Testimonials

Brian Smith

Giuseppe Campora and Dorothy Kirsten in Act 3 of the 1954 production of La Bohème - the performance that Brian might have seen as a student.

Dear Metropolitan Opera,

Opera became a part of my life when my eighth grade class traveled to NYC to attend a performance of Puccini’s La Bohème at the old Met. That day started my love of opera and, especially, the Metropolitan Opera. In 1970, married and with two children, my family made a job-related move to St. Louis, Missouri. Visits to NYC and the Met were infrequent. But thanks to the live Met radio broadcasts on Saturday afternoons, we never stopped listening to opera.

My mother, living in New Jersey, would also listen to the radio broadcasts of the Saturday matinees. We would delay our weekly phone call until after the opera ended, and then relive the special moments of the performance and discuss the opera quiz.

I have fond memories of these wonderful moments talking with my mother and of how these conversations strengthened our personal bond through the emotional experience of opera. That is why I decided to include the Metropolitan Opera in my estate planning with a gift for the purpose of promoting opera productions on radio, television or other media forms. I know my mother would be pleased.

Sincerely,

If the Met has been part of your past, please join Brian in being part of its future. There are so many ways to do so – by will, in a trust or annuity, among other choices. You can receive income, certain tax benefits and become an Associate of The Encore Society, too. The Met can help you find the plan that works best for you. To learn more, please write or call 212-870-7388.

The Encore Society
The Metopolitan Opera
Lincoln Center, New York, NY 10023
212-870-7388
e-mail: encoresociety@mail.metopera.org.