50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONSUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2019

PLÁCIDO DOMINGO

Metropolitan Opera

Board of Directors

Peter Gelb General Manager

Yannick Nézet-Séguin Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director

Ann Ziff Chairman

Judith-Ann Corrente President and Chief Executive Officer

Mercedes T. Bass Vice Chair

William C. Morris Chair of the Executive Committee

Jeanette Lerman-NeubauerSecretary

Betsy CohenTreasurer

Frayda B. Lindemann Vice President

Christine F. HunterHonorary Chair

James W. Kinnear Honorary Chair

Paul M. Montrone President Emeritus

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mercedes T. Bass

Frank A. Bennack, Jr.

Betsy Cohen

Judith-Ann Corrente

Ekkehart Hassels-Weiler

Christine F. Hunter

Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer

Frayda B. Lindemann

William C. Morris

Ambassador Nicholas F. Taubman

Robert L. Turner

Ann Ziff

MANAGING DIRECTORS

Mrs. Veronica Atkins

Mercedes T. Bass

Frank A. Bennack, Jr.

C. Graham Berwind, III

Susan S. Braddock

Alexa Bator Chae

Nabil N. Chartouni

Betsy Cohen

Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.

Judith-Ann Corrente

John Cryan

Rena De Sisto

Elizabeth M. Eveillard

Marina Kellen French

Beth A. Grosshans

Ekkehart Hassels-Weiler

Rolf Heitmeyer

Marlene Hess

H. M. Agnes Hsu-Tang, Ph.D.

Christine F. Hunter

Frederick Iseman

David Henry Jacobs

Tod Johnson

James W. Kinnear

Bruce Kovner

Camille D. LaBarre

Harry T. Lee

Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer

Frayda B. Lindemann

Frances Marzio

Kathryn A. Miller

William R. Miller

William C. Morris

Sana H. Sabbagh

Marc I. Stern

Hon. David A. Straz, Jr.

Ambassador Nicholas F. Taubman

Douglas Dockery Thomas

Robert I. Toll

Robert L. Turner

Ann Ziff

HONORARY DIRECTORS

Bruce Crawford

Edgar Foster Daniels

Emily Fisher Landau

Mrs. Walter J. Laughery, Jr.

Mrs. Alexander M. Laughlin

Paul M. Montrone

Howard Solomon

ADVISORY DIRECTORS

M. Beverly Bartner

Ellen S. Berelson

Stephen Berger

Stanley M. Bergman

Noreen Buckfire

Ms. Angela Chao

Daniel C. Cochran

Jerry del Missier

Carol E. Domina

Gary B. Flom

Gordon P. Getty

Richard Gilbert

Nancy A. Green

Ephraim Greenwall

H. Alexandra Kauka Hamill

Howard W. Hunter

Linda E. Johnson

Dr. Herbert G. Kloiber

Dr. David G. Knott

Theodore A. Kurz

Dominique Laffont

Marguerite L. Lee

Helen Y. Little

Andrew J. Martin-Weber

Dafna Meitar-Nechmad

Richard J. Miller, Jr.

Linda Mirels

Franci Neely

Marta Nottebohm

Ellen F. Oelsner

Katharina Otto-Bernstein

Miss Leontyne Price

Donna Kesselman Raggio, M.D.

Mark H. Rosenberg

Winthrop Rutherfurd, Jr.

