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Finger Lakes Opera is grateful to its donors. The listing below represents gifts received between

January 1, 2024 and December 3, 2024.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

FRIEND

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Rachel Abrams
Cecelia Adundo
Kathleen Berry and John Albertini
Jody and Bob Asbury
Terry Badger
Gail Bosso
Henra Brisken
Eileen Buholtz
Violanda and Stephen Burns
Charlotte and William Brummett
John Casella
Rivka Chatman
Barb and Kurt Christiansen
Sheila Clements
Kathleen Cloonan
Anne C. Coon and Craig J. Zicari
Charles Courtsal
Gary and Linda Cox
Daryl Dear Cubitt
Pamela Danger
Ganie DeHart
Frederick Dushay, M.D.
Mary Edwards
Marcia Elwitt
Nancy Foster
Deborah Fox and Ronald Epstein
David Friedman
Andy and Jacquie Germanow
Becky Glass
Deborah and David Gordon
Charles Hetrick
Susan Hughes-Sharp
June and Frederick Jefferson Jr.
Kristina and Timothy Judge
Josephine Kenyon
Christopher Klipstein
Sandy Koon
Carolyn Kourofsky
Patricia Kulaga
Isadora Kunitz
Inga-Mai Larsson-Kovach
Johanna Lester
Deb and Alan Lattime
Wendy Low
James and Rosa Mance
Sherry Marche'
Emily and Tom McCall
Terry Melore
Marion Mench
Margaret A. Merli
Ralph and Martha Meyer
Daniel Meyers
Jill and Sanford Miller
Robyn and Kirk Miller
Stacey Miller
Geraldine and Timothy Minerd
Jeanne Morey
Paul and Helga Morgan
Gail Mott
Roxann Muller
Pamela and Paul Ness
Kerry Nolan
C. F. and D. E. Parker
David and Marjorie Perlman
Ellen M. Polimeni
Sue Raymond
Barney Rickenbacker
OJ and Carl Sahler
Annette and Aaron Satloff
Craig and Monica Schneider
Caroline Schultz
David and Susan Hughes-Sharp
Timothy J. Slisz
June Spratt
Betsy Spratt
Mary Margaret and James Stallone
Margaret Swift
Larry Teel
Ana Tookerr
Wynndy Turner
Betsy Tuxill
Krestie Utech
Margaret Vanas
Ralph and Janice Volpe
Irene and Raymond Ward Jr.
Stephen Webb
Daniel Yawman

SOLO

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Danielle Abramson
Anne Baldwin
Susan and Ashish Basu
Brigitte Bentelle
Wayne and Anne Vander Byl
Carol and Bill Crocca
Patrick Cunningham
Judith Graper
Tom and Ebets Judson
Rose and John Kearin
Christine Licata
Jennifer Lloyd and Connie Gates
Anne D. Lutkus
Frederick Nuernberg
Jon and Katherine Schumacher
Daria and Jim Shaw
Suzanne M. Spencer
Laura and Al Swett
Lois and Mark Taubman
Ursula and Barron Tenny
George H. Urich
Lorraine Van Meter-Cline

QUARTET

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S. D. Alexander-Janssen
Frank and Janet Fisher Fund at the Rochester Area Community Foundation
Margaret Freeman
Elizabeth and Kent Gilges
Rob W. Goodling
Marjorie F. Grinols
Ellen and Ron Herzman
James Jordan
Dr. Leo and Charlotte Landhuis
Gilbert Kennedy McCurdy
Otto Muller-Girard
Elsje Van Munster and Gene Stelzig
John Muenter
Helga Strasser
Karen A. Tinsmon
John Williams
Katherine Wolf
Sara Wood

CHORUS

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Stewart and Barbara Agor
Vanda Albera
Maggie and Neil Atkins
Suzanne Bell and Christopher Brown
Canandaigua National Bank
Patricia and Ed Carey
Cecelia Easton
Ruth Freeman
Dr. Leo and Charlotte Landhuis
Paychex Community Foundation, Inc.
Dale and Robin Robertson
Ron and Sharon Salluzzo
Margaret Sánchez
Helga Strasser

YOUNG ARTIST

Timothy Fossum
Carol Long
The M&T Charitable Foundation
Drs. Arnold and Margaret Matlin
Bliss Owen
Janet Reed
Carol Long
Curt and Elizabeth Long
Kitty Porterfield

DIVA

Max A. Adler Charitable Foundation
Michael Amorese
JoBeth and Noël Nichols
James Walker

STARRING CAST

The Chris Dahl and Ruth Rowse Charitable Fund
Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation
Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation
Monroe County
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Rose-Marie Klipstein
National Endowment for the Arts
Marion Swett Robinson
Susan and Rob Shapiro
Helen Zamboni

IMPRESARIO

New York State Council on the Arts
Opera Guild of Rochester
Nellie Rosenberg

FINGER LAKES OPERA IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE FOLLOWING:

Asbury First United Methodist Church
Bishop Kearney High School
Brown Hound Catering
Garth Fagan Dance
Katie Hannigan
Joseph Avenue Arts & Culture Alliance
Rose-Marie Klipstein
Sheron Marche'
David Moffitt, GRID Marketing
Marion Swett Robinson
Sharon Salluzzo

{ OUR SUPPORTERS }

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 Suzanne Gouvernet and Elena O'Connor:

-Andy and Jacquie Germanow

In honor of Rose-Marie Klipstein:

-Jody and Bob Asbury

-Anne Coon

-Ebets and Tom Judson

-Deb and Alan Lattime

-Daniel Meyer

-Marion Swett Robinson

-Kitty Porterfield

-Lorraine Van Meter-Cline

In honor of Drs. Margaret and Arnold Matlin

-Dale and Robin Robertson

In honor of Dr. Arnold Matlin’s 85th birthday

-Cecilia Adundo

-Shirley and Gary Cox

-Christopher C. Dahl

-Ganie DeHart

-Anna May Eisenberg

-Earl Gurell

-Kristina and Timothy Judge

-Elizabeth G. Long

-Rose-Marie Klipstein

-Janice Meyer Volpe

-Geraldine and Tinothy Minerd

-Gail Mott

-Barney Rickenbacker Jr.

-Monica and Craig Schneider

-Mary Margaret Stallone

-Margaret M. Swift

-Irene and Raymond Thomas Ward

-Stephen Webb

-Daniel Yawman

In memory of Suzanne Gouvernet

-Kristen Dean

-Deborah Fox and Ron Epstein