Slide 1: Victoria Mansion advisory board members Harrison H. Sawyer, left, Jean Nishiyana and Jane N. Sawyer with board member Ruth Story. — Amy Paradysz photo

Slide 2: Margaret and Robert Macdonald of North Bridgton, left, with Cynthia and Bob Macdonald of Cape Elizabeth at the recent PORTopera preview at the Victoria Mansion in Portland. Cynthia is a trustee and docent at Victoria Mansion, and Bob is on the PORTopera board. — Amy Paradysz photo

Slide 3: Opera fan Vickie Labbe, left, of Portland with Weston Hurt, who is singing the title role in “Rigoletto,” and Connie Bingham, treasurer of PORTopera. — Amy Paradysz photo

Slide 4: Alan Rand and Vesta Vaughan Rand of Yarmouth, left, with Donald Bell and Gail Geddes Bell of Ontario. — Amy Paradysz photo

Slide 5: Gabriele Hungerford of New York City, left, her mother Agnes Hungerford of Scarborough and Pam Wakefield of Portland. — Amy Paradysz photo

Slide 6: From top left to right: Kenneth Kellogg, Robert Mellon, Maeve Höglund, Adam Diegel, Timothy Steele, and Dona D. Vaughn. Photo courtesy of Martha Mickles

Slide 7: From top left to right: Kenneth Kellogg, Robert Mellon, Maeve Höglund, Adam Diegel Photo courtesy of Martha Mickles

Slide 8: Robert Mellon – Photo courtesy of Martha Mickles