Metropolitan Opera Board
Ann Ziff
Chairman
MANAGING
DIRECTORS
ADVISORY
DIRECTORS
MEMBERS OF THE
ASSOCIATION
Judith-Ann Corrente
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Mrs. Veronica Atkins
M. Beverly Bartner
Mahmoud M. Abdallah
Mercedes T. Bass
Ellen S. Berelson
Dr. Joan Taub Ades
Frank A. Bennack, Jr.
Susan S. Braddock
Stanley M. Bergman
Jacques Brand
Michael Angelakos
Tonio Arcaini
Alexa Bator Chae
Ms. Angela Chao
R. Joseph Barnett
Betsy Cohen
Nabil N. Chartouni
Jane Beasley
Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.
Christopher H. Cheever
Mrs. Thomas S. Brush
Judith-Ann Corrente
Rena De Sisto
Daniel C. Cochran
Gary B. Flom
Noreen Buckfire
Eleanor N. Caulkins
Mercedes T. Bass
Vice Chairman
William C. Morris
Chairman of the
Executive Committee
Jerry del Missier
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer
Mrs. Paul G. Desmarais Sr.
Secretary
Misook Doolittle
Betsy Cohen
Elizabeth M. Eveillard
Treasurer
Stephanie T. Foster
Marina Kellen French
Frayda B. Lindemann
Vice President
Joan Granlund
Christine F. Hunter
Honorary Chairman
James W. Kinnear
Honorary Chairman
Paul M. Montrone
President Emeritus
Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha
Vice Chairman Emerita
Eugene P. Grisanti
Beth A. Grosshans
Ekkehart Hassels-Weiler
Rolf Heitmeyer
Marlene Hess
H. M. Agnes Hsu-Tang, Ph.D.
Christine F. Hunter
Frederick Iseman
James W. Kinnear
Bruce Kovner
Camille D. LaBarre
Harry T. Lee
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer
Frayda B. Lindemann
Dafna Meitar-Nechmad
Mrs. Corbin R. Miller
William R. Miller
William C. Morris
Elena A. Prokupets
Sana H. Sabbagh
Laura J. Sloate
Howard Solomon
Marc I. Stern
Hon. David A. Straz, Jr.
Ambassador Nicholas F. Taubman
Douglas Dockery Thomas
Robert I. Toll
Robert L. Turner
Ann Ziff
HONOR ARY
DIRECTORS
Bruce Crawford
Edgar Foster Daniels
Kevin W. Kennedy
Emily Fisher Landau
Mrs. Alexander M. Laughlin
Mrs. Walter J. Laughery, Jr.
Paul M. Montrone
Dr. M. Lee Pearce
Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha
Gordon P. Getty
Dr. Patrizia A. Cavazzoni
Richard Gilbert
Betsy Cohn
Nancy A. Green
Ephraim Greenwall
Robert J. Cubitto
Robert G. Edge
H. Alexandra Kauka Hamill
Thomas J. Hubbard
Beatrice Esteve
Sanford H. Fisher
Linda E. Johnson
Eugene M. Grant
Tod Johnson
Klaus Kleinfeld
Dr. Herbert G. Kloiber
Dr. David G. Knott
Meyer G. Koplow
Theodore A. Kurz
Mitchell L. Lathrop
Dr. Coco Lazaroff
Marguerite L. Lee
Helen Y. Little
Andrew J. Martin-Weber
Dr. Richard J. Massey
Anne Welsh McNulty
Richard J. Miller, Jr.
Linda Mirels
Ellen F. Oelsner
Katharina Otto-Bernstein
Joseph R. Perella
Miss Leontyne Price
Winthrop Rutherfurd, Jr.
