Individual Donors

Individual Donors 2019 - 2020

Thank you to our individual donors for the 2019-20 Opera season.

New Orleans Opera Association gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and family foundations for their generous support. This list reflects donations received

from July 1, 2018 to the time of this program’s publishing.

To add your name to the roster of supporters, call Director of Development Joanna Sternberg at (504) 267-9526, visit neworleansopera.org, or send your check to New Orleans Opera Association, 935 Gravier Street, Suite 1940; New Orleans, LA 70112; Attn: Development Office. Many companies will match employee and retiree gifts — ask your employer for a matching form to submit with your check. Contributions to New Orleans Opera Association are tax-deductible as allowable by law (tax ID number 72-0272897).

We are grateful for each contribution, and we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of these listings as of the printing deadline. Consult your program insert for the most upto-date season listings. To make a correction to your listing for future printings, or if you believe you have been omitted from the donor list, please call (504) 267-9526.

BENEFACTORS ($2,000+) Gwen & Robert D. Bostick III Prof. Luretta Bybee Melanie & Russ Chapman Serafina & Bernard Charbonnet Jr. Loretta & Guy Corbett Prof. and Mrs.* Robert Force Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Mayer Mr. Guillermo Náñez-Falcón* Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Satawa Mr. Will Sibbald Thomas and Rita-May Ward Robert and Nell Nolan Young

PATRONS ($1,000+) Anonymous Ms. Jo-Ann Ciolino Adams Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Adatto Dr. & Mrs. Robert Arensman Mr. & Mrs. Dale C. Biggers Drs. Andrea & Archie Brown Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Cadow Mr. Vance Ceaser Colonel Bruce J. Elliott Dr. Maria J. Falco Joan Hooper & Julian Feibelman Jr. Dr. Mary Frances Gardner Melissa & Bruce Gordon Dr. Robert Hammer Heather M. Horan & Jeff Lynch Mr. & Mrs. John J. Kelly Dr. Nina M. Kelly Rania & Hicham Khodr Dr. Sue LeBlanc Mrs. Rose LeBreton Dr. & Mrs. William Long Mr. Timothy Lott – The Reily Companies Hon. Janis Van Meerveld Karen and Frank Milanese Mr. & Mrs. Donald P. Mitchell Mrs. R. Kent Mitchell Ms. Cynthia Molyneux Mr. & Mrs. Ernest L. O’Bannon Hon. & Mrs. Steven R. Plotkin Ms. Ashley Pradel Mr. Robert Redfearn Mr. Anthony M. Rotolo Mr. Robert Rome Ron Scalise & Sally Richardson Mr. & Mrs. John C. Scharfenberg Mr. & Mrs. Howard E. Sinor Jr. Mr. Robert Sundin

Ms. Deborah Todd Mr. & Mrs.* Bernard Van der Linden Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. Tufton Raymond & Lisa Washington Mr. Guy Williams – Gulf Coast Bank Dr. Lawrence and Joan Zaslow Mrs. Rosemary Zuppardo

MEMBERS ($500+) Anonymous Ann and Robert B. Anderson Ann & Charles Babington Mr. & Mrs. Harry Barkerding Mr. N. Buckner Barkley Jr Ms. Cherry Bordelon Mr. James Boyd Mrs. Margie Breeden Dr. William Mark Caldwell Mr. Glen Carbone Mr. Donald M. Clement Ms. Nancy Collins Ms. Mary Wilkins Costa Dr. & Mrs. Gregory S. Ferriss Ms. Celia Foard Ana & Juan Gershanik Dr. Bernard M. Jaffe Mr. Walter G. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Klaus Kallman Dr. & Mrs. Jon W. Lowry Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Mistrot Suzanne & Benjamin Motion Dr. & Mrs. Henry D.H. Olinde Mr. & Mrs. Mark G. Otts Dr. & Mrs. John T. Patterson Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Pettit Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Riley Sibley Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Sloan Drs. Austin J. & Jane F. Sumner Dr. Richard A. Tucker

SUPPORTERS ($250+) Ms. Georgia M. Bryant Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Canale Dr. & Mrs. Michael Carey Mrs. Joan Coulter Lorraine & Chuck Cucchiara Mr. Rennie Culver Mr. Brooke Duncan III Mr. & Mrs. Elroy Eckhardt Ms. Sylvia B. Fatzer Dr. & Mrs. J.M. Fortino Mr. Joseph Frickey Jr. Mr. J. Louis Gibbens Ms. Joanna Giorlando Seth Harris & Julie Schwam Harris Mrs. Morris Klinger Mr. Coy Landry Ann Owens Mr. and Mrs. William D. Reeves Ms. Katherine L. Roane Ms. Esther Shefsky Mrs. Stephanie Sheridan and

