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SUPPORT MARYLAND OPERA
If you have been moved, entertained, or inspired by live opera events, or are just passionate about the importance of art and music in our communities, consider making a gift today. Your support allows us to continue to present the highest quality and most impactful opera experiences for you, and for students and senior citizens all across Maryland.
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.
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.
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
Anonymous
Loretta Lee Ver Valen Endowment Fund
for Leading Operatic Artists
Maryland State Arts Council
DIRECTOR
The Kenneth S. Battye Charitable Trust
Dr. Allan & Mrs. Claire Jensen
The Lyric Opera Ticket Endowment FundMichael McNamee
PNC Foundation - Grow Up Great
Dr. Mahin Shamszad & Dr. Homayoon Farzadegan
principal
Edward & Laura Asher Charitable Foundation
Baltimore Opera Company Foundation Fund
S. James Campbell Fund
Barbara Hecht
benefactor
The Cameron & Jane Baird Foundation,
in memory of Cameron Baird
Gwen Davidson, in honor of James Harp
Charlotte Floyd
Louise Kirby, in memory and honor of her parents,
Bob & Gladys McQuillan
Mazaika Family Foundation, Inc.
Andrew & Sharon Nickol
Pat Ozborn
Frederick Pearson
John Shields
Howard Sobkov
sustainer
Doris Anderson
Anonymous
Susan Appling
Robert & Martha Armenti
Barry D. & Linda F. Berman
Cathleen Blanton
Jason Buckwalter & Kimberly Christie
Linda Christie
Joseph & Donna Flynn
Fund for Maryland Opera
Bill & Arwyn Gohl
James Kaper
Paul Lambert
Richard Ley
Margaret Long
Dr. Bernard & Dr. Steffie Liberman
Dr. Frank C. Marino Foundation, Marguerite Villa Santa
Virginia T. Pond
Steven J. Ralston & W. Robert Hair
The Mollie & William Smulyan Charitable Donation Fund
Edith Stern & Allan Spradling
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Taubman
Martin & Barbara Wasserman
Sharon Wasserman
supporter
James Anthony
Anne Bailliere
Roger & Jennifer Carter
Debra Colmers
John Crockett & David Malloy
Tyler & Holly Cymet
Barry Daly
Oresto Digiondomenico
Vicki & Bruce Finkelstein
David & Merle Fishman
Lois Flowers
Mary Regina Giles
Vincent Harris, in honor of Georgette Harris
Dr. Joseph M. Langmead
Diane Lichtenberger, in memory of Mlle. Flore Wend
Donald Milsten
Ray C. Mitzel, Jr.
Sarah Robinson
Jenna Schiappacasse, in memory of Anita Rosenbloom
Senior Box Office
Dolores Shamer
Edith Stern
Dr. & Mrs. John Thompson,
in honor of Dr. Allan & Mrs. Claire Jensen
Michael & Roberta Wentworth
J. Daniel & Connie Wolf
patron
Katherine B. Allen
Mary Anne Barcellona Collins
Nancy Baruch
Bill & Kathleen Bennett
Dr. Murry Bentley
Lauren Brown
Carol & Dean Buckwalter
Lynn Buller,
in memory of Anita Greenberg Rosenbloom
Marion Carozza
Mary Chapman
Andrew Cohen
Carole Conors
John C. Corckran, Jr. Charitable Foundation
Peggy Daidakis Werner
Robert & Denise Daly
G. Thomas Davis
Nancy Denebeim
Victoria DeVoe
JoAnne Dolan
Deborah Dopkin
Gladys Fernandez
Marjorie Forster
Margaret Galambos
Dr. & Mrs. George N. Galifianakis
Carol W. Garvey
Patty Gilison
Dale E. Gorsuch
Arna Griffith
Richard & Cheryl Hack
Lucy Hagopian
Lorraine Hamula
Felice Homann
Norman & Patricia Hogeland
Conchita Hong Furlong
Lelia Hopkins
Cheryl Martin Kauffman
Virginia Lee Kauffman
Timothy Kjer
Mary Ann Knab
Bernard E. Koehr
John E. Kyle & Peter L. Satten
Clifford & Marion Leitao
Sandy & Rick Losemann
Pam Malester
Russell Marshall
Nancy Mason
Wynn McCloskey
Patricia McKewen Amato
Arschel J. Morell
Valerie Olson
James F. Padgett
Andrew Pappas
Patricia Paquin
Susan Frick Payne
Edward Polochick
Richard P. Poremski
Mrs. Anna Reed
Christopher & Karen Rhodovi,
in memory of Wayne Conner
Jennie Ritter
George Rose
Mary Rutledge
William Schlegel, in honor of James Harp
Colleen Sheeran
Dr. Bill Shelton
Robert & Deborah Shoremount
Alex & Patricia Short
Julian & Barbara Simmons
Leah Solat
Sandra Spanos
Daniel Spikes
Edward Steinhouse
Roy & Andrea Struble
Michael Stuck
Stephanie Taylor, in honor of Marjorie Forster
Guy Thomas
Charles Emerson Walker
Paul Walker
Carl Walling
Maryland Opera is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org)
Thank you to our corporate partners