Love was all around at Cincinnati Opera’s 2019 Gala, Love Letters to Patty, honoring Patricia K. Beggs, outgoing Harry Fath general director and CEO.
Family, friends and fans gathered to celebrate her 35-year career with the company. The evening began with an all-star concert in the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza’s Hall of Mirrors.
Beggs received tributes from Harry Fath; Wayne Brown, president of Michigan Opera Theatre; Marc A. Scorca, president/CEO of Opera America; and opera board president Liz Kathman Grubow.
Former opera president Boris Auerbach and his wife Kathy Patchel surprised Beggs with an oil portrait of her, to be displayed at Music Hall.
Photos by Space Cabin Studios
Gary T. “Doc” Huffman, Cincinnati Opera chair; Patty Beggs; and Liz Kathman Grubow, board presidentEvent co-chairs Anne M. Zaring, Alva Jean Crawford and Catharina ToltzisHarry and Linda Fath with Marc A. Scorca, president/CEO of Opera AmericaMelanie M. Chavez, Jeannine Winkelmann and Patty BeggsJohn Lanni, Ramsey Houston, Barbara Wilks, Nanci Lanni, Nick Lanni, Katie Lanni and Joe LanniJim Beggs, Patty Beggs and Alvin CrawfordMike Franzosa, Jennifer Kaufman, Erica Yang, Michael Stadtmiller, Jonathan Buening, Jenni Stadtmiller and Joy LagdameoAnne-Marie B. Blancquaert, Angela Powell Walker and Walter BruyninckxJimmy Musuraca-Messer, Kristy Davis and Ryan MesserJames and Ruthann SammarcoMona and Richard KerstineMarta Pisarska, Michael Maloney and Margaret LeMastersSusan and John Tew
