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Palm Beach Opera
Hosts Thank You Reception for Donors
Palm Beach Opera
(PBO) invited donors of $250 or more to the Palm Beach
Opera Production Center on Florida Avenue in West Palm
Beach in order to thank them for their support of opera
in our community this past season. The Annual Donor
Recognition Reception was held on Wednesday, April 9
from 5-7 PM.
Guests were
treated to tours of the Production Center which includes
the Rehearsal Hall, Wardrobe Workshop and Vocal Coaching
Studio. They were also the first to see the newly added
space for set production, storage and construction.
This was the first season when the Opera was able to
consolidate all of its producing operations under one
roof.
General Director
Daniel Biaggi hosted the wine and hors d’oeuvres
reception to celebrate the excellence of the past season
and to inform about the exciting season ahead. PBO
kicks off the season on Saturday 12/13/14 with our
second Opera @ The Waterfront, a free community event
which attracted over 2,500 happy attendees at the Meyer
Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach in its debut this past
December. Then onto the classic and beloved La Bohème
in January, a World Premiere, Enemies, A Love Story –
PBO’s first World Premiere in our 53 year history – in
February and the lighthearted The Daughter of the
Regiment in March.
The Reception
followed a joint meeting of Palm Beach Opera’s Board of
Directors and Board of Governors.
In attendance
from PBO were General Director Daniel Biaggi, Director
of Finance and Administration Joe Cremona, Director of
Marketing and PR Ceci Dadisman, Director of Artistic
Operations Scott Guzielek, Managing Director Greg
Hirsch, and Director of Development Lisa Huertas. The
guests included David Auerbach and Ariane Csonka-Comstock,
Sandy Baklor, Roy Bartolomei and Peter Wronsky, Sigrid
Baumann, Bill Brown, Claire Chasanoff, Richard Crone and
Andre Manzi, John and Susan Domenico, Sandy Fisher, Dr.
Stephanie Flicker and Peter Freudenberg, Virginia and
George Furey, Sandra and Paul Goldner, Arlette Gordon,
Merrill and Charles Gottesman, Sheilagh and Chuck
Hardwick, Drs. Marsha and Henry Laufer, Jill Leinbach,
Howard Lester, Virginia Longo, Barbara and John
McDonald, Anka Palitz, Nancy and Jay Parker, Jo
Pulvermacher, Mayor and Mrs. Samuel Raia, Muriel
Shapiro, Marc Solomon, Nancy and David Stainback, Rita
Taca, Nada Tauber, Karen Tell, Sally Valenti, Lou
Vilardo and Roseanne and Dennis Williams among others.
Palm Beach Opera
is dedicated to producing live opera at an international
standard of excellence and to enriching the life of the
communities it serves with a diverse offering of
educational programs.
For more
information on Palm Beach Opera’s 2014 and 2015 seasons,
visit www.pbopera.org
or call 561-833-7888.
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