Mr. Thomas C. Klekamp* Meg & Terry Sims Ms. Diana Stieffel Ms. Joanna Sternberg Dr. Nia K. Terezakis Susan and Leonard Teich Mrs. Claire L. Whitehurst Mr. Neil Wolfson Ms. Annabelle Zakaluk Ms. Dina Zeevi

FRIENDS ($150+) Anonymous (2) Ms. Anna Maria Adamo Gordon and Lynda Allen Mr. and Mrs. August J. Barbier Bishop & Mrs. James B. Brown Mr. Michael Calhoun Ms. Susan Canavello Dr. Robert J. Cangelosi Amy L. Carbonette-Cioll Ms. Meghan Carroll Dr. William T. Cotton & Ms. Marcia Cooke Arthurine Davis John and Ruth Denton Mr. Andrew Doran Ms. Camille Durkin Dr. Jean-Farere Dyer Dr. Jane Eyrich Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Eckhardt Joan & Henry J. Folse Mr. John Ford Alan Gandolfi Ms. Kathleen A. Manning Ms. Sonia Kenwood Ms. Barbara B. LaNasa Linda Laudumiey Gordon Marcus Loudon Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Malachias Carol & Stanley Marx Mr. Chris Meaux Eric and Erlinda Nye Dr. Erin O’Sullivan-Fleming Partners of Jones Walker, LLP

Kathryn & Felix Rando Dr. Hugh J. Robertson M. Lisa Robichaux Mr. George Sanchez Sr. Dr. Janet L. Schmid Mr. Stanley Schwam Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rodney Smith Ms. Kathleen Stassi Ms. Kristi Soileau Ms. Beth Lee Terry Olivier and Ghyslaine Thelin Zelime Van Norman James Wesner

75 FOR THE 75TH! ($75+) Ms. Paula Armbruster Alison & John Ariail Ms. Barbara S. Beckman Jack A. Belsom John and Judith Blackman S.G. Briggs Florence and Jerry A. Brown Sondra L. Brown I. Emett Burnett Mr. Robert Casey Dianne & Joseph Caverly Kathy & Frederick Christian Hon. Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson Mr. Charles H. Coates Jr. Mr. John Colbert Duane Couch Leneida Crawford Taylor Darden Joshua DeCuir Katherine de Montluzin Anna M. Denton Ms. Lynda DePanicis Ms. Stephanie A. Doughty Mr. Patrick J. Dunphy Mrs. Joan H. Eckholdt John and Virginia Eckholdt Mr. James P. Farwell Sybil M. & D. Blair Favrot Steven Fisher & Richard Mariner Mrs. Marie Garon Mr. Mitchell Guidry Susan and Jimmy Gundlach Ms. Carol Hall Mr. Charles J. Hanemann J.C. Harmon Mr. Jeffrey Haupt Ms. Mildred Hawkshead Shirley Henderson Mr. Robert Holden Mr. Mike Horkavi Mona Hollier Mrs. Carlie M. Kahn Janie Susan and Doug Johnson Lee & Jim Klebba Ms. Patricia Krebs Ms. Juanita I. Laborde Ms. Cynthia Langford Mrs. Maline Levy-Berenger Ms. Elizabeth Liu Mr. John Lombardo Maestro Robert Lyall Mrs. Ada Holmes McIver Joel & Suzy Mague Marsha McNulty & Edward E. Chase Jr. Richard M. and Lynn M. Meyers Lynne Neitzschman Mr. John Olinde Mr. Paul J. Ory Ms. Sophia Pappas Gray and Mary Kay Parker Ivonne Patin Nicole and Abhay Patel Gerald & Patricia Price Ms. Audra Ranous Mr. A. Ravi P. Rau Reynolds Developments Dr. & Mrs. James W. Robinson Mr. Charles R. Rogers, Jr. Ms. Lillian Samardzija Ms. Sally S. Scheuermann Ms. Helen L. Schneidau Mr. Raymond Serpas Jessie Sjoblad Steven & Rita Sjoblad Shearman & Sterling LLP - Austin Office Ms. Barbara W. Sholl Duchess Simon Mr. Rick Skelding Ms. Penelope Thompson Lizbeth Turner Sarah Vance Ms. Elizabeth S. Viener Ms. Pamela Washington Mrs. Dorothy Weisler Mr. Robert J. Whann III Ms. Sara S. Wilson Mr. Michael E. Winters Harold Young

*deceased