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  Jean Shafiroff Jean Shafiroff With Sabine Riglos And Denise Rich The Viennese Opera Ball - the oldest and most prestigious outside of Vienna - held its annual celebration for the 68th year at The Plaza Hotel in New York City with over 400 guests, under the auspices of the U.S. Austrian Chamber of Commerce, and organized by Executive Director, Silvia Frieser and The Event Atelier. The Gala chairs for the evening were Denise Rich and Jean Shafiroff. This gala benefitted the music therapy program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center with support from Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research and was “A Night inspired by ‘Aida’”, from the opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi led under the artistic direction of Daniel Serafin with Austrian conductor, Maestro Vinicius Kattah.   Silvia Frieser Elton Ilirjani The vice chairs were Peter Thomas Roth and Sylvia Hemingway. Guests of Honor and Top opera stars performed arias from the opera Aida by Verdi including Grammy Award-Winners...

Jean Shafiroff With Lady Lilliana Cavendish And Lucia Hwong Gordon Tiffany and Co. hosted a reception for the National Ballet of China at its flagship store at 5th Avenue and 57th Street in New York City. The Chinese Ambassador to the UN, Liu Jieyi , and the Consul General of China, Zhang Qiyue, were in attendance. Other guests included Jean Shafiroff, Kip Forbes, Feng Ying, Angela Chen, Lilian Vernon, David Hochberg and many others. A special performance by ballet dancer Zhang Zhen Xin was a highlight of the event. Photo By: Patrick McMullan