Party photos of the week: Opera Atelier Versailles Gala
Forget Opera Atelier, this night was all about Michael Wekerle. The new addition to Dragon’s Den, and big Opera Atelier supporter, stole the spotlight at the sixth annual Versailles Gala and brought his fellow Dragons up to the stage while he was at it. Held at the Four Seasons Hotel, the Opera Atelier fundraiser was a tribute to the marriage of Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI, complete with performances by Chris Enns and Mireille Asselin, who played the happy couple. CBC’s Anne-Marie Mediwake hosted the crowd of Toronto’s most prestigious and devout arts lovers, many of whom spent the night shushing and finger-wagging the younger generation who furiously documented the experience on their mobile phones. The evening raised $200,000 to support the company’s international touring and return to Versailles in France this May. parties@globeandmail.com
Patricia Barretto and Nicole Myers attend The Versailles Gala, Opera Atelier's annual fundraiser, at the Four Seasons Hotel, Wednesday April 2.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Co-Artistic Director Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Opera Ateilier singers Adam Fisher and Mireille Asselin.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Monica Calzaretto.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Barbara Ramljak and Michael Eustace.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Robin Kay.Jenna Marie Wakani
Anne-Marie Mediwake.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Edward Tracz and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Raj Kothari.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Anne-Marie Mediwake.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Students Lukas Malkowski and Elizabeth Kalashnikova.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Marcia Lewis Brown.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Carlie Wekerle.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Yulia Rybakova.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Arlene Dickinson.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Jim Treliving and Michael Wekerle.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Jim Treliving, Arlene Dickinson, Michael Wekerle and Vikram Vij.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Annie Morwood.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Meghan Lindsay with Michael Wekerle.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail
Vikram Vij, Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul attend The Versailles Gala.Jenna Marie Wakani/The Globe and Mail