The gala -going crowd picked up right where New York Fashion Week left off on Sunday, with the annual opening night gala for the Metropolitan Opera.

Ahead of the production of “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” which opened the season, guests mingled throughout the opera lobby. Christine Baranski , an opera gala regular, was the first celebrity guest to arrive, dressed in a sharp black tuxedo dress.

“Isn’t this exciting!” a coiffed patron in a watermelon feathered gown gasped as she entered the room, over the sound of Champagne corks popping.

Julianna Margulies whispered into her husband Keith Lieberthal’s ear as they made their entrance. She also opted for a simple black gown, as did Juliana Canfield, who arrived on the arm of boyfriend Edmund Donovan. It was also dat

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