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Let your voice be heard!

Help us reach our goal of $100,000 and vote for what you would LOVE to see on the Maryland Opera stage. Our Mission is to bring the unique and thrilling experience of live opera performance to audiences of all ages and backgrounds across Maryland, and to inspire a new generation of opera lovers. We cannot achieve this without you and your support.

Make your gift, make your choice, and help us bring the best of opera to you!

Now is the time to let your voice be heard!

Let us know which of these three operas you would LOVE to see!

Roméo et Juliette

Madama Butterfly

Il trovatore

Your gift can do so much!

Thank you to our generous donors

We gratefully acknowledge these donors for supporting our mission to bring the beauty and excitement of live opera to the state of Maryland over the past 12 months.

maestro ($25,000+)

Anonymous

Loretta Lee Ver Valen Endowment Fund

for Leading Operatic Artists

Maryland State Arts Council

DIRECTOR ($10,000-$24,999)

Dr. Allan & Mrs. Claire Jensen

The Lyric Opera Ticket Endowment Fund

Michael McNamee

PNC Foundation - Grow Up Great

Dr. Mahin Shamszad & Dr. Homayoon Farzadegan

principal ($5,000-$9,999)

Edward & Laura Asher Charitable Foundation

Barbara Hecht

Dr. Frank C. Marino Foundation, Marguerite VillaSanta

benefactor ($1,500-$4,999)

The Cameron & Jane Baird Foundation,

in memory of Cameron D. Baird

Livio & Diane Broccolino

Charlotte Floyd

Pamela Gilmour

Mazaika Family Foundation, Inc.

Ursula H. Moran

Andrew & Sharon Nickol

Pat Ozborn

Frederick Pearson

Howard Sobkov

James & Jacqueline Stradtner

sustainer ($500-$1,499)

Doris Anderson

Anonymous

Susan Appling

Barry D. & Linda F. Berman

Sandra & Malcolm Berman

Cathleen Blanton

Jason Buckwalter & Kimberly Christie

Chuck & Beth Bullamore

Linda Christie

Gwen Davidson

Marjorie Forster

Mary R. Giles

Judith L. Kahl

Margaret Long

Dr. Bernard & Dr. Steffie Liberman

Virginia T. Pond

Steven J. Ralston & W. Robert Hair

Elenor Reid

Sarah Robinson

Eleanor Schwark, in honor of Mahin Shamszad

The Mollie & William Smulyan Charitable Donation Fund

Sharon Wasserman

supporter ($250-$499)

Anonymous

James Anthony

Mary Anne Barcellona Collins

Roger & Jennifer Carter

John & Debra Colmers

John Crockett & David Malloy

Barry Daly

Oresto Digiondomenico

Vicki & Bruce Finkelstein

David & Merle Fishman

Lois Flowers

Joseph & Donna Flynn

Bill & Arwyn Gohl

Timothy Kjer

Paul Lambert

Dr. Joseph M. Langmead

Richard Ley

David Macfarlane, in memory of Sam & Susie Macfarlane

Donald Milsten

Ray C. Mitzel, Jr.

William Murphy, in honor of Judith Waranch

Susan & Edward Perl

Jenna Schiappacasse, in memory of Anita Rosenbloom

Senior Box Office

Dolores Shamer

Alex & Patricia Short

Edith Stern

Michael & Roberta Wentworth

patron ($50-$249)

Katherine B. Allen

Anne Bailliere

Nancy Baruch

Bill & Kathleen Bennett

Dr. Murry Bentley

David & Rosemary Brown

Carol & Dean Buckwalter

Lynn Buller,

in memory of Anita Greenberg Rosenbloom

Ingrid & Charles Castronovo

in memory of Samantha Lynn Castronovo

Andrew Cohen

Barbara Coleman White

Michael & Nancy Conaway

A Brinton Cooper III, in honor of Marylu Silbergeld

John C. Corckran, Jr. Charitable Foundation

Peggy Daidakis Werner

Robert & Denise Daly

G. Thomas Davis

Curtis Decker

Nancy Denebeim

Victoria DeVoe

JoAnne Dolan

Deborah Dopkin

Carol W. Garvey

Patricia Gilison

Dale E. Gorsuch

David & Janet Singletary Guyton

Lucy Hagopian

Kenneth & Judith Hallfrisch

Lorraine Hamula

Norman & Patricia Hogeland

Felice Homann

Conchita Hong Furlong

Lelia Hopkins

Virginia Lee Kauffman

Bob Keane

Beth Ketzner

Mary Ann Knab

Bernard E. Koehr

Lee Kolakowski

Bruce Kummer

John Eaton Kyle

Clifford & Marion Leitao

Diane Lichtenberger

Sandy & Rick Losemann

Russell Marshall

Nancy Mason

Cheryl Matthias

Johanna McDill

Patricia McKewen Amato

Valerie Olson

James Padgett

Michael Panopoulos

Andrew Pappas

Patricia Paquin

Edward Polochick

Anna Reed

Jennie Ritter

Mary Rutledge

William Schlegel, in honor of James Harp

Dr. Bill Shelton

Robert & Deborah Shoremount

Leah Solat

Sandra Spanos

Roy & Andrea Struble

Michael Stuck

Guy Thomas

Elva E. Tillman

Paul Walker

Carl Walling

Susan Waters

PLEDGE A GIFT

Financial support for our general operating expenses is crucial. Gifts of all sizes from our audiences and community members are welcome.

Maryland Opera is accepting pledges for monthly and annual recurring gifts. Consider a small recurring donation to help strengthen our fiscal health and support our mission of bringing the beauty and excitement of live opera to audiences of all ages and backgrounds throughout Maryland. Click here to make a pledge.

Donations of stock

Maryland Opera welcomes gifts of stock. Paying with stock or other marketable securities which have appreciated in value may provide certain tax advantages to the donor. Please consult with your own tax advisor for guidance and advice. When paying or making a donation with stock, please contact (or request your broker to contact) Maryland Opera for instructions regarding how to complete the transaction.

Sponsorships

We welcome program sponsorships by foundations, corporations and individuals, as well as estate gifts. If you are interested, please contact us and one of our staff will call you to discuss.

info@marylandopera.org

484-678-6041

Maryland Opera, Inc. is a non-stock corporation, exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, contributions to which are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowable under law. In an effort to increase the sustainability of opera, in late 2017, the Modell-Lyric decided to spin-off all matters concerning opera to a separate entity, fully independent from the Lyric. That entity became Maryland Opera, Inc., with all of its resources and energies devoted to the production of opera and opera-related education and outreach programs.