Jacqui Smith

Daisy M. Soros

Kimberly V. Strauss

John J. Veronis

Arete S. Warren

MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

Mahmoud M. Abdallah

Dr. Joan Taub Ades

Agnieszka R. Balaban

R. Joseph Barnett

Jane Beasley

Eleanor N. Caulkins

Dr. Patrizia A. Cavazzoni

Betsy Cohn

Robert J. Cubitto

Robert G. Edge

Beatrice Esteve

Sanford H. Fisher

Heather H. Georges

Rosalind Glaser

G. Morris Gurley

Barbara Guss

Mrs. Randolph H. Guthrie

O. Delton Harrison, Jr.

Erik Hartmann

Ronnie S. Hawkins

Matthew G. Hurd

Vikas Kapoor

Mrs. Martin S. Kimmel

Klaus Kleinfeld

Meyer G. Koplow

Sandra Ourusoff Massey

John L. McGraw

Mrs. Peter H. Nicholas

Dr. Steve Prystowsky

Thomas J. Reid

Cynthia D. Sculco

Paul J. Sekhri

Mrs. William F. Sondericker

Jackson Tai

Barry Tucker

George L. Van Amson

Sharon Wee

Michael J. Woods

YOUNG ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS

Amanda S. Brainerd

Bryan M. Fabiano

Jordan A. D. Fudge

Robert M. Iommazzo

Amy H. Lee

So-Chung Shinn Lee

Pedro Magalhães

Julie Warner McAskin

Maxwell J. Murphy

Fonzarelli Ong

Evelyn M. M. Popp

Chad J. Shampine

Itai Shoffman

Siddhartha Shukla

Kevin M. Tagami

Bee Tham

Eric S. Wei

Satoko YahataCover photo by Marc Monplaisir

Overleaf: Domingo in 1969 (LOUIS MELANÇON / MET OPERA ARCHIVES)

Interior: Domingo as Samson, 2000 (MARTY SOHL / MET OPERA)

50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONSUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2019

PLÁCIDO DOMINGO

Metropolitan Opera

Board of Directors

Peter Gelb General Manager

Yannick Nézet-Séguin Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director

Ann Ziff Chairman

Judith-Ann Corrente President and Chief Executive Officer

Mercedes T. Bass Vice Chair

William C. Morris Chair of the Executive Committee

Jeanette Lerman-NeubauerSecretary

Betsy CohenTreasurer

Frayda B. Lindemann Vice President

Christine F. HunterHonorary Chair

James W. Kinnear Honorary Chair

Paul M. Montrone President Emeritus

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mercedes T. Bass

Frank A. Bennack, Jr.

Betsy Cohen

Judith-Ann Corrente

Ekkehart Hassels-Weiler

Christine F. Hunter

Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer

Frayda B. Lindemann

William C. Morris

Ambassador Nicholas F. Taubman

Robert L. Turner

Ann Ziff

MANAGING DIRECTORS

Mrs. Veronica Atkins

Mercedes T. Bass

Frank A. Bennack, Jr.

C. Graham Berwind, III

Susan S. Braddock

Alexa Bator Chae

Nabil N. Chartouni

Betsy Cohen

Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.

Judith-Ann Corrente

John Cryan

Rena De Sisto

Elizabeth M. Eveillard

Marina Kellen French

Beth A. Grosshans

Ekkehart Hassels-Weiler

Rolf Heitmeyer

Marlene Hess

H. M. Agnes Hsu-Tang, Ph.D.

Christine F. Hunter

Frederick Iseman

David Henry Jacobs

Tod Johnson

James W. Kinnear

Bruce Kovner

Camille D. LaBarre

Harry T. Lee

Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer

Frayda B. Lindemann

Frances Marzio

Kathryn A. Miller

William R. Miller

William C. Morris

Sana H. Sabbagh

Marc I. Stern

Hon. David A. Straz, Jr.

Ambassador Nicholas F. Taubman

Douglas Dockery Thomas

Robert I. Toll

Robert L. Turner

Ann Ziff

HONORARY DIRECTORS

Bruce Crawford

Edgar Foster Daniels

Emily Fisher Landau

Mrs. Walter J. Laughery, Jr.

Mrs. Alexander M. Laughlin

Paul M. Montrone

Howard Solomon

ADVISORY DIRECTORS

M. Beverly Bartner

Ellen S. Berelson

Stephen Berger

Stanley M. Bergman

Noreen Buckfire

Ms. Angela Chao

Daniel C. Cochran

Jerry del Missier

Carol E. Domina

Gary B. Flom

Gordon P. Getty

Richard Gilbert

Nancy A. Green

Ephraim Greenwall

H. Alexandra Kauka Hamill

Howard W. Hunter

Linda E. Johnson

Dr. Herbert G. Kloiber

Dr. David G. Knott

Theodore A. Kurz

Dominique Laffont

Marguerite L. Lee

Helen Y. Little

Andrew J. Martin-Weber

Dafna Meitar-Nechmad

Richard J. Miller, Jr.

Linda Mirels

Franci Neely

Marta Nottebohm

Ellen F. Oelsner

Katharina Otto-Bernstein

Miss Leontyne Price

Donna Kesselman Raggio, M.D.

