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Palm Beach Opera Toasts To 2024 Gala Chairs

And Benefactors At Private Palm Beach Home

In an exciting overture “From our transformative studio training program for Benenson Young Artists Program that receives applications
to its upcoming 2024 Gala, high school students and the Cornelia T. Bailey Apprentice from emerging artists around the world, your support of the
Palm Beach Opera (PBO) Artist Program that creates a bridge to a professional gala is a commitment to the future of Palm Beach Opera,”
honored its Gala Chairs career for recent music school graduates to our acclaimed Walker said.
and Host Committee with
an intimate performance
in the Palm Beach home
of Paulette Koch on Jan. 6.
Koch welcomed 65
guests and thanked her Ann and Robert Fromer
cochairs Judy Harpel and
Diane Sculley and the
hardworking gala council
and host committee for
their tireless efforts in
creating what will be a
truly outstanding gala.
The Palm Beach Opera
Gala at The Breakers
Palm Beach on Feb. 5 will C h a rl e s a n d M e rri l l David Walker and Paulette Dennis and Roseanne Williams Joan and David Genser
showcase an exclusive Gottesman Koch
recital by mezzo-soprano Judy Harpel, Paulette Koch,
Isabel Leonard, a three- Diane Sculley
time Grammy Award-
®
winner who made her PBO debut as Musetta in La Bohème
in the company’s historic 2021 festival.
Guests enjoyed dinner, cocktails, and passed hors
d’oeuvres. PBO Chair of the Board of Directors David
Genser reminded guests that the opera’s largest annual
fundraiser not only supports the company’s world-class
productions but also its three-tiered artist training programs
as well as the numerous education and community
engagement initiatives provided at no cost across Palm
Beach County.
General and Artistic Director David Walker recognized
the Gala Host Committee, Gala Council and Gala Chairs Lee and Jeffrey Alderton Rebecca and Randell Doane
and thanked the evening’s hosts Paulette Koch, Judy and
Jerry Kaufman and Joan and David Genser. John and Diane Sculley Judy and Jerry Kaufman Arts & Entertainment on page 12