SF Opera’s Opening Night Gala on September 10

San Francisco Opera Guild kicks off the San Francisco philanthropic season on Friday, September 10, 2010, with Opera Ball, co-chaired by Charlot Malin and Mary Poland. Hailed as one of the City’s most glamorous cultural events, Opera Ball raises funds for San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Opera Guild’s education programs that reach approximately sixty thousand students each year. The much-anticipated Opening Night Gala will begin in City Hall with an elegant cocktail reception at 5 p.m., followed by a sumptuous dinner at 6 p.m. created by renowned chef Lucas Schoe-maker of McCall Associates and served in the elegant Beaux Arts– style rotunda of San Francisco City Hall.