ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation - Links</TITLE> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Shift_JIS"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="main.css"> <script type="text/javascript" src="rollover.js"></script> </HEAD> <BODY> <div align="center"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="900" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <!-- Header Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="center" height="" bgcolor="#ffffff"><a name="top"><img src="img/logo.gif" border="0"></a></TD></TR> <!-- Menu Bar Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="center" height="30" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="856" bgcolor="#898989"> <TR> <TD align="left" width="141" height="28"><a href="index.html"><img src="img/menu_home1.gif" border="0" alt="" id="button1" onMouseOver="ImgChange('button1','img/menu_home2.gif')" onMouseOut="ImgBack('button1')"></a></TD> <TD align="left" width="141" height="28"><a href="competition.html"><img src="img/menu_competition1.gif" border="0" alt="" id="button2" onMouseOver="ImgChange('button2','img/menu_competition2.gif')" onMouseOut="ImgBack('button2')"></a></TD> <TD align="left" width="141" height="28"><a href="events.html"><img src="img/menu_events1.gif" border="0" alt="" id="button3" onMouseOver="ImgChange('button3','img/menu_events2.gif')" onMouseOut="ImgBack('button3')"></a></TD> <TD align="left" width="141" height="28"><a href="contact.html"><img src="img/menu_contact1.gif" border="0" alt="" id="button4" onMouseOver="ImgChange('button4','img/menu_contact2.gif')" onMouseOut="ImgBack('button4')"></a></TD> <TD align="left" width="141" height="28"><a href="gifts.html"><img src="img/menu_gifts1.gif" border="0" alt="" id="button5" onMouseOver="ImgChange('button5','img/menu_gifts2.gif')" onMouseOut="ImgBack('button5')"></a></TD> <TD align="left" width="141" height="28"><img src="img/menu_links2.gif" border="0" alt=""></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> <!-- Menu Bar Ends Here --> <TR><TD height="15"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <!-- Banner Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="center" height="" bgcolor="#ffffff"><img src="img/links_banner.jpg" border="0"></TD></TR> <!-- Banner Ends Here --> <!-- Banner Caption Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="center"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="856"> <TR><TD align="right" valign="top" width=""><font color="#000000" size="2" class="ms">The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation's 2004, 30th Gala concert at Alice Tully Hall, Orchestra of St. Luke's with conductor Li Jian</font></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> <!-- Banner Caption Ends Here --> <!-- Header Ends Here --> <TR><TD height="30"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <!-- Contents Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="center"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="856"> <!-- Page Title Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="" height=""><img src="img/links_title.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <!-- Page Title Ends Here --> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <!-- Link 1 Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="856"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" width="593"><a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/" target="_blank"><font color="#9e0b0f" size="4" class="ll">The Metropolitan Opera</font></a></TD> <TD rowspan="3" align="left" width="30"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD> <TD rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" width="233"><a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/" target="_blank"><img src="img/links_photo1.jpg" border="0"></a></TD></TR> </TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="10"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="593"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">The Metropolitan Opera is America's largest classical music organization, and annually presents some 220 opera performances. The home of the company, the Metropolitan Opera House is considered by many to be one of the premier opera stages in the world, and is among the largest in the world. The Met, as it is commonly called, is one of the twelve resident organizations at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.</font></TD></TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> <!-- Link 1 Ends Here --> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center"><hr size="1" color="#003471" noshade></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <!-- Link 2 Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="856"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" width="593"><a href="http://www.nycopera.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#9e0b0f" size="4" class="ll">New York City Opera</font></a></TD> <TD rowspan="3" align="left" width="30"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD> <TD rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" width="233"><a href="http://www.nycopera.com/" target="_blank"><img src="img/links_photo2.jpg" border="0"></a></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="10"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="593"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">The New York City Opera was founded in 1944 with the aim of an opera company that would be financially accessible to a wide audience, innovative in its choice of repertory, and a home for American singers and composers. In the City of New York, NYCO is the second largest opera company, after the Metropolitan Opera.</font></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> <!-- LINK 2 Ends Here --> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center"><hr size="1" color="#003471" noshade></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <!-- Link 3 Starts Here --> <!-- <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="856"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" width="593" height="10"><a href="http://www.roh.org.uk/" target="_blank"><font color="#9e0b0f" size="4" class="ll">Royal Opera House</font></a></TD> <TD rowspan="3" align="left" width="30"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD> <TD rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" width="233"><a href="http://www.roh.org.uk/" target="_blank"><img src="img/links_photo3.jpg" border="0"></a></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="10"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="593"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in the London district of Covent Garden. The large building, often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", is the home of The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.</font></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> --> <!-- LINK 3 Ends Here --> <!-- <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center"><hr size="1" color="#003471" noshade></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> --> <!-- Link 4 Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="856"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" width="593"><a href="http://sfopera.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#9e0b0f" size="4" class="ll">San Francisco Opera</font></a></TD> <TD rowspan="3" align="left" width="30"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD> <TD rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" width="233"><a href="http://sfopera.com/" target="_blank"><img src="img/links_photo4.jpg" border="0"></a></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="10"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="593"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">San Francisco Opera (SFO) is the second largest opera company in North America after the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. It was founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola (1881-1953). The Opening Night Gala of the San Francisco Opera is widely considered to be one of the most memorable events of the year for opera patrons.</font></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> <!-- LINK 4 Ends Here --> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center"><hr size="1" color="#003471" noshade></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <!-- Link 5 Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="856"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" width="593"><a href="http://www.operaamerica.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#9e0b0f" size="4" class="ll">OPERA America</font></a></TD> <TD rowspan="3" align="left" width="30"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD> <TD rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" width="233"><a href="http://www.operaamerica.org/" target="_blank"><img src="img/links_photo5.jpg" border="0"></a></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="10"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="593"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">OPERA America is a service organization in North America promoting the creation, presentation, and enjoyment of opera. Almost all professional opera companies and some semi-professional companies in the United States are members of the organization including such opera companies as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Dallas Opera. Opera America also includes international affiliated opera companies such as the Canadian Opera Company and Opera Australia, businesses, educational institutions, libraries, foundations, guilds, and opera artists such as singers and composers.</font></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> <!-- LINK 5 Ends Here --> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center"><hr size="1" color="#003471" noshade></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <!-- Link 6 Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="856"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" width="593"><a href="http://www.dc-opera.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#9e0b0f" size="4" class="ll">Washington National Opera</font></a></TD> <TD rowspan="3" align="left" width="30"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD> <TD rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" width="233"><a href="http://www.dc-opera.org/" target="_blank"><img src="img/links_photo6.jpg" border="0"></a></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="10"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="593"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">The Washington National Opera (WNO) is a world-class opera company in Washington, D.C., USA. Formerly the Washington Opera, the company received Congressional designation as the National Opera Company in 2000. Performances are now given in the Opera House of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.</font></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> <!-- LINK 6 Ends Here --> <TR><TD align="center" height="30"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> <!-- Contents Ends Here --> <!-- Footer Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="center"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="856"> <TR><TD align="center"><hr size="1" color="#9e0b0f" noshade></TD></TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="856"> <TR><TD align="center"><font color="#9e0b0f" size="3" class="m"><b>The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, Inc.</b></font></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="mms">8 East 69th Street, New York, NY 10021 Phone: (212)472-3556 Fax: (212)472-3522 e-mail: <a href="mailto:liciaalbanesepuccinifoundation@verizon.net">liciaalbanesepuccinifoundation@verizon.net</a></font></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="10"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center"><img src="img/copyright.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="25"><img src="img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> </TABLE> </div> </BODY> </HTML>