Martin & Jean Shafiroff Host Opera Italiana Reception

Jean Shafiroff, Keiko Aoki, Yogmata Keiko AikawaSylvian Gaboury

Jean Shafiroff, Alvise Casellati, Rebecca SeawrightSylvian Gaboury

Jean and Martin ShafiroffSylvian Gaboury

Francesco Belcaro, Claudia Mocellin, Alvise Casellati, Dani Bedoni, Scott BrubakerSylvian Gaboury

Alvise Casellati, Gerald KundeSylvian Gaboury

Nicola Baiocchi Di Silvestri, Alvise CasellatiSylvian Gaboury

Elena GibbsSylvian Gaboury

Yogmata Keiko Aikawa, Jean Shafiroff, Angel PeiSylvian Gaboury

Marsan Nogielski, Preston PinkettSylvian Gaboury

Lauren Day Roberts, Ann LiguoriSylvian Gaboury

Martin and Jean Shafiroff hosted a reception at their Manhattan home in honor of ‘Opera Italiana is in the Air’ and its conductor, Maestro Alvise Casellati.

The event followed Casellati’s outdoor concert at Central Park’s Naumburg Bandshell, which drew thousands of people.

The public performance featured a program beginning with Verdi’s ‘Hymn of the Nations’.

The evening continued with pieces from Mascagni, Puccini, and Mozart, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Puccini’s passing.