Anna Netrebko at the annual benefit dinner for the White Nights Foundation

The annual benefit dinner for the White Nights Foundation took place at the Four Seasons restaurant last night, on 9. Dec 2009. The Mariinsky’s artistic director, Valery Gergiev, flew in to attend the dinner, flying out the next morning.

The evening included performances by Russian musicians, like opera singers Anna Netrebko and Ekaterina Gubanova, each of whom took solos and then together sang a selection from Offenbach's “Les Contes d'Hoffmann”, the opera that they are currently singing at the Metropolitan Opera House.

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