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I know this is my second Liv Tyler post today, but she’s just so likable that I want to hug her every time I see her picture, kind of like Jennifer Garner or Jennifer Love Hewitt. Here she is at the opening night of the Metropolitan Opera hobnobbing with Naomi Watts, David Bowie, and his wife Iman. She was also photographed with with an opera-type guy that I need some help identifying designer Zac Posen.
I love these pictures of Liv as she just exudes enthusiasm. I once saw her kiss David Bowie’s hand when she met him on David Letterman. She was just showing her respect, and it came off as innocent and reverential.
Celebrities were in attendance at the opening night of The Met, where they watched a riveting performance of “Madame Butterfly”:
During the first intermission, gala chair Annette de la Renta joined Barbara Walters and Donald Trump in toasting Mercedes Bass for her $25 million donation to the house (the largest single unrestricted gift in the Met’s history). And the goodwill was still flowing as guests exited the three-hour performance and headed to a makeshift pavilion for dinner. “Fantastic,” pronounced Connery, stretching out the adjective in his famous sibilant baritone. Minghella, meanwhile, was busy absorbing another record-breaking amount, the $3 million that was raised by the evening itself. “We have a lot of family and friends here, some of whom have never been to the opera, so it’s great to show them why this has been so popular for over 100 years,” he said. Opera first-timer Jimmy Fallon wasn’t completely won over, though. “I thought it would be funnier,” he said.
I’ll use this occasion to tell the story of the time my husband took me to the Metropolitan Opera. It was just two weeks after we started dating, and he had tickets to see a six hour long German opera, “The Meistersinger of Nuernberg,” with his parents. He took me along and we played footsies the whole time. I mean, the opera was beautiful and all but it could have easily been two hours instead of six. There were two intermissions it was so long. After sitting through that I can easily take on a four hour opera, so maybe he was just breaking me in.
