The SF Opera Guild launched the 85th opera season with a black-tie opening ball co-chaired by Cheryl Baxter and Marybeth La Motte and held at City Hall. Mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina and tenor Clifton Forbis, with Patric Summers conducting, are starring in Camille Saint-Saëns's biblical epic, Samson and Delilah.


Bob & Michelle Friend      Andy Dunayczian, Diana Westnedge Cheryl Baxter, Marybeth La Motte


Claire Fluhr, Sobia Shaikh        Claire Fluhr, Sobia Shaikh      Chris Schumacher, Tracy Johnson  


Donald Runnicles, Adele Eslinger        Karen Caldwell               Isha Abdullah, Dolly Chammas


Diane Wynne, John Ocker                   Dede Wilsey                   George & Charlotte Maillard Shultz


Kirsten Martin, Megan McKeegan         Kimberly Bini          James Isaac, Robert Mailer Anderson


Lyhn & Dr. Gunther Haller           Mai Shiver, Jeff Morgan             Max Nugus, Toni Wolfson


Nadir & Sobia Shaikh                 Robert Shwarts, Joni Binder    Tad & Dianne Taube


Tara & Chris Maybach                        Teresa Medearis             Vaughn Mulder, Maria Quiros


Pitch Johnson, Linda Kemper, David Gockley            Sara Houghteling, Daniel Mason


Gavin Newsom, Jennifer Siebel, Paul Pelosi            Phil Pemberton, Deepa Pakianathan

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