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

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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

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

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

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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 Mr. & Mrs. George P. Rodrigue 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

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

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. Mrs. Mary S. Wright

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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

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

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