We thank our generous donors, by whom this season was made possible:
| FESTIVAL SPONSOR ($50,000) |
| GOVERNMENT |
| SBA-SVOG Program |
| National Endowment for the Arts |
| New York State Council on the Arts |
| PRODUCTION SPONSOR ($25,000-$49,999) |
| Martha Strohl |
| John & Thalia Zizzo |
| PRODUCTION & PROGRAM CO-SPONSOR (10,000-$24,999) |
| Janet & Jeff Altamari |
| Robert & Marcia Miller |
| Dr. Christine Rowe-Button & Dr. Thomas Kershner |
| Cindy Spence |
| Dennis and Margaret Sullivan |
| BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS & TRUSTS |
| The Adirondack Trust Company |
| Opera America |
| Stewart's Shops |
| ARTISTS' CIRCLE IMPRESARIO ($5,000-$9,999) |
| Lawrence Edelson & Kevin F. Kotcher |
| Eitan & Malka Evan |
| Barbara Glaser |
| Mr. Wallace Graham |
| Peter Haley |
| Ellen Jabbur |
| John & Donna Moroney |
| Ken & Susi Ritzenberg |
| Dexter & Deborah Senft |
| Carla Skodinski & Michael Fieldman |
| Katherine & John Walthausen |
| BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS & TRUSTS |
| Ianniello Anderson P.C., Attorneys at Law |
| Empire Media Network, Inc. -Saratoga Living & Capital Region Living Magazine |
| Charles R. Wood Foundation |
| Cohoes Savings Foundation |
| Greenberg Traurig |
| Nordlys Foundation |
| ARTISTS' CIRCLE MAESTRO ($2,500-$4,999) |
| Christopher A. Cernik |
| Tom & Diane Denny |
| Joy Emery |
| Allen Freedman |
| Judy Harrigan, PhD |
| Byron & Joan Lapham |
| Dorothy Lee & Victor Han |
| D. Thomas & Theresa Treadway Lloyd |
| Elizabeth Mowry |
| Chester Opalka |
| Rosemarie V. Rosen |
| Steve Rosenblum & Eric Rudy |
| Dr. & Mrs. Anthony Tartaglia |
| BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS & TRUSTS |
| Artist Pianos |
| Touba Foundation |
| KellerWilliams Realty- The Scott Varley Team |
| Waldo T. Ross & Ruth S. Ross Charitable Trust Foundation |
| ARTISTS' CIRCLE ($1,000-$2,499) |
| Phyllis Aldrich |
| Tony & Penny Atkiss |
| Charles & Charlotte Buchanan |
| Ann & Robert Bullock |
| Ilse De Veer & Elayne Livote |
| Dominick DeCecco |
| Dr. & Mrs. James Hall |
| William M. Harris & Holly Katz |
| Mary Huber |
| Donald Ingram |
| Regina Janes |
| Mr. Richard King & Ms. Gail Grow |
| Donald Lipkin & Mary Bowen |
| Neal Lipschutz |
| William Lynch |
| James & Anne Morrissey |
| Mr. & Mrs. Theodore F. Newlin III |
| Richard & Dari Norman |
| Dee Sarno |
| Jessica Stever |
| Robert Stout & Audrey Choiniere |
| Susan C. Thompson |
| Charles Tilley |
| Pat & Lew Titterton |
| Jane A. Wait |
| BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS & TRUSTS |
| Charles Schwab Charitable |
| Glens Falls Foundation |
| J.M. McDonald Foundation Inc. |
| Keeler Motor Car Company Charitable Foundation |
| Louis P Brown Family Charitable Trust |
| Price Chopper's Golub Foundation |
| The James William & Mary Elizabeth Hall Charitable Fund |
| Tides Foundation |
| SUSTAINER ($500-$999) |
| William Allerdice |
| Anonymous |
| Eleanor & Jesse Aronstein |
| Ellen Beal |
| Gordon & Sharon Boyd |
| Charles Caputo & Christopher Pipia |
| Larry Clevenger |
| Mr. & Mrs. Gary Dake |
| Ronald C. Geuther |
| Bob Goepfert |
| Michalea Graham |
| Michael Jakubowski |
| Harriet Kalejs |
| Robyn Katz |
| Judy & Jeff Killeen |
| William & Patricia Knowlton |
| Richard & Rebecca Langer |
| Rolfe Lawson |
| Philip & Janice Livingston |
