L'Amour & Couture Gala

The 2011 L’Amour & Couture Gala was inspired by the Opera Company of Philadelphia’s production of Gounod’s Romeo & Juliet, in which the Montagues and Capulets are portrayed as competing modern-day fashion houses. The L’Amour & Couture Gala, held at the Loews Hotel, featured a special preview runway show of the 16 winning student designs that appear in the production, as well as a cocktail hour, seated dinner, live and silent auctions, and a musical performance by Curtis Institute of Music soprano Elizabeth Reiter with Academy of Vocal Arts graduate bass-baritone Daniel Mobbs and current resident artists mezzo-soprano Olivia Vote and tenor Taylor Stayton. Photography by Sofia Negron