Galas & Special Events

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.  

El Niño Gala Committee

GALA CHAIRMEN

Al Roker and Deborah Roberts

 

GALA CO-CHAIRMEN

C. Graham Berwind, III

Cindy and Tod Johnson

Sheila Johnson and William T. Newman, Jr.

Matthew Christopher Pietras

Ann Ziff

 

PRIME BENEFACTOR

Bloomberg Philanthropies

 

PRINCIPAL SPONSORS

Stephen Novick

Judith-Ann Corrente

Barbara Walkowski

 

PRIME SPONSORS

Malcolm McCulloch and Alice Hunt

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin N. Pyne

 

SPONSORS

David Chou

Christopher Doumas

Robin Fowler

Nancy Greenblatt

Judith M. Hoffman

Lara Marcon and J.V. Kodali

Dr. Pamela Marron

Ms. Monika McLennan

Matthew Rooney

Howard and Sarah D. Solomon Foundation

Marian M. Warden

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Cynthia Bagby

William Buffett and Susan Kennedy

Kevin and Jennifer Woodruff

 

Committee as of April 10, 2024

On Stage at the Met
Honoring Barbara Tober

Monday, May 20, 2024

On Monday, May 20th, the Metropolitan Opera will honor Barbara Tober for her steadfast and ardent support of the company, and for her towering achievements as a philanthropist and patron of the arts.

 

The On Stage at the Met gala, which takes place on the magnificent stage at the opera house in New York, will feature a black-tie dinner, dancing, and performances by extraordinary Met artists. We hope you will join us in celebrating Mrs. Tober on this very special evening.

On Stage at the Met
Gala Committee

Peter Marino

GALA CHAIRMAN

 

Frank Sciame

GALA CO-CHAIRMAN

 

LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE

Deborah Borda

Joel Ehrenkranz

Isabelle Harnoncourt Feigen

Carole Bailey French and John French III

Agnes Hsu-Tang and Oscar Tang

Leonard A. Lauder and Judy Glickman Lauder

Daisy M. Soros

Henry Timms

 

UNDERWRITERS

Barbara Tober

Ann Ziff

 

BENEFACTOR

Bloomberg Philanthropies

 

PRINCIPAL SPONSORS

Graham Berwind, III

LaVon Kellner and Tom Roush

Matthew Christopher Pietras

Elizabeth Segerstrom

 

PATRONS

Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard

 

SUPPORTERS

Neil and Marika Bender

Mr. and Mrs. Oakleigh Thorne

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Afsaneh Akhtari

Gigi and Harry Benson CBE

Brook Berlind

Tina Berrero

Noreen and Kenneth Buckfire

Suzi Cordish

Prudence Fairweather, Alexandra Fairweather, Eric Goodman

Esther Friesner-Stutzman and Walter Stutzman

David and Sharon Gibbs

Nina Gillman

Sylvia Hemingway

David Hochberg

Yue-Sai Kan

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Keesee III

Nizam P. Kettaneh

Meriel Lari

Karen Lee

William and Helen Little

Dr. Pamela Marron

Mr. Andrew J. Martin-Weber

Honorable Johnathan S. Miller

Tinu Naija

Marta E. Nottebohm

Theo and Justine Osborne

Caterine Sanchez

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shiah

Adrianne and William Silver

Huanjie Yuan

 

Committee as of April 3, 2024