| William Madison |
| Carol L. Markley |
| Debbie & Charlie McCambridge |
| Virginia & Bruce McMorris |
| Dr. & Mrs. McShane |
| Patricia Mion |
| Andy & Kathy Nolte |
| Helen Rack & Erwin Guetig |
| Eric R. Peterson & Harriet Rifkin |
| Ellen Riley |
| Sharon Roy |
| John Sakrison |
| Mrs. Cynthia Serbent |
| Derek Stannard |
| Judy Staubo in memory of Tom O'Connor |
| Denah & Paul Toupin |
| Lyle Van Vranken |
| Grace & Anthony D. Wildman |
| Paul Winkeller & Victoria Balkoski, MD |
| Jeffrey Wodicka & Neil Castro |
| Norbert & Susan Woods |
| BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS & TRUSTS |
| Niles & Carl team at Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC. |
| Saratoga Dermatology |
| Seagle Festival |
| PATRON ($250-$499) |
| Karen Swaim Babin |
| Ruth Baines |
| Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Beers |
| Phyllis Bader-Borel & John Borel |
| Cynthia Brocks |
| Tracey Brooks |
| Mr. & Mrs. Paul Bruno |
| Francesca Bruno & Daniel Senecoff |
| Susan Buse |
| Trieste Cordova |
| Joanne & David Corey |
| James Covey and James Zabawa |
| Helen & Bill Crawshaw |
| Ellen-Deane Cummins |
| David & Maud Easter |
| Joe & Marie Erkes |
| Donna Lamkin Faddegon |
| Desiree Farley |
| Lorraine Ferguson & Bruce Sowalski |
| Robert & Jane Flynn |
| Ben Ford & Jean Dugan |
| Alan Fridkin |
| Anne C. Furman |
| Richard Gaddes |
| John & Nancy Gilliland |
| Judith Gladstone |
| Gary Gold |
| Drs. David & Felice Gordis |
| Victoria A. Graffeo |
| Ronald Holgate |
| Tim & Libby Holmes |
| Anthony R. Ianniello, Esq. |
| Lawrence & Lynn Johnson |
| Barbara Kass |
| Maggie Kirwin |
| Dr. Beatrice Kovasznay |
| Bryan Lasher |
| Dr. Richard Lavigne |
| Mark & Holly Lawton |
| Dr. Ruth Andrea Levinson |
| Elizabeth Little |
| C. Ursula W. Macaffer |
| Elliott & Cathy Masie |
| Lissa Mattson |
| Donald & Judy McCormack |
| Christine L. McDonald |
| Thomas Moody |
| William Murray |
| Leigh Oates |
| Kara & Shane Pitkin |
| Mary Richards |
| Jo Anne Robbins |
| Alison & Chuck Robie |
| John & Bee Roblee |
| Renee Akel Rosebrook |
| Nancy Sapone |
| Emily & Peter Scannell |
| Jennifer Schannault |
| Frank Scherry |
| Caroline Seligman |
| Dwight & Rachel Smith |
| Diana Smith |
| Elizabeth Sobol |
| Mark Sonders & Leslie Stein |
| Delanne Stageman |
| Joe Stanek & Betty Spinelli |
| Deborah Studwell |
| Cindy Swadba & Joyce Elliott |
| Margaret Talisse |
| Lucy Tower |
| Sandra & Michael Trunzo |
| Vicki Ann Wallshein |
| Michael & Donna Wilcox |
| Constance B. Wood |
| Francesca Zambello |
| Joanna Schneider Zangrando |
| Michael Zavisky |
| BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS & TRUSTS |
| Hampton Inn & Suites of Saratoga Springs |
| WGY Christmas Wish |
| SUPPORTER ($100-$249) |
| Anonymous |
| Drs. Karl Moschner & Hannelope Wilfert |
| Susan Abrams |
| Mark Adamo |
| Madeline Akel |
| Margaret P. Albrecht |
| Aryeh & Karen Alpern |
| Karen Ambros |
| Barbara Andrus |
| Kim & Brett Bailey |
| Frederick & Sheelagh Baily |
| Anne & Henry Bankhead |
| Gabriela Bartlett |
| William & MaryJane Beaulieu |
| Lauren Bell |
| Bryan Benak |
| Catherine Berheide |
| Guthrie Birkhead |
| Jere & Julia Blackwelder |
| Donna Blodgett |
| Susan Bokan |
| Ken & Nat Bollerud |
| Sharon Bonk |
| Nancy & Geoff Bornemann |
| Dr. Kari Borelli & Mr. Jason Bernad |
