{"id":25805,"date":"2026-10-20T03:22:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T03:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scandalplanet.com\/?p=301090"},"modified":"2026-10-20T03:22:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T03:22:02","slug":"dua-lipa-stuns-at-the-met-opera-premiere-of-her-2024-book-club-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghanahookup.com\/videos\/dua-lipa-stuns-at-the-met-opera-premiere-of-her-2024-book-club-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"Dua Lipa Stuns at the Met Opera Premiere of Her 2024 Book Club Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Nico Grey \u00b7 Published

Two years ago she told her book club it was one of her favorite books of all time. On Monday night, Dua Lipa watched it become an opera.<\/strong> The pop superstar, 31, hit the Metropolitan Opera\u2019s opening-night gala in New York for the world premiere of \u201cLincoln in the Bardo,\u201d the opera based on George Saunders\u2019 Booker Prize-winning novel. She walked the red carpet solo in a Ferragamo dress from the label\u2019s Spring\/Summer 2027 show, Just Jared<\/a> reports, and a video posted by Page Six<\/a> shows her arriving hand in hand with husband Callum Turner. The detail most red-carpet coverage skipped: \u201cLincoln in the Bardo\u201d was Dua\u2019s own Service95 Book Club pick in October 2024.<\/p>\n

See the look: the official posts<\/h2>\n

Page Six and E! News posted the red-carpet photos and video, Page Six caught the couple arriving hand in hand, and InStyle filmed her entrance.<\/p>\n

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Dua Lipa stuns on the red carpet at the Metropolitan Opera\u2019s opening night gala for \u201cLincoln in the Bardo.\u201d \ud83d\udda4<\/p>\n

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Dua Lipa took our breath away at the Metropolitan Opera\u2019s \u201cLincoln in the Bardo\u201d Opening Gala. \ud83d\ude0d<\/p>\n

\u2014 E! News (@enews) October 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Dua Lipa and Callum Turner arrive hand in hand at the Metropolitan Opera\u2019s opening night gala for \u201cLincoln in the Bardo\u201d in New York City. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n

\u2014 Page Six (@PageSix) October 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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View this post by InStyle (@instylemagazine) on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The Ferragamo look, up close<\/h2>\n

Just Jared confirms the label and that the dress debuted on Ferragamo\u2019s SS27 ready-to-wear runway. Here is what the Page Six photos show. Thin straps hold up a straight black band across the bust. Below it, the dress is covered in oversized black paillettes, with a few teal ones that catch the flash. The paillettes sit over a sheer black base that opens into a thigh-high slit. Matching sheer sleeves, also covered in paillettes, are worn separately and pushed off the shoulder. She kept the rest simple: hair slicked back into a tight bun and a dark manicure, posing in front of the production\u2019s painted graveyard backdrop.<\/p>\n

It is at least her third Ferragamo moment since August. In August she wore a custom black viscose jersey gown with semi-sheer panels to Callum\u2019s \u201cOne Night Only\u201d premiere in New York, USA Today<\/a> reported. In early October, theFashionSpot<\/a> covered her plunging SS27 Ferragamo dress with huge waist cutouts in Paris. Both of those looks were sleek and close to the body. Monday\u2019s dress is the first one built around movement and shine.<\/p>\n

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Our story graphic. Archive photo: Callum Turner and Dua Lipa at the Berlin International Film Festival, February 2026, by Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Not from the Met Opera gala.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Why this premiere was personal: her 2024 book club pick<\/h2>\n

On October 3, 2024, Dua announced \u201cLincoln in the Bardo\u201d as her Monthly Read on her Service95<\/a> site. She called it \u201ctruly epic\u201d and \u201cup there as one of my favourite books of all time,\u201d and wrote that \u201cthe last page still plays on repeat in my mind.\u201d She also sat down with Saunders himself for a Service95 Book Club interview<\/a>, where she told him: \u201cI guess people say you shouldn\u2019t meet your heroes. But I feel so lucky to be sat here speaking to you today.\u201d Two years later, almost to the month, she was in the audience as the book reached the Met stage.<\/p>\n

