Galas & Special Events
For information about galas and other events during the 2024-25 season, please call 212.362.6000.
JAKE HEGGIE / LIBRETTO BY GENE SCHEER
Moby-Dick
Gala Premiere
Monday, March 3, 2025 | 8PM
One of mankind’s great epics arrives on the Met stage with the company premiere of Jake Heggie’s gripping take on Moby-Dick, a triumph of American contemporary opera. Celebrate the moment with a special gala evening that begins with cocktails and dinner on the Grand Tier before the performance, followed by dessert at intermission.
Music by Jake Heggie
Libretto by Gene Scheer
Based on the book by Herman Melville
Production a gift of C. Graham Berwind, III and The Eugene McDermott Foundation
Additional funding from the Franci Neely Foundation
Moby-Dick is part of the Neubauer Family Foundation New Works Initiative
Production co-owned by The Dallas Opera, State Opera of South Australia, Calgary Opera, San Diego Opera, and San Francisco Opera
GALA CHAIRMAN
Franci Neely
- 6PM Cocktail Reception
- 6:30PM Gala Dinner
- 8PM Performance
- Intermission Champagne and Dessert
- BLACK TIE
RICHARD STRAUSS
Salome
Gala Premiere
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | 8PM
Leading opera director Claus Guth unveils the first new Met production of Strauss’s white-hot one-act tragedy in 20 years. Conducted for the first time with the company by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and starring soprano Elza van den Heever and baritone Peter Mattei, it’s an event not to be missed. Join us for cocktails and a pre-show gala dinner on the Mercedes T. Bass Grand Tier.
Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund
Additional support from Mr. and Mrs. Michael Corey
GALA CHAIRMAN
Daisy M. Soros
- 5:30PM Cocktail Reception
- 6PM Gala Dinner
- 8PM Performance
- BLACK TIE