TACONIC OPERA ANNUAL GALA 2023

Celebrate Taconic Opera with superb food and opera performances by its mainstage singers

Taconic Opera – now in a remarkable 26th season and past recipient of the Arts Organization of the Year Award  – will hold its annual, highly entertaining fundraiser Gala.  This year’s theme: Opera Sheds a Trear.

Thursday, September 21, 2023

C.V. Rich Mansion

305 Ridgeway, White Plains, NY

Start time: 7:00 pm

Parking is plentiful and the venue is handicap accessible.

Honorees of the 26^th Anniversary Celebration include local philanthropist Nicole Towolawi, Taconic Opera Board Secretary and longtime supporter and chorus member Charlotte Garrison, and the company’s long-serving volunteer Stage Manager (25 years!), Hilo Tamaoka.

Guests will dine on sumptuous cuisine and honor those whose contributions to the company are immeasurable. Be prepared with tissues for when several of Taconic Opera’s highly regarded corps of professional singers bring on the tears with a selection of some of opera’s most touching arias, duets and ensembles .

All Gala proceeds support Taconic Opera’s exciting 2023-2024 season of events which will include a fully-staged production of its first German opera, Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss, a two-oratorio concert performance of the Requiem by Fauré and Mozart, plus an orchestral concert of piano concertos by Ravel and Montez conducted by Taconic Opera’s Maestro Jun Nakabayashi and performed by rising-star piano artist, Kessa Mefford. The company also provides free summertime operas and lectures.

Attendance at the Gala will be by a partially tax-deductible donation:

Gold $250

Silver, $200

Bronze $150

Discounts are available for groups of two or more and significantly more for tables for eight.

Tickets and reservations can be arranged online at https://taconicopera.org/TIckets/ or by calling (855) 886-7372.

Full season information is available on the website, http://taconicopera.org/