The 83rd Annual Metropolitan Opera Guild Luncheon — Renée & Friends: A Joyous Celebration of Soprano Superstar Renée Fleming. Photography by Lisa Pacino.

Cipriani 42nd Street, New York, December 7, 2017. Musical Tribute by Luca Pisaroni with and pianist Vlad Iftinca; Spoken Tributes by Ann Patchett and Met General Manager Peter Gelb, as well archival video and a star-studded list of honored guests (list in formation): Martina Arroyo, Jamie Barton, Candice Bergen, Harry Bicket, Harolyn Blackwell, Wolfgang Brendel, Joseph Calleja, Kristin Chenoweth, Anna Chlumsky, Philip Cokorinos, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Dwayne Croft, Loretta Di Franco, Lauren Flanigan, Marcello Giordani, Denyce Graves, Anthony Dean Griffey, John Hancock, Theodora Hanslowe, Hilda Harris, Marilyn Horne, Vlad Iftinca, Anthony Laciura, Richard Leech, Andrew Litton, Terrence McNally, Angela Meade, James Morris, Jack O’Brien, Ailyn Pérez , Susan Quittmeyer, Deborah Rutter, Diane Sawyer, Douglas Sills, Teresa Stratas, Dolora Zajick, Francesca Zambello, and more. Along with Met General Manager Peter Gelb, President of the Metropolitan Opera Guild Richard J. Miller, Jr., Chairman of the Metropolitan Opera Guild Winthrop Rutherfurd, Jr., President Emeritus of the Metropolitan Opera Guild Susan S. Braddock, former Met General Manager Joseph Volpe, Chair- Metropolitan Opera Ann Ziff, Managing Director of the Metropolitan Opera Guild Thomas M. Martin, Treasure of the Metropolitan Opera Guild Christopher S. Moore, President and CEO of Metropolitan Opera Judith-Ann Corrente, President BNY Mellon Wealth Management Mark Osgood, and Timothy J. Jessell. Please visit our home page and our various galleries. Thank you. Sample Gallery: https://lisapacino.smugmug.com/Photography/Getty-Samples-by-Lisa-Nocella-Pacino-/