OUR DONORS
The Atlanta Opera donors have a tradition of providing Annual Fund gifts to sustain our mission of enriching lives through the power of opera! We are grateful for their generous support.
For more information on how you can join these generous donors and to make a gift to support the art that sings please click here, or contact Rebecca Bowden at 404-881-1035 or rbowden@atlantaopera.org.
Society for Artistic Excellence
Annual Fund
Corporate / Community Partners & Gifts In Kind
Encore Circle
Society for Artistic Excellence
Membership in the Atlanta Opera’s Society for Artistic Excellence represents a minimum pledge of $20,000 over a three-year period. These vital gifts help The Atlanta Opera improve its capacity both artistically and financially while building on a tradition of world-class opera in the Atlanta area. Below is a list of patrons who currently have three-year gift commitments.
All donors below are listed both here and in the ARIA.
For more information, contact Bert Huffman at bhuffman@atlantaopera.org.
New Production Patron
$300,000+
Dr. & Mrs. James W. Bland Jr.
Jane S. Willson
Revival Production Patron
$150,000+
Mr. & Mrs. Carl W. Knobloch, Jr.
Director Patron
$75,000+
Martha Thompson Dinos
Mr. & Mrs. Harmon B. Miller III
Jerry & Dulcy Rosenberg
Bob & Cappa Woodward
Artist Patron
$45,000+
The Laura & Montague Boyd
Foundation
The John & Rosemary Brown
Family Foundation
Dr. Alexander Gross
& Mrs. Joanne Chesler Gross
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Artist Patron (continued)
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Hayes III
Candy & Greg Johnson
Mr. William F. Snyder
& Mr. Louis A. Peneguy*
Mr. & Mrs. J. Barry Schrenk
Rhys & Carolyn Wilson
The Mary & Charlie Yates
Family Fund
Charlie & Dorothy Yates
Family Fund
Conductor Patron
$20,000+
Shepard & Boyce Ansley
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Balloun
Bryan & Johanna Barnes
Mr. & Mrs. Andy Berg
Mr. Mario Concha
Heike & Dieter Elsner
Mr. William Hajjar
John L. Hammaker
Mr. & Mrs. John Michael Hancock
Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Keough
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Conductor Patron (continued)
Mr. John O. King
Mr. & Mrs. George W. Levert
Mr. & Mrs. C. David Moody, Jr.
Clara M. & John S. O’Shea
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Paulhus
Mr. William E. Pennington
Edward W. Phares
Mr. James D. Powell
Baker & Debby Smith
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Tucker
Thomas R. Williams Family
Additional Multi-Year Gifts
$15,000+
Cathy & Mark Adams
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Sheehan
$10,000+
Tom & Sandy Teepen |
Annual Fund
The following names represent gifts from individuals, family foundations, The Atlanta Opera Board of Directors, staff, chorus and orchestra. We express our most sincere thanks and appreciation to every donor. The ongoing support you provide allows The Atlanta Opera to continue building on a tradition of excellence, and makes possible quality productions. Listed below are friends who contributed $100 or more to
The Atlanta Opera between July 1, 2012 and March 12, 2013.
Diamond
$100,000+
Dr. & Mrs. James W. Bland, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Keough
Mr. & Mrs. Carl W. Knobloch, Jr.
Jane S. Willson
$25,000+
Mr. & Mrs. John L. Connolly
Martha Thompson Dinos
Mrs. Olga Casteleiro de Goizueta
Mr. & Mrs. Harmon B. Miller III
Jerry & Dulcy Rosenberg
Bob & Cappa Woodward
Platinum
$10,000+
The Laura & Montague Boyd
Foundation
The John & Rosemary Brown
Family Foundation
Dr. Alexander Gross
& Mrs. Joanne Chesler Gross
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Hayes III
Candy & Greg Johnson
Mr. William F. Snyder
& Mr. Louis A. Peneguy*
Mr. & Mrs. J. Barry Schrenk
Rhys & Carolyn Wilson
The Mary & Charlie Yates
Family Fund
Charlie & Dorothy Yates
Family Fund
$5,000+
Cathy & Mark Adams
Shepard & Boyce Ansley
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Balloun
Bryan & Johanna Barnes
Mr. & Mrs. Andy Berg
Ms. Rebecca Y. Frazer
& Jon Buttrey
Mr. Mario Concha
Heike & Dieter Elsner
Carl & Sally Gable
Peg Simms Gary
Mr. William Hajjar
John L. Hammaker
Mr. & Mrs. John Michael Hancock
Mr. Bert W. Huffman
Mr. John O. King
Mr. & Mrs. George W. Levert
Mary Ruth McDonald
Peggy & Jack McDowell
Mr. & Mrs. C. David Moody, Jr.
