Donor List
Virginia Opera is grateful to the following
contributors for their support.
Director’s Circle $25,000+
Corporate
Altria Group
Arts Alliance
Foundation
The Beck Foundation
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
Herndon Foundation
Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Foundation (continued)
Carl E. Gaenslen Revocable Trust
Goode Family Foundation
Reinhart Foundation
Slatten-MacDonald Fund
James M. Willcox Memorial Fund
Government
City of Norfolk
Virginia Commission for the Arts
Individual
Anonymous
Anonymous
Joan P. Brock
Mr. and Mrs. Vince Ferranti
David and Susan Goode
Douglas and Patricia Perry
Mrs. Patricia Pusey
John and Bucci Zeugner
Producer’s Circle $10,000 – $24,999
Corporate
Norfolk Southern
Foundation
Christian Family Foundation
Louise B. Cochrane Charitable Foundation
Estate of Ida Kay Jordan
Margaret Massie Disharoon Charitable Trust
Thomas L. Disharoon Chartiable Trust
Foundation (continued)
Helen G. Gifford Foundation
R.E.B. Foundation
Sentara Cares
Government
Chesterfield County
CultureWorks
Individual
Dr. & Mrs. William D. Covington
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Delevie
Ms. Cary Fountain
Karen Guliano
Ms. Mary Postma
Mr. and Mrs. Allan S. Reynolds Jr.
Ms. Cornelia Serota
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Shephard
Dr. Homer A. Smith
Dr. Arnold L. Stolberg
Artist Patron Society $5,000 – $9,999
Corporate
Virginia Opera Guild
The Wagner Society of Washington DC
Foundation
Edwards Family Charitable Fund
Garner Family Fund
J.L. Camp Foundation, Inc.
Richmond Fund for Opera
Rona And Erwin Drucker Charitable Trust Fund
Government
Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission
Newport News Arts Commission
Williamsburg Area Arts Commission
Individual
The Betty and Jack Shannon Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Cabell B. Birdsong
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Boglio
Ms. Gwen D. Burroughs
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Coffing
Mr. Raymond DeFrank
Mrs. Dorothy Doumar
Dr. William J. Frable
Mrs. Eva S. Hardy
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Hart
Mr. James A. Hixon
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Kuhlo
Individual (continued)
Ms. Ina D. Levy
Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Lott
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Desha Lucas, III
Mr. and Mrs. Jordan A. Miller Jr.
Mr. Robert Mills
Mrs. Valerie R. Neff and Mr. Edward J. Kelly
Mr. Tom Nicholson III and Mrs. Christie Nicholson
Mr. and Mrs. William O’Connor
Mr. and Ms. Michael Ott
Mrs. Laurens Sartoris
Mr. and Mrs. Nicolas Schuck
Ms. Marilyn Scott
Mrs. Deborah Wyld
Bravo Society $2,500 – $4,999
Corporate
Birdsong Corporation
Foundation
John A. Cable Foundation
Franklin Southampton Charities
Rouse-Bottom Foundation
Ula and Janne Motekat Fund
Waverly Glenn Hurt Fund for the Arts
WE McGuire Charitable Foundation
Government
Portsmouth Museum & Fine Arts Commission
Suffolk Fine Arts Commission
Individual
Ms. Donna J. Allen
Anonymous
Mr. Simeon and Marlys Austin
Ms. Jeannie P. Baliles
Individual (continued)
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Barclift
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley G. Barr Jr.
Rev. Dr. J.P. Blankenship
Ms. Lynn Cobb and Mr. Stephen W. Richard
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cooper
Keith and Kim Curtis
Mrs. Bess P. Decker
Mr. Ammon G. Dunton Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Fisher
Mr. Sean P. Foohey
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gindroz
Dr. and Mr. Elizabeth C. Gullette
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Holloway
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holmes
Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Huber
Mrs. Courtney Hyers
Mr. and Mrs. John Klemenc
Dr. Christopher Kogut & Dr. Thomas Peyser
Ms. Esta Kornstein
Dr. Susan M. Lanni
Ms. Kathleen Le Mons
Individual (continued)
Dr. and Mrs. Edward L. Lilly
Mr. Bing Liu and Mrs. Elsa H. Ma
Mr. Michael L. Maszaros
Ms. Sue A. Messmer
Dr. Elisabeth Muhlenfeld Wollan
Susan and Dale Oller
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Overholser
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Pitts
Mr. Richard Pulley IV
Dr. and Mrs. Larry Quate
Ravindranath Fund
Ms. Marika A. Rawles
Dr. John W. Reynolds
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Russell Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Schmidt Jr.
