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Photos: LA Opera Opening Night
40 Photos of A Glamorous Russian-Style White Night LA Opera Opening Night
Here are 40 photos from the super-glamorous Russian-style White Night to celebrate the LA Opera Opening Sept. 17, which preceded “Eugene Onegin” and ended in an upbeat after-party, headed up by the LA Opera‘s Aria support group for young professionals.
Placido Domingo and Emmy Rossum teamed up to make the night special for an estimated 500 gala-goers.
They included production underwriters Milena and Milan Panic and Nancy and Barry Sanders; gala patrons Eva and Marc Stern, Harold and Geraldine Alden, Yuki and Alex Bouzari, Leslie and John Dornan, Lenore and Bernard Greenberg, Harold and Penny Ray, Milena and Milan Panic, Jane and Michael Eisner, Nancy and Barry Sanders, Carol and Warner Henry, Cat Jagger Pollon, Harriet Rose Bathurst Norman, Em Green and Christopher Walker; plus Laurence Fishburne, Gina Torres, the opera’s cast members and lots more guests.
For details of the LA Opera Opening Night celebration, click here.
Top photo: Dalibor Jenis, who sang the role of “Eugene Onegin” and Katerina Goode on the dance floor
Second photo: Placido Domingo and Emmy Rossum (photo: Kristian Dowling/LA Opera)
Third photo: from left, Laurence Fishburne and Gina Torres with opera production underwriters Milena and Milan Panic (photo: Steve Cohn/LA Opera)
Bottom photo: figure-skating champion Michelle Kwan, center with production underwriters Barry and Nancy Sanders (photo: Steve Cohn/LA Opera)
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Placido Domingo and Emmy Rossum Open the LA Opera Season in Style
Los Angeles Philharmonic Gala: Rhapsody in Blue
Los Angeles Ballet Gala: A Glorious Giselle and a Dream Dinner
Hammer Museum Gala: Bruno Mars, Stars, Artists & Collectors
The Los Angeles Opera's "White Night Opening Night" Celebration with left to right: Eva Stern, Placido Domingo, Laurence Fishburne and Marc Stern, chairman of the LA Opera board (credit: Steve Cohn Photography)
A great way to serve champagne: Heather Remillard wears a "skirt" of champagne flutes
Ideal backdrop for a Russian "White Night" theme, complete with white piano
Laurence Fishburne and Gina Torres at the pre-performance dinner
Yuki Bouzari in a show-stopping Valentino
Carla and Fred Sands - she's in Oscar de la Renta
Fred Sands, left, with Frank Baxter, former US Ambassador to Uruguay
Three generations of opera-goers. left to right: Maggie Gray, 12, Katy Gray and Carol Henry
Danielle Sherrod with David Conney
Songwriters Hall of Fame composer Mike Stoller with Corky Hale - his songs include "Hound Dog," "Jailhouse Rock," and many more rock classics
Marie-France Bloch and her daughter, Nadine, 12
From left, Laurence Fishburne and Gina Torres with production underwriters Milena and Milan Panic (credit: Steve Cohn Photography)
Placido Domingo with Laurence Fishburne (credit: Steve Cohn Photography)
A moveable feast of hors d'oeuvres to welcome guests to the after-party
Shots of honey vodka, as presented to party-goers
The Aria crowd began dancing from the moment the party started
Emmy Rossum on the dance floor
It wasn't only the band onstage; some guests danced onstage, too
Oksana Dyka and Dalibor Jenis, the leading couple in "Eugene Onegin," at the after-party
Jennifer Conlon, left, with Martina Kohl; Conlon wears an amethyst necklace by Hutton Wilkinson
Photos: LA Opera Opening Night
Published October 2, 2011 – Ellen Olivier, Society News LA
I love it – fabulous! Great job, Ellen!
The two that interest me are, as you know, the LA Phil and the LA Opera.
Thanks for sharing this!
Alisa
So glad you’re reading about the LA Phil and LA Opera! Stay tuned for more pictures from the LA Phil gala, which are coming soon.