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Finger Lakes Opera is grateful to its donors. The listing below represents gifts received for the 2026 Season, which runs January 1-December 31, 2026.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

SUPERNUMERARY

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Doug Baldwin and Marion Blankopf
Molly Bell
Barbara Blaisdall
Jennifer Burr
Gary Campanaro
Nicholas Cantiello
Musette Castle
Kurt and Barb Christiansen
Kathleen Cloonan
Daryl Dear Cubitt
Barbara DiFiore
James Dillon
Susan Dow
Jeri Dube
Frederick Dushay, M.D.
Keith Egnor
Linda Isaacson Fedele
Kevin Frick
Rebecca and Tim Fuss
Paulette Gissendanner
Rebecca Glass
Kathy Goforth
Kimberly Grandusky
Gwen and Jess Green
Andrew Hunt
Louise Jesserer
Rosie and John Kearin
Josephine Kenyon
Inga-Mai Larsson-Kovach
Isadora Kunitz
Anne D. Lutkus
Sherry Marche'
Jeanne McElhinney
Margaret Merli
Joan Michie
Sanford and Jill Miller
Patricia Muster
Denise Quamina
Jan Opalach
Elaine Richane
Beatrice Rosenbloom
Linda Rubens
Margaret Sánchez
Annette Satloff
Carol and Pete Schmitz
Jennifer Segel
Kathleen Silverstein
Kevin Smith
Lindy Smith
Susan and Steven Sprecher
Howard Spindler
June Spratt
Michael Steinberg
Sharon Stiller
Laura and Al Swett
Philip Unwin
Ralph and Janice Meyer Volpe
Judit Wagner
Dorothy Wilmer
Janet Zandy

SOLO

Gloria Bacewicz
Asish and Susan Basu
Eileen Buholtz
Charles Courtsal and Lisa Gwinner
Peter Elliott
Nancy Gerard
Cynthia Gibson
Ruth Henry
Jennifer Leonard and David Cay Johnston
Otto Muller-Girard
Pamela and Paul Ness
Marjorie and David Perlman
Brock Tjosvold
Krestie Utech
Barbara Zinker

QUARTET

S. Alexander
Brigitte Bentele
Frank and Janet Fisher Fund at the Rochester Area Community Foundation
Celia Easton
Rob W. Goodling
James Jordan
Jennifer Apple and Jeffrey Over
Donald Green and Max Reiter
Rob and Kasi L. Krenzer Marshall
Ralph Meyer
Caroline Schultz
Jon and Katherine Schumacher
Wayne and Anne Vander Byl
John C. Williams

CHORUS

Barbara and Stewart Agor
Vanda Albera
Barbara Hamlin
Stephanie Havey
Maxine Manjos
Gilbert Kennedy McCurdy
Robyn and Kirk Miller

YOUNG ARTIST

Suzanne Bell and Chris Brown
Curt and Elizabeth Long
M&T Charitable Foundation
Drs. Margaret and Arnold Matlin
Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation
Helga Strasser
Nancy Williams

DIVA

Ruth Rowse and Chris Dahl
JoBeth and Nöel Nichols
Bliss Owen
The Riedman Foundation
Rubens Family Foundation
Sharon and Ron Salluzzo

STARRING CAST

Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation
Rose-Marie B. Klipstein
Lisk Morris Foundation
Monroe County
Marion Swett Robinson
Susan and Rob Shapiro

IMPRESARIO

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New York State Council on the Arts
Opera Guild of Rochester
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Nellie J. Rosenberg

FINGER LAKES OPERA IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE FOLLOWING:

Asbury First United Methodist Church
Crystal Sellers Battle
First Universalist Church
New Bethel CME Church
Rose-Marie Klipstein
Sheron Marche'
David Moffitt, GRID Marketing
Raise a Glass Foundation
RIT/NTID
Marion Swett Robinson
Sharon Salluzzo
Rob and Susan Shapiro
Fred Tanksley, Studio 141 Photography
Tri-Cities Opera

*deceased

FRIENDS OF FLO

Barbara & Stewart Agor Patricia Muster

Gloria Baciewicz JoBeth & Nöel Nichols

Pearl Cytryn Anna Onishi

Chris Dahl & Ruth Rowse Bliss Owen*

Ruth Freeman Marjorie & David Perlman

Rebecca Fuss Kit Pollicove*

Cynthia Gibson Carolyn Riley

Steve & Gail-Dow Goldberg Marion Swett Robinson*

Gwen Green Jon and Katherine Schumacher

Josephine Kenyon Rob & Susan Shapiro*

Rose-Marie Klipstein* Kevin Smith

Elizabeth Long* Ingrid Stanlis*

Sherry Marche', Chair John Williams

Marion Mench Nancy Williams

Kirk & Robyn Miller Helen Zamboni*

Theo Munson

LIFETIME MEMBER*

IN MEMORIAM AND IN TRIBUTE

If you are interested in donating to Finger Lakes Opera in memoriam of or in tribute to a loved one,

please reach out to info@fingerlakesopera.org or call (585) 450-3880.

In honor of Marjorie Grinols

-Marion Swett Robinson

-Linda Rubens

In honor of Margaret Anne and Arnold Matlin

-Frederick Dushay, M.D.

-In honor of Brock Tjosvold

-Charles Courtsal & Lisa Gwimmer

In memory of Suzanne Gouvernet

-Deborah Fox and Ron Epstein

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