Jacqui Smith
Daisy M. Soros
John J. Veronis
Arete S. Warren
G. Morris Gurley
Mrs. Randolph H. Guthrie
O. Delton Harrison, Jr.
Erik Hartmann
Vikas Kapoor
Mrs. Martin S. Kimmel
Mrs. Joan C. Long
Sandra Ourusoff Massey
John L. McGraw
Mrs. Peter H. Nicholas
Dr. Steve Prystowsky
Hartley R. Rogers
Joan C. Schwartz
Cynthia D. Sculco
Mrs. William F. Sondericker
Kimberly V. Strauss
Jackson Tai
Barry Tucker
Mrs. Robert Wagenfeld
and all the Directors
YOUNG ASSOCIATE
DIRECTORS
Agnieszka R. Balaban
Kathryn Beal, MD
Diego De Giorgi
Heather H. Georges
Matthew G. Hurd
Yung Hee Kim
Joshua Kindler
Melissa Ko
Amy H. Lee
So-Chung Shinn Lee
Helen Lee-Warren
Pedro Magalhães
Julie Warner McAskin
Fonzarelli Ong
Kathleen Kimiko Phillips-Lohrmann
Evelyn M. M. Popp
Chad J. Shampine
Itai Shoffman
Siddhartha Shukla
Kevin M. Tagami
Langdon Van Norden, Jr.
Satoko Yahata
Simon Yates
OPENING NIGHT GALA
TrisTan und isolde
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
Cover: Nina Stemme as Isolde,
photographed by Kristian Schuller / Metropolitan Opera
GAL A CHAIR MAN
Christine F. Hunter
GAL A CO-CHAIR MEN
Mrs. Veronica Atkins
Mercedes T. Bass
Betsy and Ed Cohen
Judith-Ann Corrente and Willem Kooyker
Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and Joseph Neubauer
William C. and Susan F. Morris
Hope and Robert F. Smith
Howard Solomon and Sarah Billinghurst Solomon
Ann Ziff
COR POR ATE CHAIR MAN
John Cryan
Chief Executive Officer
Deutsche Bank
COR POR ATE VICE CHAIR MAN
Gary B. Flom
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jaguar Manhattan
The Met’s Board of Directors and General Manager Peter Gelb
invite you to the Opening Night of the 2016–17 season
WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde
NEW PRODUCTION PREMIERE
Monday, September 26, 2016
4:00 pm
Cocktail Reception
The Mercedes T. Bass Grand Tier
5:00 pm
Performance
Post-performance Cast Dinner
The Tent in Damrosch Park
BLACK TIE
CO N D U C TO R Sir Simon Rattle
I SO L D E Nina
Stemme
B R A N G Ä N E Ekaterina
T R I S TA N Stuart
Skelton
K U R W EN A L Evgeny
K IN G M A R K E René
The Met is grateful to Deutsche Bank for underwriting the
Opening Night Gala for the sixteenth consecutive year.
PRO D U C T I O N Gubanova
Nikitin
Pape
Mariusz Treliński
SE T D E SI GN ER Boris
Kudlička
COS T U M E D E SI GN ER Marek
L I GH T IN G D E SI GNER Marc
Adamski
Heinz
PROJ EC T I O N D E SI GN ER Bartek
Additional funding for the Opening Night Gala
is provided by Jaguar Manhattan.
CH O R EO GR A PH ER Tomasz
Macias
Wygoda
Production a gift of the Estates of Alan and Ruth Broder
Additional funding from Marina Kellen French and
the Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa
Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, Festival Hall Baden-Baden,
Teatr Wielki–Polish National Opera, and China National Centre for
the Performing Arts (NCPA) Beijing
opening night gal a
tristan und isolde
NEW PRODUCTION PREMIERE
Monday, September 26, 2016
G ALA COMMITTEE
GAL A CHAIRMAN
V ICE CHAIRMEN
Christine F. Hunter
Katherine Farley and Jerry I. Speyer/
Tishman Speyer
GAL A CO - CHAIRMEN
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hess
Mrs. Veronica Atkins
Suzie and Bruce Kovner
Mercedes T. Bass
PRINCIPAL BENEFAC TORS
Betsy and Ed Cohen
Stanley and Marion Bergman
Henry Schein, Inc.
