. 

Carmen Gala Committee

GALA CHAIRMAN

Adrienne Arsht

 

PRINCIPAL BENEFACTORS

Mercedes T. Bass

C. Graham Berwind, III

John C. and Sylvia M. Hughes

Ann and Vicente Madrigal

Denise Littlefield Sobel

Ann Ziff

Anonymous

 

BENEFACTORS

Steven and Elizabeth Bush

Hermione Foundation, Laura J. Sloate, Trustee

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Maxwell

Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Tai

 

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR

Christian Keesee

 

PRIME SPONSORS

Ed and Kathy Ludwig

Ann Marie and Jim McCaughan

Florence Minz

Robert F. Moriarty

Ken and Dorothy Woodcock

 

SPONSORS

Christopher Bacon and Craig Miller

John M. Beck and Diane Francis

David Chou

Ms. Susan Davis, Esq.

Saul and Ellyn Dennison

Mr. Bjorn Engquist and Ms. Elisabeth Kihlberg Engquist

Kera and William Greene

James E. and Sara Haynes

Jake Jamison

Richard P. Krasnow and Nancy Meyrich

Dr. Daniel Libby and Dr. Nancy Kemeny

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Loomis II

Mr. Andrew J. Martin-Weber

Richard J. Miller, Jr. and Ms. Shannon E. Older

Judith and Gary Moomjian

Marc-Antoine Morin and Mariya Yatsko

Dr. and Mrs. David R. Musher

Yasuko Noguchi and George Shelden

Michael and Caroline O’Brien

Theo and Justine Osborne

Andrea Pessino

Joyce and Steve Rector-Hayes

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rothman

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Soloway

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Turner

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Hy Bloom and Joan Fanaberia Bloom

Peri and David Clark

Mary Gene Sondericker

 

Committee as of December 1, 2023

Verdi’s La Forza del Destino
Gala Premiere

Monday, February 26, 2024

Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of ill-fated love and deadly vendettas, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen making her role debut as the noble Leonora, opposite tenor Brian Jagde as her forbidden beloved Don Alvaro. Director Mariusz Treliński delivers the company’s first new Forza in nearly 30 years, a milestone worth celebrating in this gala evening, including cocktails and dinner before the performance and Champagne and dessert at intermission. 

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.