Scene Last Night: Bruce Kovner, Christopher Plummer, Ann Ziff

While the devil was still putting on his white suit and top hat for the new production at the Metropolitan Opera of Gounod’s “Faust,” mere mortals were starting their night with cocktails in the Grand Tier.

Canadian arts patron Jacqueline Desmarais, in a purple gown and Jar jewels, said she was excited to see one of her proteges, Michele Losier, perform the role of Siebel.