Dr. Stephen Scoper
Hon. Lydia C. Taylor
Mr. J. Kenneth Timmons, Jr.
Drs. William M. and Bonnie Waldrop
Howard and Martha Zaritsky
Dr. and Mrs. Wilhelm A. Zuelzer
Benefactor Society $1,500 – $2,499
Corporate
Opera America
Foundation
C.D.L. and M.T.B. Perkins Fund
Eugenia Smith Kennedy Fund
Government
City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts
Individual
Ms. Yvonne T. Allmond
Mr. Robert-Allen Baker
Dr. Christopher Burdett
Mrs. Marilyn Buxbaum
Individual (continued)
Mr. Paul Campsen and Dr. Carrie White
Ms. Rejena G. Carreras
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Connelly
Ms. Melanie K. Day and Mr. Roland A. Karnatz
Drs. Georgean G. DeBlois and Mark E. Deblois
Nick Dintelmann
Kevin Erskine
Adm. and Mrs. Harold W. Gehman Jr.
Mr. Thomas A. Grant
Mr. Frederic Harwood
Mrs. E. Beaumont Hodge
Capt. and Mrs. Christopher Horgan
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kadish
Dr. Thomas Koertge
Mr. Lee Krumbein and Dr. Susan Kornstein
Individual (continued)
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marecki
Dr. and Mrs. Carl Patow
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Pepe
Col. and Mrs. Eric F. Peterson
Mr. Bert Schmidt
Dr. Rick Shepard and Ms. Jennie Calhoun
Terrill Snead
Dr. Ilse Snoeks and Dr. Jan Gheuens
Mrs. Jane Spilman
Mr. Lawrence L. Steingold
Ms. Karisa H. Stricklan
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Theon
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Ungerman
Mr. Dante M. Walston
Mr. and Mrs. D.H. Watts
Opera Partner $1,000 – $1,499
Corporate
Foundation
The Harry E. and Martha Lee McCoy Fund
Ula Motekat Fund
Government
Individual
Ms. Ann M. Askew
Mr. Arthur L. Backstrom
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bayliss
Mr. Charles A. Brothman
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Clarke
Individual (continued)
Dr. Sarah B. Clarkson and Dr. John Herre
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Crowley
Mr. David Deghetto
Elmwood Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Galvin
Gildea Family Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Guarraia
Dr. Anne-Marie Irani
Dr. Nancy Khardori and Dr. Romesh Khardori
Capt. and Mrs. Keith Larson
Col. and Mrs. David Maltby
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Mastracco Jr.
Mr. William H. Mears
Mr. Robert Misbin
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Modlin
Individual (continued)
Ms. M. Elizabeth Moore
Mr. W. Kemp Norman Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Olson
Mr. Steven Otto
Mr. Glenn Palatini
Dr. and Mrs. David W. Rennolds
Dr. and Mrs. John D. Sheppard Jr.
Andy L. Sherrer
Mark Sorin & Linda Ferro
Mrs. Gudi J. Stambuk
Mr. Guy K. Tower
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Tucker
Mr. Adam Turner
Ms. Jane Vaught
Dr. and Mrs. G. Byron Work
Opera Sustainer $500 – $999
Corporate
IAT International, Inc.
Foundation
Elsie N. Sis and Monroe Nash Fund
Government
Individual
Mrs. Linda Banyay
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Barham
Dr. Kanama Bivins and Mr. Bakari Bivins
Dr. William Blake Jr.
