Donate & Become a Member
Let your voice be heard!
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.
Your gift can do so much!
$100 brings a singer to an elementary school for an educational puppet show
$250 puts English supertitles above our mainstage
$500 provides housing for an out-of-town artist
$1,000 secures a venue for one of our performances
$2,500 provides meals for the talented young singers in our summer Opera Camp
$5,000 dresses the singers for our November mainstage in beautiful costumes
$10,000 will build our stage and light a performance
From students in the classroom to lifelong opera lovers,
From intimate recitals to the grandest of operas,
For all Marylanders in every community!
We want to thank you for your support of live opera!
Donate at the $250 level and receive access to Opera America’s Opera Passport program. You’ll unlock discounts of at least 10% at dozens of opera companies in the US and Canada. There’s great opera everywhere!
Donate at the $500 level and receive a Maryland Opera t-shirt as well as access to Opera Passport.
Donate at the $1,000 level and, in addition to the incentives listed above, you’ll receive 2 tickets to the First Fridays at Boordy Vineyards performance of your choice.
Donate at the $2,500 level and you’ll have access to a our pre-performance VIP lounge at our November 2025 or April 2026 main stage operas. Enjoy all the incentives above as well!
Donate the $5,000 level and you’ll be announced as a season sponsor for one of our principal artists. In Turandot, Calaf had to lose his head for his name to be known. All you have to do to get your name out there is support Maryland Opera! You’ll receive all the incentives above as well!
Donate at the $10,000 level and make your party the hottest ticket in town, just like Violetta! Maryland Opera will provide two singers and a pianist to entertain at your next event. Enjoy all the incentives above as well!
Maryland Opera, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Our tax ID number is 27-0813566
If you have any questions about making your gift, please call us at 484-678-6041
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 ($25,000+)
Anonymous (1)
Sandra & Malcolm Berman
Loretta Lee Ver Valen Endowment Fund
for Leading Operatic Artists
The Lyric Opera Ticket Endowment Fund
DIRECTOR ($10,000-$24,999)
The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund
The Kenneth S. Battye Charitable Trust
The Peggy & Yale Gordon Trust
Maryland State Arts Council
Michael McNamee
Ursula H. Moran
PNC Foundation - Grow Up Great
principal ($5,000-$9,999)
Baltimore Opera Company Foundation Fund
S. James Campbell Fund
Charlotte Floyd
The John J. Leidy Foundation
Dr. Frank C. Marino Foundation, Marguerite VillaSanta
Andrew & Sharon Nickol
Judith Waranch
benefactor ($1,500-$4,999)
Anonymous (1)
The Cameron & Jane Baird Foundation,
in memory of Cameron D. Baird
Livio & Diane Broccolino
Pamela Gilmour
Barbara Hecht
Louise Kirby
KPMG
Dr. Bernard & Dr. Steffie Liberman
Mazaika Family Foundation, Inc.
Mitzvah Fund for Good Deeds
OPERA America/Next Stage
Pat Ozborn
Frederick Pearson
Dr. Mahin Shamszad & Dr. Homayoon Farzadegan
Mollie & William Smulyan
Howard Sobkov
James & Jacqueline Stradtner
sustainer ($500-$1,499)
Anonymous (1)
Jason Buckwalter & Kimberly Christie
Chuck & Beth Bullamore
Roger & Jennifer Carter
Ingrid & Charles Castronovo
in memory of Samantha Lynn Castronovo
Gwen Davidson
David & Merle Fishman
Donna & Joe Flynn
Marjorie Forster
David Friedland
Fund for Maryland Opera
Bill & Arwyn Gohl
Judith L. Kahl
Richard Ley
Margaret Long
Steven J. Ralston & W. Robert Hair
Elenor Reid
Sarah Robinson
Lauren A. Schnaper
David Schwaber
Eleanor Schwark, in honor of Mahin Shamszad
Julie Shalack
Dolores Shamer
John Shields
Alex & Patricia Short
Edith Stern
Susan Waters
supporter ($250-$499)
James Anthony
Mary Anne Barcellona Collins
Johanna Barroll
John & Debra Colmers
A Brinton Cooper III & Marylu Silbergeld
John Crockett & David Malloy
Barry Daly
Leo Downey
Vicki & Bruce Finkelstein
Mary R. Giles
Saralynn & Sheldon Glass
Lelia Hopkins
Virginia Lee Kauffman
Timothy Kjer
Paul Lambert
Dr. Joseph M. Langmead
Diane Lichtenberger
Mark Lowitt
David Macfarlane, in memory of Sam & Susie Macfarlane
Donald Milsten
Ray C. Mitzel, Jr.
William Murphy, in honor of Judith Waranch
Susan & Edward Perl
Dr. Bill Shelton
Aaron & Jodi Sherber
Mary Jo Wagandt
Martin & Barbara Wasserman
Michael & Roberta Wentworth
patron ($50-$249)
Katherine B. Allen
Patricia McKewen Amato
Doris Anderson
Judith Armold
Frederick Astmann
Anne Bailliere
Nancy Baruch
Dr. Murry Bentley
Jennifer Blades
David & Rosemary Brown
Carol & Dean Buckwalter
Marion Carozza
Karen J. Chasen
David Clark
Barbara Coleman White
Michael & Nancy Conaway
John C. Corckran, Jr. Charitable Foundation
Robert & Denise Daly
G. Thomas Davis
Curtis Decker
Nancy Denebeim
Victoria DeVoe
JoAnne Dolan
Deborah Dopkin
Ruth Drucker
Deb Dylan
Harris Factor
Carol W. Garvey
Patricia Gilison
Dale E. Gorsuch
David & Janet Singletary Guyton
Richard & Cheryl Hack
Lucy Hagopian
Kenneth & Judith Hallfrisch
Lorraine Hamula
Shanae Hill
Norman & Patricia Hogeland
Conchita Hong Furlong
Lelia Hopkins
Michael & Susan Guarnieri
James Kaper
Bob Keane
Beth Ketzner
Mary Ann Knab
Bernard E. Koehr
Lee Kolakowski
JoAnn Kulesza & William Riggs
Bruce Kummer
Leah Kushner
John Eaton Kyle
Clifford & Marion Leitao
Lister Society
Sandy & Rick Losemann
Henry Lowe
Russell Marshall
Marianne Matheny-Katz
Cheryl Matthias
Johanna McDill
Patricia McKewen Amato
Frederick Minger
Alvin S. Mintzes Family Trust
Barry Lee Narlines
Valerie Olson
Sarah Osborne
James Padgett
Michael Panopoulos
Patricia Paquin
Gary Pollock
Edward Polochick
Anna Reed
Christopher & Karen Rhodovi
Jennie Ritter
Maria Robertson
William Schlegel, in honor of James Harp
Robert & Deborah Shoremount
Sandra Spanos
Springwell Senior Living Community
Roy & Andrea Struble
Michael Stuck
John & Mary Ann Thompson
Elva E. Tillman
Susan Treff
Paul Walker
Carl Walling
Peggy Daidakis Werner
Barbara Coleman White
Lisa B. Williams
Ning Zhou
The John J. Leidy
Foundation
Thank you to our corporate partners
Thank you to our GENEROUS GRANTORS
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The Kenneth S. Battye Charitable Trust
The Loretta Lee Ver Valen Endowment Fund for Leading Operatic Artists
The Mitzvah Fund for Good Deeds