Mark H. Rosenberg

Winthrop Rutherfurd, Jr.

Jacqui Smith

Daisy M. Soros

Kimberly V. Strauss

John J. Veronis

Arete S. Warren

MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

Mahmoud M. Abdallah

Dr. Joan Taub Ades

Agnieszka R. Balaban

R. Joseph Barnett

Jane Beasley

Eleanor N. Caulkins

Dr. Patrizia A. Cavazzoni

Betsy Cohn

Robert J. Cubitto

Robert G. Edge

Beatrice Esteve

Sanford H. Fisher

Heather H. Georges

Rosalind Glaser

G. Morris Gurley

Barbara Guss

Mrs. Randolph H. Guthrie

O. Delton Harrison, Jr.

Erik Hartmann

Ronnie S. Hawkins

Matthew G. Hurd

Vikas Kapoor

Mrs. Martin S. Kimmel

Klaus Kleinfeld

Meyer G. Koplow

Sandra Ourusoff Massey

John L. McGraw

Mrs. Peter H. Nicholas

Dr. Steve Prystowsky

Thomas J. Reid

Cynthia D. Sculco

Paul J. Sekhri

Mrs. William F. Sondericker

Jackson Tai

Barry Tucker

George L. Van Amson

Sharon Wee

Michael J. Woods

YOUNG ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS

Amanda S. Brainerd

Bryan M. Fabiano

Jordan A. D. Fudge

Robert M. Iommazzo

Amy H. Lee

So-Chung Shinn Lee

Pedro Magalhães

Julie Warner McAskin

Maxwell J. Murphy

Fonzarelli Ong

Evelyn M. M. Popp

Chad J. Shampine

Itai Shoffman

Siddhartha Shukla

Kevin M. Tagami

Bee Tham

Eric S. Wei

Satoko YahataCover photo by Marc Monplaisir

Overleaf: Domingo in 1969 (LOUIS MELANÇON / MET OPERA ARCHIVES)

Interior: Domingo as Samson, 2000 (MARTY SOHL / MET OPERA)

The Board of Directors and

General Manager Peter Gelb invite you to

Plácido Domingo’s 50th Anniversary Celebration

An evening of dinner, dancing, and musical tributes celebrating the 50th anniversary of Plácido Domingo’s Met debut featuring performances by

Jamie Barton

Emily D’Angelo

Rosa Feola

Erin Morley

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Michael Volle

and Surprise Guests

SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 20196 PMCocktail ReceptionThe Mercedes T. Bass Grand Tier

7 PMDinner, Dancing, and Musical ProgramThe Metropolitan Opera Stage

BLACK TIE

GALA CHAIRMEN AND PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS

Eva and Marc Stern

GALA UNDERWRITERS

Mercedes T. Bass

C. Graham Berwind, III

Chris and Bruce Crawford

Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa

Hearst

Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin

William C. and Susan F. Morris

Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences

Ann Ziff

GALA COMMITTEE

GALA CHAIRMEN AND PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS

Eva and Marc Stern

UNDERWRITERS

Mercedes T. Bass

C. Graham Berwind, III

Chris and Bruce Crawford

Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa

Hearst

Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin

William C. and Susan F. Morris

Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences

Ann Ziff

PRINCIPAL BENEFACTORS

Betsy and Ed Cohen

BENEFACTORS

Jacqueline Badger Mars

Bertita and Guillermo L. Martínez

Lloyd E. Rigler – Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation

PRINCIPAL SPONSORS

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Miyoko Davey

Dr. Beth Grosshans and Mr. Dennis Stattman

Howard Solomon and Sarah Billinghurst Solomon

Sharon Wee and Tracy Fu

SPONSORS

Ms. Carol W. Byrd

Louise G. Chapman

Judith-Ann Corrente and Wim Kooyker

Marina Kellen French

Seifi and Ellen Ghasemi

Sana H. Sabbagh

Barbara Augusta Teichert

Barbara and Donald Tober

Robert L. Turner

PATRONS

Elizabeth M. Eveillard

Frances Marzio

Marie and Arch McKellar

Franci Neely

Candace and Gary Ridgway

Beatrice Santo Domingo

SUPPORTERS

Mr. Murat Beyazit

Catalina and Cesar Cadena

Karen B. Cohen

Ms. Penelope Foley

Trudy Lampert

Rochelle C. and Mark H. Rosenberg

Anonymous

PLÁCIDO DOMINGO’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONNEW PRODUCTION PREMIEREmber 4, 2018Sunday, April 28, 2019

