Sotto Voce, Buffalo's newest opera company, will present a Gala Evening of operatic scenes and original short films paired with themed food offerings, at 7pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo. Artists will perform excerpts from a variety of operas—sung in German, Italian, and French—and be featured in original short films in English by Director Alex Huddleston. Sotto Voce will present the "Shining Light of Music Award" to Opera-Lytes, accepted by President Lisa Berglund, celebrating the organization's 30 year legacy of bringing operetta to Buffalo. The Gala Performance will highlight the lighter side of opera, with staged excerpts from Mozart’s Entführung aus dem Serail and Don Giovanni, Bizet’s Carmen, and a special “toast” to Opera-Lytes from Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus. A Gala Celebration with Silent Auction and Cash Bar will follow the Performance. Proceeds from the Gala will support Sotto Voce's March 2026 production of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana.