Following the Opening Night performance, artists and patrons celebrated with a gala dinner in a tent in Damrosch Park, adjacent to the Met. The decoration was inspired by the set design of L'Elisir d'Amore.

Plácido Domingo (center) with Anna Netrebko, who sang Adina, and her husband, bass Erwin Schrott.

General Manager Peter Gelb welcomed the guests.

Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic

Met Board chairman Ann Ziff with Deutsche Bank's Jacques Brand, Corporate Chairman of the Opening Night Gala.

Former model and human rights activist Bianca Jagger

Soprano Renée Fleming and actor Patrick Stewart

Met Board Vice Chairman Mercedes Bass, who also served as co-chairman of the Opening Night Gala, with Anna Netrebko