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Dr. Omar Abouezzeddine

Marlu Allan and Scott Stallard

Mr. Florin Andronescu

Nicolette Bajan and Michael Fiumarelli

Nancy Balcer

Andre de Baubigny and Christine Williams

Tony Bechara

Paul Beirne

Noreen and Ken Buckfire

Lisa Choi

Elizabeth de Cuevas

Fernando and Kathy Diaz

Inda Filho

Betty Davis Gates

Mrs. John R. Hupper

Catarina Inda

David Karren Cordova

Fabiola Diniz

Ricardo Diniz

Alfonso Solloa Junco

Dr. Anna Kazanchyan

Dr. Michael and Mrs. Ulana Kebalo-George

Samuel Kendall and Georgia Pask

Patrice and Donald Kirshbaum

Michael and Judith Klein

Tom and Ann Korologos

Dr. Kourtney Koslosky and Mr. Christopher Grace

Thomas and Travis Kranz

Dr. Michael Krco

Rosa Eloina Valencia De Leon

Cynthia and Jeffrey Manocherian

Studio Mao / Stephen Mao

Andrew J. Martin-Weber

Marjorie and Lisa Monte

Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone

Andrey Nevskiy

Mr. Mark Nearenberg and Dr. Jamie Ullman

Heidi Nitze

Marta Nottebohm

Ms. Cynthia A. Oliphant

Sharon Patnaude

Mr. Matthew C. Pietras

Zondra Rae Pluss

Mr. and Mrs. John J. Pohanka

The Marquises of Casa Portocarrero

Rebecca Price and William Jensen

Joyce and Dr. Saul Rivkin

Marcia and Richard Robinson

Phillis Rockliff

Ms. Yolanda Santos

Ms. Lilly Scarpetta

Jay Schwamm

Mr. and Mrs. José F. Serrano

Kevin Sharkey

David and Elizabeth Tananbaum

Dr. Emiko Terasaki

Debra Therit

Carmen Tonanni

Michael Vareika

Marinela N. Velez

Sue Ann Weinberg

Monica Wolfson

Dr. Francis Zih

(committee in formation)

The Board of Directors and

General Manager Peter Gelb invite you to

Plácido Domingo’s 50th Anniversary Celebration

An evening of dinner, dancing, and musical tributes celebrating the 50th anniversary of Plácido Domingo’s Met debut featuring performances by

Jamie Barton

Emily D’Angelo

Rosa Feola

Erin Morley

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Michael Volle

and Surprise Guests

SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 20196 PMCocktail ReceptionThe Mercedes T. Bass Grand Tier

7 PMDinner, Dancing, and Musical ProgramThe Metropolitan Opera Stage

BLACK TIE

GALA CHAIRMEN AND PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS

Eva and Marc Stern

GALA UNDERWRITERS

Mercedes T. Bass

C. Graham Berwind, III

Chris and Bruce Crawford

Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa

Hearst

Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin

William C. and Susan F. Morris

Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences

Ann Ziff

50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONSUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2019

PLÁCIDO DOMINGO

Metropolitan Opera

Board of Directors

Peter Gelb General Manager

Yannick Nézet-Séguin Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director

Ann Ziff Chairman

Judith-Ann Corrente President and Chief Executive Officer

Mercedes T. Bass Vice Chair

William C. Morris Chair of the Executive Committee

Jeanette Lerman-NeubauerSecretary

Betsy CohenTreasurer

Frayda B. Lindemann Vice President

Christine F. HunterHonorary Chair

James W. Kinnear Honorary Chair

Paul M. Montrone President Emeritus

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mercedes T. Bass

Frank A. Bennack, Jr.

Betsy Cohen

Judith-Ann Corrente

Ekkehart Hassels-Weiler

Christine F. Hunter

Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer

Frayda B. Lindemann

William C. Morris

Ambassador Nicholas F. Taubman

Robert L. Turner

Ann Ziff

MANAGING DIRECTORS

Mrs. Veronica Atkins

Mercedes T. Bass

Frank A. Bennack, Jr.

