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The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center
Duds for Divas
Heidi Heutel Bohn
Lawrence O. Corry
Anne Gross
Final Auditions
The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
The Cozad Family
Foreign Language Instruction
Carl A. and Fern B. Gaensslen
Charitable Giving Fund
Erma S. Medgyesy
Guest Master Artist
The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Launchpad
Marcus Boggs
Master Classes
Mrs. Thomas D. Heath
Martha A. Hesse
National Auditions
American Airlines
Renée Fleming Master Class
Julian Family Foundation
Singer Sponsors/Cosponsors
Anonymous (2)
Heidi Heutel Bohn
The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Lawrence O. Corry
Friends of Oliver Dragon
Maurice J. and Patricia Frank
The Handa Foundation
Susan Ipsen
Susan and Richard Kiphart
Philip G. Lumpkin
Robert C. Marks
Susan M. Miller
Drs. Funmi and Sola Olopade
The C. G. Pinnell Family
Richard O. Ryan
Richard W. Shepro and Lindsay E. Roberts
Lois B. Siegel
Stepan Company
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance
Mrs. J. W. Van Gorkom
Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk
Training Program
National Endowment for the Arts
Voice Instruction
Drs. Janet V. Burch and Joel R. Guillory
Mary Ellen Hennessy
Jennifer L. Stone
WFMT Recital Series
Julie and Roger Baskes
Rising Stars in Concert
March 26, 2016
Sponsors as of November 1, 2015
listed below:
Lead Sponsor
:
Donna Van Eekeren Foundation
Sponsors
:
Howard Family Foundation
OptumRx
Rising Stars in Concert Broadcast
Donna Van Eekeren Foundation
Lyric Opera is grateful to the following generous donors for their contributions to The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, one of the
world’s premier artist development programs. Listings include contributors whose gifts of $5,000 and over were received between July 1, 2014 and
November 1, 2015.
Artist Support, Special Event, and Project Sponsors
Ryan Opera Center artists onstage at Lyric:
(top) Bradley Smoak in
The Marriage of Figaro
(with Luca Pisaroni); (middle) Hlengiwe
Mkhwanazi in
The Marriage of Figaro
; (bottom)
Diana Newman and Annie Rosen in
Cinderella
.
Workshop Performances
Martha A. Hesse
General Support
Aria Society
($100,000 and above)
Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan
Platinum Distinguished Benefactors
($50,000 to $99,999)
Drs. Janet V. Burch and Joel R. Guillory
McDougal Family Foundation
Distinguished Benefactors
($25,000 to $49,999)
Ingrid Peters
Mentors
($10,000 to $24,999)
Paul and Robert Barker Foundation
Heidi Heutel Bohn
Hal Coon
Erika Erich
Renée Fleming
Sue and Melvin Gray
Illinois Arts Council
Capt. Bernardo Iorgulescu,
USMC Memorial Fund
Jeanne Randall Malkin Family Foundation
Jean McLaren and John Nitschke
The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Neiman
Mrs. Vernon J. Pellouchoud
The George L. Shields Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Underwood
Howard A. Vaughan, Jr.
Dan and Patty Walsh
Walter Family Foundation
Debbie K. Wright
Artist Circle
($5,000 to $9,999)
Anonymous
Lester S. Abelson Foundation
L. Robert Artoe
C. Bekerman, M.D.
Doris Conant
Anne Megan Davis
Thomas Doran
Lafayette J. Ford
Virginia and Gary Gerst
James and Mary Houston
Dr. Kamal Ibrahim
Genevieve Phelps
Julie Schwertfeger and Alexander Zajczenko
Marilee and Richard Wehman
Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miller Fund