| James J. Brady |
| William & Susan Bray |
| Chester Brearey |
| Arleen Brilliant |
| Mary Lou Bryan |
| Jean & John Buhac |
| Susanne Buhac |
| Tim & Patty Burch |
| Mary Burgess |
| Sarah & John Burke |
| Dean Calamaras |
| Milda M. Carroll |
| Josephine Carson |
| Barbara Casey |
| Anthony Cirillo |
| Rae Jacobs-Cohen & Martin Cohen |
| Mary A. Corrado |
| Michael & Ellen Cuddy |
| Bruce & Meg Cummings |
| Shari & Mike Dailey |
| Laraine Del Belso |
| Ellen M. DeLalla |
| Maarten DeVries |
| Steve and Marsha Dolinsky |
| Marcia Dudden |
| David & JoAnn Duquette |
| Eli Edelson |
| Barry & Madelyn Edelson |
| Caleb Eick |
| David Emanatian |
| Dave & Cindy Engel |
| Eleanor Faber |
| Mr. & Mrs. Robert Farquharson |
| Jonathan Feinberg |
| Cynthia Ferguson |
| Karen Flewelling |
| Marvin & Sharon Freedman |
| Connie Frisbee Houde |
| Patricia A. Gallagher |
| Alvin & Gay Gamage |
| Nancy Gatland |
| Jane & William Gehring |
| Drs. Philip & Marjorie Gerdine |
| John & Diana Gibert |
| Maryann Gilmartin |
| Tony & Alba Giordano |
| Joe & Perry Goldsmith |
| David Golibersuch |
| Catherine Hall |
| David R. Hall |
| Keith & Cathy Hall |
| Lawrence Hamilton |
| Joan Hartter Ostermann |
| Timothy Healey & Gerald Hendlowitch |
| Robert & Linda Hecker |
| Pepper Herman |
| Fred & Donna Hershey |
| Anne Hodge |
| David & Nancy Hyman |
| Elsa Jimenez |
| Penny Jolly & Jay Rogoff |
| Graham & Amber Jones |
| Robin & Gustav Kappler |
| Leo Kellogg |
| Dr. & Mrs. Edward J. Kerr |
| Ruth & Neil Kilstein |
| Debora & Alfred Klein |
| Thomas & Joanne Klepetar |
| Gail Kohn |
| Anna Kuwabara |
| Gerald Leary |
| Deirdre Leland |
| Hon. & Mrs. Howard A. Levine |
| Zoe Nousiainen & Joseph Levy |
| Bradley & Catherine Lewis |
| Pamela Lonergan |
| Victor Lou |
| Nancy Luther |
| John Lynch |
| Barbara Manning |
| Janina Mantell |
| Jeffrey Marcks |
| Cynthia Marino |
| Daniel & Loretta Martin |
| Mark & Mary Kate McCarty |
| Tony McDonald |
| Janice McGinley |
| Timothy McGowan |
| Linda Meenan |
| Mary Frances Miller |
| Jenny & Ben Mirling |
| Robert Mitchell |
| Heidi Muir |
| Thomas W. Myers |
| Linda Newman |
| Heather O'Leary |
| Deborah Onslow |
| Jane Osgatharp |
| Arthur H. Ostrov M.D. |
| Charles Owen |
| Marjorie Pass |
| Louis Patack |
| Marilynn H. Peterson |
| Eric Plesko |
| Diana Praus |
| Dominick Preziosi |
| Robert Redmond |
| Cheryl Reeves |
| Ann Reis |
| Dorothy Reynolds |
| Pamela Robbins |
| Douglas Rofrano |
| Katherine Rogers |
| Joan Rogers |
| Marge Ryan |
| Michael & Diane Ryan |
| Aileen Ryan |
| Deborah Sabin |
| Dorothy Sager |
| Michael Sandison |
| Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo |
| Laina Sonterblum |
| Dora Lee & William Stanley |
| Erica Sufrin |
| Mary Susman |
| John Tani |
| Dr. & Mrs. Lewis Taub |
| Elizabeth & Tim Taylor |
| Linnea Taylor |
| Frieda Toth |
| Anne Zwick Turner |
| Patrick Van Roey |
| Dorothy Vieira |
| Bonnie Walmsley |
| Dagmar Welling |
| Sandra Welter |
| Diane & Merrill Whitburn |
| Kate Wilkins |
| Kenneth David Wilkins |
| Robert J. Woods, RA |
| Mr. Theodore P. Wright, Jr. & Mrs. Susan Standfast Wright |
| Lance & Susan Stewart |
| BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS & TRUSTS |
| Ben & Jerry's |
MEMBERS (UP TO $99)
Members, please know how grateful we are for your continued support.
