The 81st Annual Metropolitan Opera Guild's Golden Celebration, Waldorf-Astoria, New York, November 13, 2015. Photography by Lisa Pacino.

Honoring Grace Bumbry, Mirella Freni, Sherrill Milnes, and Renata Scotto on the 50th Anniversaries of Their Met Début; with a Musical Tribute by Plácido Domingo and Spoken Tribute by James Levine. Guests included Martina Arroyo, Deborah Voight, Harolyn Blackwell, Marilyn Horne, George Shirley, Lucine Amara, Betsy Norden, Elinor Ross, Teresa Stratas, Aïnhoa Arteta, and hundreds more (Simon Estes, Florence Quivar, and Anna Netrebko were among those unable to attend). Honoree Mirella Freni has been ill and was unable to leave Italy, we send her well wishes. Their 1965 Met Début: GRACE BUMBRY as "Princess Eboli" in Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo on October 7, 1965. RENATA SCOTTO as "Cio-Cio-san" in Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly on October 13, 1965. MIRELLA FRENI as"Mimì" in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème on September 29, 1965. SHERRILL MILNES as "Valentin" in Charles Gounod's Faust on December 22, 1965. Please visit our home page and our various galleries. Thank you. Sample Gallery: https://lisapacino.smugmug.com/Photography/Getty-Samples-by-Lisa-Nocella-Pacino-/