Olivia Flatto
Chairman

Marina de Brantes
Honorary Chairman

Serena Lese
Carol Mack
Laura Zeckendorf
Vice Chairmen

Edward A. Reilly
President

Anne H. Bass
Jacques Bouhet
Randall Bourscheidt
Marina Couloucoundis
Mary Sharp Cronson
Michel David-Weill

Flavia Gale
James de Givenchy
F. Malcolm Graff, Jr.

Lucy Young Hamilton
Claude Janssen
Elisabeth de Kergorlay
Kinga Lampert
Emily Fisher Landau
Gretchen Leach
Pablo Legorreta
Jacques Leviant
Benjamin Millepied
Steven Pesner

Huges de Pins
Lee Radziwill
Sophie Schyler Thierry
Olga Geroulanos Votis
Gregory Annenberg
Weingarten
Robert Wilson
Hal J. Witt
Cecile Zilkha
Trustees

Laure Vienot-Tronche
Executive Director
 

The purpose of the American Friends of the Paris Opera & Ballet is to share the many treasures of the Paris Opera directly with the American public and to foster artistic cooperation between the Paris Opera and the creative community in the United States. Based in New York, the organization was incorporated in 1984 in response to a requ est by Rudolf Nureyev, then the Director of the Paris Opera Ballet, to tour the company in the United States. Recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt foundation in 1985, the group has helped underwrite numerous U.S. tours of the Paris Opera, Paris Opera Ballet and Paris Opera Ballet School, traveling exhibitions from the Paris Opera Museum and appearances of guest artists from the Paris Opera Ballet, as well as many productions at the Paris Opera that prominently feature the participation of American artists, such as Jerome Robbins, Trisha Brown, William Christie, Peter Sellars and Robert Wilson.


The work of the American Friends of the Paris Opera & Ballet is supported by contributions, grants, and bequests from individuals, foundations and corporations. It currently maintains five permanent funds: The Annenberg Fund for Franco-American Projects, the Marina de Brantes Anniversary Fund, the Eugenia Delarova Doll Fund, the Florence Gould American Artists Fund and the Young Artists Fund.


Annual membership in the Friends begins at $1,000 (fully tax-deductible) and includes many attractive benefits for donors, including patron ticket services at the Paris Opera through the Association pour le Rayonnement de l'Opéra de Paris (AROP) and over twenty other European opera houses through the FEDORA network, listing in theater programs at the Paris Opera and during U.S. engagements, invitations to attend special events and the opportunity to join organized trips to major international cultural destinations.

 

Paris Opera Ballet U.S.Tour
Chicago - Washington, D.C. -  New York
June 26 - July 22, 2012

Gallery: Paris Opera Ballet Summer Soiree

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