Sometimes I’m in the mood for one, and sometimes for another. I love a lot of different kinds of music. Upon departing, guests received a Phantom Of The Opera CD.-T.M.I love classical music and I love opera. The centerpieces, designed by Koby Bar Yehuda florist Frida Pablo, featured red roses, white candles of different sizes and two phantom masks, all on a bed of green moss. Crushed burgundy velvet covered the tables and chairs spider webs 'stretched and lifted up in various places on the tabletop to give dimension to the table,' Bar Yehuda says. The tabletops also reflected the Phantom theme. His finds include statues treasure chests racks of costumes wigs and old chandeliers draped in faux spider webs. Much of the decor came from an abandoned storage room of Golan Globus Film Pro-ductions in Jerusalem Bar Yehuda also investigated local flea markets. As the Tel Aviv orchestra struck up the musical's score, the curtains opened to reveal a dining area brimming with period props.

But the mood didn't stay corporate for long-suddenly, the 'Phantom of the Opera' appeared from behind the stage's black velvet curtains, wearing his distinctive mask. Violinists dressed in period costumes welcomed the guests with classical music.Īfter the reception, the 350 guests sat in the opera house for a speech. Old lamp posts, wood benches, baskets of red roses, horse carriages and statues trans-formed the environment. To recreate the musical's setting, Bar Yehuda and his team drew inspiration from the entrance hall of the Paris Opera House of the late 1800s. The reception took place in the opera house's foyer. 'We wanted to recreate the backstage of an opera house,' he explains. Special event designer and produ-cer Koby Bar Yehuda of Ramat Gan, Israel, picked the musical The Phantom Of The Opera for the theme of a corporate event. The Israeli Opera House in Tel Aviv became the legendary Paris Opera House for one night last winter.

In classical mood a night at the opera