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The Women's board of Ravinia hosted the festival's annual Gala
Benefit Evening on Saturday, August 4, 2007. Placido Domingo,
known to the world as one of the Three Tenors, Grammy winner
soprano Ana Maria Martinez and conductor and Ravinia Festival
Music Director James Conlon along with the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra headlined the Gala performance which featured a mix
of music theater, zarzuela selections and opera arias by such
composers as Verdi, Wagner, Bernstein and Sorozabal.
This special black-tie event began with signature cocktails
including champagne sangria an traditional red wine sangria
and hors d'oeuvres passed on Spanish-themed porcelain platters
on the north lawn. The concert was sponsored by the Port,
Washlow and Errant Families and Howard A. Stotler. There were
approximately 1,260 guests in attendance at the sold-out Gala
dinner, and the evening, the only performance fund-raiser
benefiting America's oldest not-for-profit music festival
raised approximately $1.7 million.
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