Merola Opera Program held a cocktail reception at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Louis  Le Roux to kick off the spring gala, Une Soiree Francaise on March 15. More than 60 Merola patrons gathered for French wines, food and remarks given by the new French Consul General to San Francisco, Pierre-Francois Mourier, and Gala Chair Blanche Germain Streeter.  SF Opera Center director and mezzo-soprano Sheri Greenwald performed songs by Faure, Debussy and other French composers.


Vittoria D'Aste, Charles Moore, Lotte Moore                                     Freda Scott, Jason Danielson


Patrick Wilken, Blanche Streeter, Pierre-Francois Mourier           Sheri Greenwald, Mark Morash


Jane Le Roux, Jean-Louis Le Roux, Sheri Greenwald                  Tracy Grant, Donna Blacker


Blanche Streeter, Juliette Robbins, Amii Barnard-Bahn, Michael Bahn