Join Founder and Artistic Director Ryan Brown to Celebrate 25 Years of Opera Lafayette
With the Gracious Honorary Patronage and in the Presence of The Ambassador of France to the United States
PHILIPPE ÉTIENNE
Honorary Chair
COUNT GILBERT PUSY DE LAFAYETTE
Leadership in the Arts Recipient
CHRIS O’FLYNN
Artist Honorees
Harpsichordist ANDREW APPEL
Director/Choreographer CATHERINE TUROCY
Board of Directors Co-Chairs
DORSEY C. DUNN
NIZAM P. KETTANEH
Benefit Chair
JOANN WILLIS
PERFORMANCES
Flagg Building Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, 500 17th Street NW
6:00 P.M. | SPECIAL PATRON RECITAL Andrew Appel, harpsichord, joined by Ryan Brown, violin, and Loretta O’Sullivan, cello in the Corcoran's beautiful Salon Doré
7:00 P.M. | VENUS AND ADONIS (1683) John Blow, composer | Anne Kingsmill Finch, librettist, on the Corcoran's Atrium Bridge
RECEPTIONS & CELEBRATIONS
After the performances, join us for the party!
The Westin Georgetown, 2350 M Street NW (transportation from the Corcoran available)
8:30 P.M. | RECEPTION Courtyard
9:15 P.M. | DINNER AND AWARD PRESENTATION The Promenade
10:30 P.M. | SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY LEA DESANDRE AND THOMAS DUNFORD Upper Promenade
PRICING
Tickets for performances at the Flagg Building Corcoran School of the Arts and Design ONLY begin at $125
Tickets for celebration and special performance at The Westin Georgetown ONLY begin at $400
Tickets which include all festivities and the option of transportation between locations begin at $600.
DRESS
Black Tie
RSVP by November 15, 2019
Call - (202) 546-933, ext. 606 (Katherine Offutt)
Photo Credit: Naomi Reddert (Photo of Ryan Brown), Lea Desandre and Thomas Dunford at Opera Comique in Paris, Painting by Amy Severson