The BRAVO! Party on Opening Night 2014

Rachel Lem, Adam Arthur Bier

Veronica Rivas-Tramontozzi

Olga Tarasova, Sergey Boroviko, Bruce Chin, Svetlana Gasorva, Michelle White, Alana Flannagan

Benjamin Osgood, Adam Arthur Bier, Lauren Groff, Anna Aleksandrova, Shannon Eliot, Kyle Brisby, Hadley WIlson

San Francisco Opera celebrated the opening of its 92nd season on September 5, 2014, with Opera Ball: Passione, and for the younger crowd, a BRAVO! CLUB Gala. Some 300 BRAVO! members gathered on the balcony of the War Memorial Opera House for a private cocktail reception before the opening night performance of Bellini’s masterpiece Norma. Post-performance, BRAVO! Gala Co-chairs Benjamin Osgood and Hadley Wilson, arranged a dance party at Jardinière, just a red-carpet walk down the block.

San Francisco Opera’s BRAVO! CLUB is a group of young adults dedicated to building a new audience for San Francisco Opera. Founded in 1991, BRAVO! CLUB includes some 500 Bay Area professionals and hosts a variety of educational and performance-related events in support of San Francisco Opera.

Scenes from the BRAVO! CLUB opening night festivities:

Steve Dollinger, Leila Alhosseini

BRAVO! Club President Lauren Groff

Ilysa Seymour, Tiffany DiNardo

Herman Badmorst, Scott Levine, Kevin Newbury, Jessica Jahn

Amanda Emmerson, Justin Murphy

Lori Blackburn, Milvio Jimenez, Natasha Ghaiy

Ileana Facchini, Diana Marano

Erin Chaton, Greer Goings, Jane Burkhard

Alexandra Marcus and Rogers Robertson at Jardiniere for the BRAVO! Club Opening Night Gala After-Party in 2014

Max Stolberg, Karen Stolberg

Kimberly Redussel, Heather Block

Samrah Khan, Giacomo Lami, Kristen Stuecher

Photos by Drew Altizer Photography

— Check out Red Carpet Bay Area coverage of more BRAVO! Club opening night celebrations:

• Bravo! on Opening Night at the Opera (2013)
• Bravo! San Francisco Opera’s 90th Season (2012)
• The Cutest Couple at Bravo’s Opening Night Party (2012)