Galas & Special Events
Please join us for gala premieres and other events during the 2022-23 season.
For more information, please call 212.362.6000.
Kevin Puts’s The Hours
Gala Premiere
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 8PM ET
Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Kevin Puts’s new adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Michael Cunningham has its world premiere in a production that radiates with star power. Soprano Renée Fleming returns to the Met, joining Kelli O’Hara, and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as the opera’s trio of heroines, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct Phelim McDermott’s new staging. The gala includes cocktails and dinner before the performance, followed by Champagne and dessert at intermission.
To purchase gala tickets, please contact the Special Events Office at (212) 870-7492 or specialevents@metopera.org.
The production of The Hours was made possible by a generous gift from Robert L. Turner, in memory of his mother, Suzanne Wilbert Turner
Based on the book by Michael Cunningham and the Paramount Pictures film
Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and The Philadelphia Orchestra
In collaboration with Improbable
- 6:00PM Cocktail Reception
- 6:30PM Gala Dinner
- 8:00PM Performance
- Intermission Champagne and Dessert
- Black Tie
The Hours Gala Committee
GALA CHAIRMAN
Robert L. Turner
GALA CO-CHAIRMEN
C. Graham Berwind, III
Betsy and Ed Cohen
Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin
Cindy and Tod Johnson
Sheila Johnson and William T. Newman, Jr.
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and Joseph Neubauer
Dr. Frayda B. Lindemann
Ann Ziff
PRINCIPAL BENEFACTORS
Adrienne Arsht
Matthew Christopher Pietras
Jack Shear
Paul and Frances Turner
PRINCIPAL SPONSORS
Susan Esco Chandler and A.D. Chandler
Judith-Ann Corrente and Willem Kooyker
Alix Ritchie and Marty Davis
Peter N. Speliopoulos
Mrs. W. M. Svendson
John G. Turner and Jerry G. Fischer
Suzanne Turner and Scott Purdin
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Turner
Mr. Christopher Wittmann
PRIME SPONSORS
Norman S. Benzaquen
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Evnin
Robert and Effie Fribourg
Thomas Roush and LaVon Kellner
Paul J. Sekhri and Mark Duvall Gude
Andrew W. Solomon
Sarah Billinghurst Solomon
Barbara Tober
Judy Francis Zankel
SPONSORS
Steven and Betsy Bush
David Chou
Ms. Constance Cone
Joy Dinsdale
Susan Jacobson
Marcy Hnath Maguire
Mr. Andrew J. Martin-Weber
Mr. and Mrs. Corbin R. Miller in honor of Robert L. Turner
Mr. David M. Moniz
Dr. Carol D. Morris
Yasuko Noguchi and George Shelden
Marta E. Nottebohm
Anne Kline Pohanka
Roberta Roberts and Robert Percy from Newtown, Connecticut
Mr. Al Roker and Ms. Deborah Roberts
Craig Schmeizer and Sarah Shalev
Mr. Dennis Stattman and Mrs. Beth Grosshans
David Warren and Helen Lee-Warren
Mrs. Louise Hartwell White
Marnie and Kern Wildenthal
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Michael and Petra Miebach
Anonymous
(committee in formation)
Giordano's Fedora
New Year's Eve Gala
Saturday, December 31, 2022 6:30PM ET
To ring in the new year, Umberto Giordano’s exhilarating drama returns to the Met repertory for the first time in 25 years, with a cast of thrilling voices headlined by soprano Sonya Yoncheva and tenor Piotr Beczała. After the premiere of David McVicar’s new production, the star duo—as well as soprano Rosa Feola, baritone Artur Ruciński, and Maestro Marco Armiliato—join the evening’s festivities: dinner, dancing, and fireworks on the Mercedes T. Bass Grand Tier.
To purchase gala tickets, please contact the Special Events Office at (212) 870-7492 or specialevents@metopera.org.
Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund and John C. and Sylvia M. Hughes
- 6:30 PM Performance
- Post Performance Gala Dinner
- Black Tie
Wagner’s Lohengrin
Gala Premiere
Sunday, February 26, 2023 2PM ET
Wagner’s soaring masterpiece makes a long-awaited return to the Met stage, in an evocative new staging by François Girard. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a supreme cast led by tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role, alongside sopranos Tamara Wilson and Christine Goerke, bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin, and bass Günther Groissböck. The gala begins with a reception at intermission, followed by a dinner with the cast after the performance.
To purchase gala tickets, please contact the Special Events Office at (212) 870-7492 or specialevents@metopera.org.
A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
Production a gift of C. Graham Berwind, III, Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa, and John and Carole French, with additional support from the William O. and Carole P. Bailey Family Foundation
- 2:00PM Performance
- Post Performance Cast Dinner
- Black Tie
Terence Blanchard’s Champion
Gala Premiere
Monday, April 10, 2023 8PM ET
Following the historic Met premiere of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones to open the 2021–22 season, the company raises the curtain on another compelling opera by the six-time Grammy-winning composer, directed once again by James Robinson. The cast is led by bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as the young boxer Emile Griffith and bass-baritone Eric Owens as the fighter’s older self, and also features soprano Latonia Moore and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium. Take part in the gala festivities with cocktails and dinner before the performance.
To purchase gala tickets, please contact the Special Events Office at (212) 870-7492 or specialevents@metopera.org.
An opera by Terence Blanchard
Libretto by Michael Cristofer
Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. Originally commissioned by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, co-commissioned by Jazz St. Louis.
A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago
Production a gift of Lynne and Richard Pasculano, and C. Graham Berwind, III
Additional support provided by The Ford Foundation, and the Francis Goelet Trusts
- 6:00PM Cocktail Reception
- 6:30PM Gala Dinner
- 8:00PM Performance
- Intermission Champagne and Dessert
- Black Tie