Gala Chair Melanie Peña and Board Vice President Mark Perry invite you to an historic celebration unlike any other—as we honor our Music Director Nicholas McGegan’s 70th birthday and celebrate nearly 35 years of Nic at the helm, together with the opening night spectacle of Handel’s Aci, Galatea e Polifemo! You won’t want to miss this evening of riveting drama, culinary delights and jubilant celebration fit with opera stars and dear friends.
The evening includes:
- Cocktail reception and an exquisite three-course dining experience
- Intimate seating for the opening night performance of Aci… with opera stars Lauren Snouffer, Anthony Roth Costanzo, and Davóne Tines.
- Festive after-party with a robust scotch tasting and strolling desserts
“Mr. Alden wrings every bit of unsettling darkness from this curious work in an excitingly contemporary production that employs inventive videos and even electronic tweaks of the instruments in the orchestra.”
— The New York Times
“A riveting seventy-five-minute chamber opera that had the slow-action inevitability of an underwater ballet.”
—The New Yorker
Official Gala Sponsors
Mark Perry + Melanie Peña
David Low + Dominique Lahaussois
Gala Dinner Sponsor
Kay Sprinkel Grace
Wine Sponsor
Guarantors
The Estate of Dr. Ross E. Armstrong
Anne + Jeffrey Katz
Didier LeGall
Frederick Matteson + Anne Davidson Barr
Carol + Douglas Tanner
Benefactors
Charlotte Gaylord + Barrie Cowan
Peter + Cynthia Hibbard
Sondra Schlesinger
Susan + Paul Sugarman
2020 Gala Committee
Melanie P. Peña, Gala Chair
Steve John
Anne Katz
Brian Kincaid
Bill Lueth, President KDFC
Rik Malone, KDFC
Robert B. Mison
Rebecca Moyle
Rachael Myrow, KQED
Jason Snyder
Produced by Anthony Roth Costanzo and Cath Brittan
A co-production of National Sawdust and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale
