Julia Mathis, Laurie Diab, Susan Walker, Shannon Eliot, Kari Lincks, Bailey Haws, Lauren Groff, Emily Brown, Megan Graf, Victoria Weatherford
BRAVO! Opening Gala Co-Chair Shannon Eliot, BRAVO! Opening Gala Co-Chair Laurie Diab and BRAVO! Club President Lauren Groff
Red Carpet Bay Area sponsored the BRAVO! Opening Gala for San Francisco Opera on September 11, 2015. BRAVO! is San Francisco Opera’s group of young professionals dedicated to building a new audience for the opera.
Prior to the opening night performance of Verdi’s Luisa Miller, some 300 BRAVO! Club members and guests gathered for a wine reception on the outdoor loggia of the War Memorial Opera House. Post-performance the BRAVO! party continued down the street at restaurant Jardiniere. The celebration went on until past 2 in the morning.
Scenes from the event:
Richard Sablatura and Donna Sachet
Rada Katz
Shannyn Bessoni
Benjamin Osgood, Alex Petalas
Katrina Ponina
Red Carpet Bay Area’s Marybeth La Motte with Lana Bon
Laurie Diab
Nav Chaudhry, Jimi Harris, Chandan Kaur
Dominic Zoey, Monica Balle, Jaime Culmenares, Brynn Levy
Samantha Hartwell
Douglas Cornwall, Sonia Bell
Jardiniere
Joey Yoo
Hadley Wilson, Kathryn Frankson, Patrick Hanlon
Dj Christopher B
Shannon Eliot
Photos by Joanna Hidalgo and Drew Altizer Photography
— check out Red Carpet Bay Area’s coverage of past BRAVO! Club opening night celebrations: