The crowd, streaming into the opera house,
sees a billboard.

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THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE

—Condoleezza Rice, Secretary

and the

UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

—Elie Wiesel, Honorary Chairman

in association with

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

present

THE WORLD PREMIERE OF

RÜBEZAHL

An Opera of the Jewish People

In Three Acts

by

GUSTAV MAHLER

Translated, Directed, and Conducted by

Leib Goldkorns, Graduate, and

THE WORLD’S OLDEST LIVING HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR

With RÉNEE FLEMING as Princess Emma

and

LUCIANO PAVAROTTI as Prince Ratibor

and

PLACIDO DOMINGO in the title role

IN ATTENDANCE AT THE GALA:

President and Mrs. George W. Bush

The Vice President, “Dick” Cheney, and his wife, Lynne Cheney

Mr. Wiesel

Ms. Rice

Mr. Henry Kissinger

His Honor Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations

Mr. Kōichirō Matsuura, director General, UNESCO

Václav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic

Eva Nowotny, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Republic of Austria

Daniel Ayalon, Ambassador of Israel to the United States

Frantisek Kunc, Lord Mayor, Jihlava, formerly Iglau

Governor and Mrs. George E. Pataki

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor, State of California,
with Ms. Shriver

Guest of Honor, His Excellency Reb Moshe Teitelbaum

CURTAIN AT 8 PM

Sunday, April 9th, 2006 [5766]

No latecomers

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