Judith-Ann Corrente and
Willem Kooyker
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Green
Marlene Hess and
James D. Zirin
George and Lydia Weiss
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and
Joseph Neubauer
William C. and Susan F. Morris
Hearst
BENEFAC TORS
Alcoa Inc.
Alexa and Michael Chae
Amparo Espinosa
Hope and Robert F. Smith
Ms. Marilyn Handler
Howard Solomon and
Sarah Billinghurst Solomon
Dr. Richard J. Massey
Ann Ziff
Anne Welsh McNulty
CORPOR ATE CHAIRMAN
John Cryan
Chief Executive Officer
Deutsche Bank
CORPOR ATE V ICE CHAIRMAN
Gary B. Flom
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jaguar Manhattan
Taeko Hattori
PRINCIPAL SPONSORS
Susan S. Braddock
Ms. Carol W. Byrd
Nabil and Samantha Chartouni
Misook and Harry Doolittle
Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard
Joan Granlund
Dr. Elizabeth Grimm and Dr. Jack Roth
Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky
Marcia Riklis
Sana H. Sabbagh
Mr. William R. Miller
Leonard and Allison Stern
Eliot Morgan and Yi-Hsin Chang
Kimberly V. Strauss
Dr. Carol D. Morris
Lauren and John Veronis
Socrates Nicholas and Gerard F. Bell
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha
Julie and Brian Nocco
PRIME SPONSORS
Amy Ballard
Alex Bouzari
Christopher Cheever
Daniel C. Cochran and Gregory B. Sutphin
Marina Kellen French
Lena Kaplan
Dr. David G. Knott and
Ms. Françoise Girard
Bertita and Guillermo L. Martínez
Kevin E. Parker, CEO
Sustainable Insight Capital
Alena Simone
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Pargana
Russell Piccione
Dr. Steve Prystowsky
J. Louis Schutte
Ruth B. Schwinge
The Helena Segy Foundation
Susan Stein Shiva Foundation
Dr. George Slavin
Nancy Spencer Smith
Mrs. Paul Soros
James H. Theodore
Alberta J. Thompson and
Lloyd D. Thompson
Drs. Alex and Lauren Walker
SPONSORS
Mr. and Mrs. Sedgwick A. Ward
Hugh A. Andrews
Ann Eden Woodward Foundation
Charles N. Atkins and Lisa Simonsen
Anonymous
Maxim Barsukov
Noreen and Kenneth Buckfire
Diogo De Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Esteve
Betty Davis Gates
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Gilbert
Dr. Brian Grady
Dr. Beth Grosshans and
Mr. Dennis Stattman
Jean-Claude and Christiane Gruffat
Mrs. H. Alexandra Kauka Hamill and
Mr. Sterling Morton Hamill
Dr. and Mrs. William A. Haseltine
Molly K. Heines and Thomas J. Moloney
Judith M. Hoffman
Linda E. Johnson
Anne C. Kolker, M.D.
Mr. Mark Loewen
Julie Macklowe
Dr. Pamela Marron
Matthew and Julie McAskin
Joel Robert Melamed MD
Krisa J. Meyer
Mr. and Mrs. Corbin R. Miller
COMMIT TEE MEMBERS
Beverly and Herbert Chase
Elizabeth de Cuevas
Feinberg Rozen LLP
Marilyn and Lawrence Friedland
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Friedman
Beth and Gary Glynn
Akiko Katayama
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ketchum
Mrs. Etella Marcovici and
Ethan Marcovici
Ms. Anne McIlvaine and
Mr. Alvin Schulman
James and Anna Oberle
Mr. and Mrs. Helmut Pouh
Jane A. Robinson
Nancy Symonds
(committee in formation)