Donors are listed from June 10, 2020 through June 20, 2021. We regret the omission of anyone who contributed after this date, but look forward to future recognition of your generous support.
Opera Saratoga extends special gratitude to members of the General Director's Council who have made multi-year charitable commitments to build a foundation for long-term sustainability to invest in vital artistic programs and projects to enrich our community.
General Director's Council- Gold
Martha Strohl
John & Thalia Zizzo
General Director's Council- Silver
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Miller
Lawrence Edelson & Kevin F. Kotcher
Mr. & Mrs. George Hearst III
Cindy Spence
General Director's Council- Bronze
D. Thomas & Theresa Treadway Lloyd
Robert & Ann Bullock
Barbara Glaser
Dr. Christine Rowe-Button & Dr. Thomas Kershner (in memoriam)
The 2011 Society was established during Opera Saratoga's 50th Anniversary Season to recognize patrons who have provided, or plan to provide, gifts to Opera Saratoga through their estate plans. Members of The 2011 Society help secure a lasting future for professional opera in the region.
2011 Society Members
Jonathan Blalock
David Emanatian
Drs. Philip & Marjorie Gerdine
Ellen Jabbur
Robert C. Miller
Theodore F. Newlin III
Carla Skodinski
David R. Tarella
Drs. Norbert & Susan Woods
The following individuals have generously provided bequests to Opera Saratoga. We commemorate these departed who have honored us with their support:
Helen V. Froehlich
Waldo T. Ross & Ruth S. Ross
Louis P. Brown
Ross Masterman
Florence Milano
By informing us of your planned gift, you will be included with this important group of Opera Saratoga supporters. Please contact Katrina Fasulo, Development & Patron Services Manager, at kfasulo@operasaratoga.org or 518.584.6018 to inform us of inclusion in your estate plan or to discuss the format of legacy giving that works best for you.
Opera Saratoga gratefully acknowledges the support of many organizations and individuals, without whose continued commitment this season would not have been possible.
Alane Ball Chinian
Eric Brower
Artist Pianos
Caffè Lena
Christopher A. Cernik
Ann Chase
Cudney's Cleaners
College Suites at Washington Square
Lawrence Edelson & Kevin F. Kotcher
Desirée Farley
Katrina Fasulo
Hampton Inn & Suites
Peter Haley
George R. Hearst III
Home Made Theater
Home2Suites- Albany Airport/ Wolf Road
Ellen Jabbur
Holly Katz
Jay Lafond
Bob & Marcia Miller
New York State Parks
OPERA America
Opera Saratoga Guild Members
Maureen Parker
Pitney Meadows Community Farms
Ken Ritzenberg
Amanda Robie & Trieste Cordova
Laurie Rogers
Ro V. Rosen
Steve Rosenblum & Eric Rudy
Chris Rowe-Button
Saratoga Candy Company
Saratoga Hospital
Saratoga Living
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Shakespeare Company
Saratoga Spa State Park
Chris Shiley
Elizabeth Sobol
The Springwater Bed & Breakfast
Cindy Spence
Martha Strohl
Robert Stout
Taryn Woodard
Dr. Norbert Woods
John Zizzo
Our generous Corporate Sponsors
Opera Saratoga received essential assistance from many individuals and organizations throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and we are deeply grateful to all. We sincerely regret the inadvertent omission of anyone from this list.