C. Graham Berwind, III

Susan S. Braddock

Alexa Bator Chae

Nabil N. Chartouni

Betsy Cohen

Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.

Judith-Ann Corrente

John Cryan

Rena De Sisto

Elizabeth M. Eveillard

Marina Kellen French

Beth A. Grosshans

Ekkehart Hassels-Weiler

Rolf Heitmeyer

Marlene Hess

H. M. Agnes Hsu-Tang, Ph.D.

Christine F. Hunter

Frederick Iseman

David Henry Jacobs

Tod Johnson

James W. Kinnear

Bruce Kovner

Camille D. LaBarre

Harry T. Lee

Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer

Frayda B. Lindemann

Frances Marzio

Kathryn A. Miller

William R. Miller

William C. Morris

Sana H. Sabbagh

Marc I. Stern

Hon. David A. Straz, Jr.

Ambassador Nicholas F. Taubman

Douglas Dockery Thomas

Robert I. Toll

Robert L. Turner

Ann Ziff

HONORARY DIRECTORS

Bruce Crawford

Edgar Foster Daniels

Emily Fisher Landau

Mrs. Walter J. Laughery, Jr.

Mrs. Alexander M. Laughlin

Paul M. Montrone

Howard Solomon

ADVISORY DIRECTORS

M. Beverly Bartner

Ellen S. Berelson

Stephen Berger

Stanley M. Bergman

Noreen Buckfire

Ms. Angela Chao

Daniel C. Cochran

Jerry del Missier

Carol E. Domina

Gary B. Flom

Gordon P. Getty

Richard Gilbert

Nancy A. Green

Ephraim Greenwall

H. Alexandra Kauka Hamill

Howard W. Hunter

Linda E. Johnson

Dr. Herbert G. Kloiber

Dr. David G. Knott

Theodore A. Kurz

Dominique Laffont

Marguerite L. Lee

Helen Y. Little

Andrew J. Martin-Weber

Dafna Meitar-Nechmad

Richard J. Miller, Jr.

Linda Mirels

Franci Neely

Marta Nottebohm

Ellen F. Oelsner

Katharina Otto-Bernstein

Miss Leontyne Price

Donna Kesselman Raggio, M.D.

Mark H. Rosenberg

Winthrop Rutherfurd, Jr.

Jacqui Smith

Daisy M. Soros

Kimberly V. Strauss

John J. Veronis

Arete S. Warren

MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

Mahmoud M. Abdallah

Dr. Joan Taub Ades

Agnieszka R. Balaban

R. Joseph Barnett

Jane Beasley

Eleanor N. Caulkins

Dr. Patrizia A. Cavazzoni

Betsy Cohn

Robert J. Cubitto

Robert G. Edge

Beatrice Esteve

Sanford H. Fisher

Heather H. Georges

Rosalind Glaser

G. Morris Gurley

Barbara Guss

Mrs. Randolph H. Guthrie

O. Delton Harrison, Jr.

Erik Hartmann

Ronnie S. Hawkins

Matthew G. Hurd

Vikas Kapoor

Mrs. Martin S. Kimmel

Klaus Kleinfeld

Meyer G. Koplow

Sandra Ourusoff Massey

John L. McGraw

Mrs. Peter H. Nicholas

Dr. Steve Prystowsky

Thomas J. Reid

Cynthia D. Sculco

Paul J. Sekhri

Mrs. William F. Sondericker

Jackson Tai

Barry Tucker

George L. Van Amson

Sharon Wee

Michael J. Woods

YOUNG ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS

Amanda S. Brainerd

Bryan M. Fabiano

Jordan A. D. Fudge

Robert M. Iommazzo

Amy H. Lee

So-Chung Shinn Lee

Pedro Magalhães

Julie Warner McAskin

Maxwell J. Murphy

Fonzarelli Ong

Evelyn M. M. Popp

Chad J. Shampine

Itai Shoffman

Siddhartha Shukla

Kevin M. Tagami

Bee Tham

Eric S. Wei

Satoko YahataCover photo by Marc Monplaisir

Overleaf: Domingo in 1969 (LOUIS MELANÇON / MET OPERA ARCHIVES)

Interior: Domingo as Samson, 2000 (MARTY SOHL / MET OPERA)