Wealthy Man Pays €80,000 For Anna Netrebko Appearance

45-year old entrepreneur, and lover of opera, Boris Kollár ponied up €80,000 out of his own pocket for the appearance of soprano Anna Netrebko at the Slovak National Theatre's Annual Crystal Ball (Krištálový ples) in Bratislava. The opera company wanted to make a real event out what is considered the biggest

Millionaire Kollár

gathering of the ball season in Slovakia, but had limited resources. So they turned to Mr. Kollár, who is looking forward to the honor of sitting next to Ms. Netrebko at the ball. Also performing on the March 5 concert will be José Cura and Erwin Schrott. [Source]