The 2011 Lyric Opera Ball, Opening Night - A Red Carpet Gala – was held on April 2, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Contributions from the Lyric Opera Ball, in time and dollars, have raised more than $10.5 million over the past 25 years for the Lyric Opera.

Special Thanks to those who made the 2011 Lyric Opera Ball a success:
Honorary Ball Chairmen: Edward P. Milbank
Ball Co-Chairman: Jackie Middelkamp and Suzanne Shank
Auction Co-Chairmen: Eleanor Patton and Carolyn Price
Gala Advisors: Tricia Scott, Amy Embry, Trudy Gabriel, Beth Ingram, and Karen Mische
Gala Committe: Emilia Barksdale, Donna Carper, Julie Crain, Tracey DeMarea, Sheila Dressman-Sisk, Pat Durkin, Maureen Durwood, Ginger Frost, Marcia Garvin, Sarah Higdon, Debbie Holladay, Teresa Johnson, Ann Kenney, Mary Leonida, Beth McCown, Jeannine Midgett, Susan Miller, Sharon Murray, Cindy Pratt-Stokes, Jill Reynolds, Lynda Robertson, Racheal Sabates, Pam Scott, Annette Sherrow, Kit Smith, Barbara Spilker, Michella Stiles, Evangeline Thompson, Ronda White, Sara Bower Youngblood