Clara & John S. O’Shea
Polly N. Pater
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Paulhus
Mr. William E. Pennington
Edward W. Phares
Mr. James D. Powell
John & Barbara Ross
Mr. Charles Sharbaugh
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Sheehan
Baker & Debby Smith
Triska Drake
& G. Kimbrough Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Tucker
Thomas R. Williams Family
$2,500+
Dr. Florence C. Barnett
Jean & Jerry Cooper
Sally & Larry Davis
Col. & Mrs. Edgar W. Duskin
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge
Dr. Mary M. Finn
Mr. & Mrs. Harry L. Gilham Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hardin
Katie Hutchison
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne James
Mrs. Joseph W. Jones
James M. Kane & Andrea Braslavsky Kane
Dr. & Mrs. James Lowman
Sally & Allen McDaniel
Robert & Suzanne Minarcine
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Parker, Jr.
Mr. James L. Rhoden
Milton J. Sams
Johannah Smith
Mr. Peter James Stelling
Yee-Wan & John Stevens
Mr. & Mrs. George B. Taylor, Jr.
Tom & Sandy Teepen
Ms. Bunny Winter
& Mr. Michael Doyle
Gold
$1,000+
Mr. Keith E. Adams
Mr. & Mrs. C. Duncan Beard
Michael L. & Valerie W. Benoit
Allison Krebs Bensch
& Torsten Bensch
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Blackney
Dr. J. Bricker Burns
Mr. Hugh Cheek
Dr.* & Mrs. William C. Collins
Dr. John W. Cooledge
Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Daly Jr.
Mr. Robert S. Devins
John L. Hammaker
Harald Hansen
Donna & Richard Hiller
Mr. L. D. Holland Ann P. Howington
Lou & Tom Jewell
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Gold (continued)
Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy
& Dr. Bill Kenny
Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Kessenich, Sr.
Mrs. Treville Lawrence
Jeanie & Albert Marx
Dan D. Maslia
Mr. William McDaniel
Mr. & Mrs. John L. O’Neal
Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Paul
Lucy S. Perry
Mrs. Betsy Pittman
Mr. Nicholas Shreiber
Dr. & Mrs. Patton P. Smith
Dr. Nicholas Valerio III
Alan & Marcia Watt
Rae & George Weimer
Larry & Beverly Willson
Mrs. Wadleigh C. Winship
Mr. Allen Yee
$500+
Mr. & Mrs. C. S. Akers, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bailey
Mr. Joe E. Bates
Ms. Tiffany Bloomer
Dr. Harold Brody
Barbara S. Bruner, M.D.
Mr. Robert Bunker
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Curry
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Eden
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Ethridge, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John Gam
Mr. & Mrs. George Gundersen
Mr. Michael D. Hastings
Mr. & Mrs. James Horgan
Dr. Sidney T. Kellon
Ms. Eleanor Kinsey
Ms. Salli LeVan
Mr. & Mrs. J. David Lifsey
Richard Lodise & Valerie Jagiella
Dr. Carlos E. Lopez
Donna & Trevor Lumb
Stanley & Elaine Mager
Dr. Robert
& Judge Stephanie Manis
Shelley McGehee
Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Morelli II
Mortimer Family
The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr.
Lynn & Kent Regenstein
R.J. & D.G. Riffey, Jr.
Mary K. Roarabaugh
Mr. Dustin B. Schneider
Mr. Fred B. Smith
Judge & Mrs. Mike Stoddard
Jim & Eleanor Strain
Mr. Eric Taylor
Mr. Richard Thio
Dr. & Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr.
Mrs. Frank Wilson, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. David Wingert
Mr. Jerry Woodward
$350+
Anonymous
Dr. Robert J.
& Mrs. Lynne S. Alpern
Mr. & Mrs. Robert O. Banker
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond H. Chenault
Mr. Michael Clutter
Dr. G. Eichholz
Mrs. Alicia P. Felder
Judge Adele P. Grubbs
Jim & Virginia Hale
Owen Halpern
Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz
Ms. Annette Janowitz
Ms. Jo. Elliott Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Fred R. Keith
Lucy R. & Gary Lee, Jr.
Livvy Kazer Lipson
Ms. Sharon Mills
Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Nicholas III
Ms. Marianela E. Noya
Mr. Edward R. Nudd Jr.
Mr. D. V. Pompilio
& The Honorable S. L. Ingram
Ms. Barbara Rivenbark
Mr. Hervey S. Ross
Dr. Susan Y. Stevens
Carolyn & Robert Swain
Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Tuller
William Wilkinson
& Robert K. Bellinger
Dr. & Mrs. Sam Williams
Silver
$100+
Anonymous
Judith & Aaron Alembik
Mr. William F. Amideo
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Arp
Mrs. Elizabeth Bair
Mr. Brian D. Beem
Ms. Lauren Benevich
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Bhame
Mr. Richard Brownlee
Mr. & Mrs. T. Richard Bryant
Mrs. Karen Bunn
Ms. Catherine Burns
Drs. Brenda & Craig Caldwell
Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Candler
Dr. & Mrs. W. Jerry Capps
Mr. Christopher Carolan
Dr. & Mrs. William H. Chew
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hal Clarke
Mr. & Mrs. Alva Cobb
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Silver (continued)
Lynn Cochran
Mr. & Mrs. Newt Collinson
Ms. Sally Combs
Mr. & Mrs. F. Dean Copeland
Mr. & Mrs. David Courtney
The Sutton Family
Mr. Jere Dodd
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Draluck
Ms. Paula L. Ellis
Ms. DeeAnn E. Evans
Dr. Jeffrey Farmer
Ms. Martha Fineman
P. Wesley Foster, Jr.
Mr. Craig Fowler
Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Friedman
Ms. Maryanne F. Gaunt
Col. & Mrs. Donald M. Gilner
Ms. Mary Jane Avans
Mr. Kevin Greiner
Ms. Anne L. Grossman
Ms. Louise S. Gunn
Dr. & Mrs. John B. Haberlen
Ms. Marilyn M. Hall
Ms. Anne Hammond
Ms. Mary Joe Hanes
Dr. & Mrs. Eugene Harley
Ms. Gail Hayden
& Ms. Kathleen Pickens
Carolyn & Lem Hewes
Ms. Gale Hill
Mr. & Mrs. William Hinson
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Holly, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas C. Howard
Jim & Mary Long Howard
Dr. Karen Kuehn Howell
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Jackson
Mary O. Jensen
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Johnston
Ms. Betty G. Karp
Ms. Emily E. Katt
Dr. Gail M. Kendall
Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Keough
Jane & Bob Kibler
Ms. Donna J. Kilgore
Mrs. Clay Kirk
Mrs. Jo W. Koch
Judge & Mrs. John Langford
Mrs. Emma Lankford
Ms. Debra Leslie
Sophie Li
Mr. Sidney E. Linton
Mrs. Eileen F. Little
Vaneesa & Allan Little
Mr. Albert Loebe
Mr. Richard Lyon
Mr. & Mrs. Carol Lyttle
Olivia T. Martin
Adair & Joe Massey
Mrs. T. Harvey Mathis, Jr.
Katherine B. Maxwell
& Michael J. Maxwell
Mrs. Margaret McCamy
Mr. Robert Mills
Mr. Bill Moody
Ms. Tuwanna Y. Morris
Barbara & Mark Murovitz
Ms. Sarah Murray
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen L. Naman
Mr. Carl W. Nichols
Ms. Carol Niemi
The Honorable
& Mrs. George A. Novak
Charlotte Nunnally
Mrs. Lee Offen
Mr. John Owens
Rita Owens
Mr. Joseph M. Pabst
Thomas Parrott
Larry Pearson
Mr. William E. Pennington
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin S. Persons,Sr.
Ms. Maria M. Pflugbeil
Mrs. Elizabeth Pritchett
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ratonyi
Mr. Mel Rechtman
Mrs. David A. Reinach
Mr. Jean-Paul Richard
Richard Worrell General
Agency, LLC.
Hugh Richardson, Jr.
Mr. John B. Rofrano
Mr. & Mrs. John Philip Rogers
Mr. James Rollins
Danny & Queenie Ross
Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Scaglione
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Schwartz
Mr. & Mrs. David M. Scoular
Dr. Kathy Shands
Mrs. Helga Siegel
Tom Slick
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Slick
Dr. & Mrs. Carter Smith, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Stanley J. Smits
Gail & Barry Spurlock
Mr. & Mrs. James Summers
SunTrust Matching Gifts Program
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Szikman
Leigh & Jay Telotte
Mrs. Franklin W. Thomas
Mr. Stephen H. Thompson
& Mr. Drew Mote
Dr. & Mrs. James H. Venable
Marylee Vetrano
Mr. Jorge F. Vilanova
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Watford
David C. Watts, M.D.
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Corporate / Community Partners & Gifts In Kind
Corporate Partners
$100,000
The Coca-Cola Company
$50,000+
AT&T
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
$10,000+
Affordable Equity Partners, Inc.
Flight Options
Lanier Parking Solutions
$5,000+
Lockheed Martin
Aeronautics Company
$2,500+
Anonymous
$1,000+
Atlanta Opera Guild
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Community Partners
Foundations
$50,000+
Atlanta Music Festival Association
Sara Giles Moore Foundation
The Zeist Foundation
$25,000+
The Kendeda Fund
J. Marshall
& Lucile G. Powell Foundation
$20,000+
Jim Cox, Jr. Charitable Trust
$10,000+
Georgia Pacific Foundation
Abraham J.
& Phyllis Katz Foundation
Wells Fargo Philanthropic
Giving Program
$5,000+
The Arthur M. Blank
Family Foundation
Camp-Younts Foundation
John & Mary Franklin Foundation
Fraser-Parker Foundation
Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation
The Home Depot Foundation
JBS Foundation
Nordson Corporation Foundation
Norfolk Southern Foundation
OPERA America
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
$2,500+
Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta
Hills Family Foundation
Publix Super Markets Charities
Frances Wood Wilson Foundation
$1,000+
Bright Wings Foundation
Herbert & Marian Haley Foundation
Lois & Lucy Lampkin Foundation
Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee
Foundation
Government Funding
$20,000+
City of Atlanta
Office of Cultural Affairs
Georgia Council for the Arts
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Gifts In Kind
Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters
Joel Crowe
Wallace Graphics
John Davis
John Davis Florist of Savannah
England Pianos
Official Piano Sponsor
of The Atlanta Opera
Eli Flint
Flight Options
Lanier Parking Solutions
National Distributing, Inc.
Jeff Roffman Photography
Tim Wilkerson Photography
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Encore Circle
The Atlanta Opera established The Encore Circle to recognize donors who have designated the Opera as a beneficiary in their estate plan. Gifts from these individuals ensure our progress for generations to come.
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Shepard B. Ansley
Mr. & Mrs. Wallace F. Beard
Mr. Montague L. Boyd
Ms. Mary D. Bray
Mr. Robert Colgin
Martha Thompson Dinos
Arnold & Sylvia Eaves
Ms. Dorothy E. Edwards
Mr. & Mrs. Dieter Elsner
Carl & Sally Gable
Rebecca & Sidney Guberman
Ms. Judy Hanenkrat
Mr. Hilson Hudson |
Mrs. Joseph B. Hutchison
Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy
Ms. Corina M. LaFrossia
Mr. Louis L. Lawson
Mr. & Mrs. John G. Malcolm
Mr. Robert Lee Mays
Mr. & Mrs. Allen P. McDaniel
Mr. & Mrs. Jack C. McDowell
Mr. & Mrs. Craig N. Miller
Miss Helen D. Moffitt
Mr. J. Robert Morring
Mr. & Mrs. Bertil D. Nordin
Clara M. & John S. O’Shea
Mrs. Polly Pater |
Mr. William E. Pennington
Bruce A. Roth
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Sanger
Kevin J. Saunders
Mr. D. Jack Sawyer, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Teepen
Mr. Richard F. Tigner
William E. Torres, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. Harold Whitney
Ms. Bunny Winter
& Mr. Michael Doyle
Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Yates, Sr.
Mr. Charles R. Yates, Jr. & Mrs. Mary Yates
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*indicates deceased
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