Date & Time: Thursday, October 17th 2019
VIP Reception | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM | Napoleon Room
Main Event | 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM | Moonshine Room
Ticket Cost:
$75.00 – VIP Reception
$25.00 – Main Event
$30.00 – Main Event (at the door)
Venue: Club Café, 209 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02116
Featured Singers: MO’s very own Dana Varga and Fred C. VanNess (VIP Reception), and Tatum Robertson and members of the cast of Freedom Ride (Main Event)
Freedom Ride Gala Sponsor:
FREEDOM RIDE GALA
MassOpera is thrilled to kick-off our 13th Season with our annual Gala to support and honor our New Opera Workshop concert performance of Dan Shore’s epic opera about the Civil Rights Movement, Freedom Ride.
What can you expect from this event?!
VIP Reception | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Complimentary hors d’oeuvres
- A complimentary drink ticket (beer, wine, or cocktail)
- The chance to mingle with MassOpera board members, leadership, and current and former opera stars
- A special performance by MassOper’s very own Founder and Artistic Director, Dana Varga and Fred C. VanNess
- A teaser performance from La Traviata
- Exclusive auction item available for bid only by VIP ticket holders
- Complimentary entrance to the Main Event
Main Event | 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
- An array of silent auction items, including: theatre tickets, restaurants, hotels, & spas
- Select musical performances from members of the cast of Freedom Ride, including Tatum Robertson as Sylvie
- Presentation of the Action Bearing Award to one of MassOpera’s biggest supporters and collaborators
- Cash bar
- Dare we say…party games?!
PERFORMERS
Dana Varga
VIP Reception Performer
Tatum Robertson
Main Event Performer
Fred C. VanNess
VIP & Main Event Performer
Eve Budnick
Pianist
VIP SILENT AUCTION ITEM
MAIN EVENT SILENT AUCTION
3 Lucira Emerald Vases
Intimate dinner w/ Freedom Ride Creative Team
Club Café Liquor and Stemware Basket
Headshot Photo Session w/ Nile Scott Hawver
Signed copy of Children's Book featuring Lidiya Yankovksaya
2 Tickets to the Bruins
2 Night Stay at Anchor Inn in Provincetown for Holly Folly
2 Tickets to Boston Lyric Opera Production
Wine Basket
2 Tickets to 2 Calliope's Call Concerts
Starbucks Gift Basket
Lucozzi Family Portrait Package
VENUE
CLUB CAFÉ | 209 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02116.
If using public transportation, it is best to use the Orange line to Back Bay/South End, or the Green Line to Copley Sq. or Arlington St.
If driving there is limited metered parking on Columbus Avenue and the surrounding streets. For a close parking garage:
- Clarendon Street Garage – $10 after 5 PM (0.2 miles away)