Ms. Amber Boehnlein
Drs. Bruce and Cassianne Booth
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Borish
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Brogan
Mr. John E. Brush Jr. and Ms. Gay V. Goldsmith
Mrs. Barbara L. Carr
Mrs. Christine K. Cimko
Mr. Joel F. Clingenpeel
Individual (continued)
Ms. Lorna J. Cochrane
Dr. Marc C. De Solminihac
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Eicher
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Epplein
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Ernst III
Mr. Edward J. Finley II
Mr. and Mrs. Carter B. Furr
Mr. John P. Garrett
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Gold
Mrs. Dorothy P. Grandstaff
Mr. and Mrs. Greene
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gregor
Dr. and Mrs. Fred Gross
Mr. Madan M. Gupta
Mr. Mark R. Hendrickson
Mr. Filipe K. Ho
Connie Jacobson
John Kennelly
Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Koste
Cdr. Kenneth A. Krantz
Mr. Lawrence F. Kruger
Mr. J. Theodore Linhart
Individual (continued)
Dr. Velimir Luketic
Bjorn Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. S Randall McDaniel
Mr. Stephen Middlebrook
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds Monach
Rev. Gwynneth Mudd
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Ocheltree
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Overstreet
Patrick Patrong
Mrs. JoAnn J. Porter
Paul Reilly
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Richardson Jr.
Ms. Arlene G. Robinson
Carole D. Royall
Mr. James A. Satterwhite and Mrs. Linda T. Dorsey
Dr. Linda Schneider
Mr. Benjamin M. Smith Jr
Mrs. Cosbi Springman
Dr. Ashton Trice
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Webster
Juan and Linda Whittington
Ms. Shawndell Winfield
Ms. Edith J. Wyeth
Opera Family $250 – $499
Corporate
Payday Payroll Services
Foundation
The Alan and Esther Fleder Foundation
Tidewater Jewish Foundation
Government
Individual
Anne Waranch & Adelle Adler
Alan Albert
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Anderson
Mr. Keith Bailey
Mr. Byron Baker
Ms. Joanne Barreca
Daiva and Arvydas Barzdukas
Mr. Steven H. Brockman and Mr. John Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Burge
Ms. Laura Cameron and Mr. A. Lee McCown
Mr. and Mrs. Ian Cheyne
Gary Chiaverotti and Deborah Miller
Mr. William Cira
Dr. Martha C. Coffield & Mr. David R. Coffield
Mrs. Robin R. Covatta
Individual (continued)
Mrs. Lynn Cross
Mr. Bruce Curran
Ms. Jacobi Daley
Mr. Robert A. Darrell
Ms. Nicole De Jesus
Mr. and Ms. Paul Denig
Mr. Steven Doane
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eichler
Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Elton
Ms. Oneita C. Enoch
Drs. Norman & Gisela Fashing
Ms. Harriet Franklin
Ms. Jane K. Goldman
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gordon
Mrs. Edna Griffenhagen
Dr. and Ms. H. Keith Hellems
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Huber
Ms. Mara I. Ifju
Mr. James Johnsen
Mr. Edward Joyce III
Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Karotkin
Ms. Kathleen F. Kelly
Mrs. Joan Saunders Kennedy
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Kent III
Gregory Lagana
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Laibstain
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Lowry
Capt. and Mrs. Carl V. Mallett
Individual (continued)
Dr. James L. McDaniel
Therry Neilsen-Steinhardt
Mr. and Mrs. James Noone
Ms. Kathleen B. O’Connor
Dr. Carolyn Olson
Ms. Concetta Pagley
Mr. Richard G. Parise
Mrs. Eunice J. Payne
Dr. Thomas C. Phelps
Mr. and Mrs. Cotesworth Pinckney
Mark Pretzat
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ratigan
Mr. and Mrs. David Ross
Anthony Sabella
Mr. David Sadler
Katherine Schiermeyer
Dr. and Mrs. James K. Schmitt
Mrs. Nancy K. Scoggins
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Shaw
Mrs. Rosalind W. Siegel
Mary Sisson-Vaughan
Dr. Viviana Skansi
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Smiley
Mrs. Mary A. Smith
Mr. William K. Stulb
Dr. and Mrs. Olmedo Villavicencio
Mr. and Mrs. Ros R. Willis
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Wright, Jr.