Saunders was there on Monday too. Page Six<\/a>\u2018s gallery shows him on the carpet with his family. No outlet has reported whether he and Dua met up inside, so that part stays unknown for now.<\/p>\n

Dua did explain what pulls her to opera. \u201cOpera really just touches on all our human emotions, you know, love and grief and loss and ambition and hope and all these things that makes it so special. So I think it\u2019s just about surrendering and I love that,\u201d she said at the Met, per Just Jared.<\/p>\n

Her opera era: La Scala last month, the Met now<\/h2>\n

This wasn\u2019t a one-off. OperaWire<\/a> reports Monday was her second opera night in a month. In September she saw \u201cLa Traviata\u201d at Milan\u2019s Teatro alla Scala, her first time at the theater. OperaWire adds that Met general manager Peter Gelb had hinted weeks earlier that she was excited to attend this opening.<\/p>\n

The guest list was a lot of fun for an opera premiere. Page Six\u2019s gallery shows Amy Poehler, Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, Kate Walsh, Gina Gershon with Laurie Anderson, Julio Torres and Dev Hynes. Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin conducted, with baritone Peter Mattei as Lincoln, according to the Met<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dua Lipa on the Radical Optimism Tour in Manila in November 2024, the same autumn she made \u201cLincoln in the Bardo\u201d her book club pick. Photo: Patrick Cristiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Archive photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A newlyweds\u2019 night out<\/h2>\n

Dua and Callum married on June 6 in Palermo, Sicily, so Monday came about four months into their marriage, per Just Jared. Callum has had a big year on screen as well. He stars in \u201cRosebush Pruning,\u201d which premiered in competition at the Berlinale<\/a> in February with Riley Keough, Elle Fanning, Pamela Anderson and Jamie Bell, and Dua went to Berlin with him for that premiere.<\/p>\n

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Callum Turner and Dua Lipa at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2026, where his film \u201cRosebush Pruning\u201d premiered. Photo: Celestinesucess, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Archive photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Want to see it? The remaining dates<\/h2>\n

Monday was only opening night. The Met<\/a> lists eight more performances of \u201cLincoln in the Bardo\u201d: October 24, 26, 29 and 31, and November 3, 7, 11 and 14. The story takes place over one night in 1862, as President Lincoln grieves in a graveyard full of restless spirits.<\/p>\n

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Dua Lipa at the Berlinale premiere of \u201cRosebush Pruning\u201d in February 2026. Photo: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Archive photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

FAQ<\/h2>\n

What did Dua Lipa wear to the Met Opera gala?<\/h3>\n

A Ferragamo dress from the Spring\/Summer 2027 ready-to-wear show, according to Just Jared. In the Page Six photos it is black and covered in paillettes, worn with separate sheer sleeves and a thigh-high slit.<\/p>\n

What is the opera Lincoln in the Bardo?<\/h3>\n

A new opera by composer Missy Mazzoli with a libretto by Royce Vavrek, based on George Saunders\u2019 2017 novel. The Met commissioned it with The Santa Fe Opera, and director Lileana Blain-Cruz drew on Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C. for the staging.<\/p>\n

When did Dua Lipa and Callum Turner get married?<\/h3>\n

On June 6, 2026, in Palermo, Sicily, according to Just Jared.<\/p>\n

How long is Lincoln in the Bardo at the Met?<\/h3>\n

About 2 hours 40 minutes with one intermission. It is sung in English with Met Titles, and the Met suggests it for ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/strong> Dua\u2019s paillette Ferragamo: her best look of the year so far? Tell us on X @celeb124<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photos: Callum Turner and Dua Lipa at Berlinale 2026 (card and story graphic)<\/a> by Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0; Dua Lipa at Berlinale 2026<\/a> by Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0; Callum Turner and Dua Lipa at Berlinale 2026<\/a> by Celestinesucess, CC BY-SA 4.0; Dua Lipa on the Radical Optimism Tour, Manila 2024<\/a> by Patrick Cristiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons). Archive photos, not from the events described.<\/p>\n

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