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e Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center
Special Events and Project Support
Final Auditions
Nix Lauridsen and Virginia Croskery Lauridsen
e Cozad Family
Foreign Language Instruction
Erma S. Medgyesy
Guest Master Artist
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Launchpad
Marcus Boggs
Leslie Fund, Inc.
Judith W. McCue and Howard M. McCue III
Master Classes
Mrs. omas D. Heath
Martha A. Hesse
National Auditions
American Airlines
Renée Fleming Master Class
Julian Family Foundation
Ryan Opera Center Gala: Unprohibited
Lead Individual Sponsor
Richard O. Ryan
Lead Corporate Sponsor
Mayer Brown
Benefit Table Purchasers
Anonymous (2)
Julie and Roger Baskes
Heidi Heutel Bohn
Sally and Michael Feder
Julian Family Foundation
Patricia A. Kenney and Gregory J. O'Leary
Philip G. Lumpkin
Frank B. Modruson and Lynne C. Shigley
Ted and Emilysue Pinnell Reichardt
Dr. Scholl Foundation
ierer Family Foundation
Training Program
National Endowment for the Arts
Voice Instruction
Anonymous
Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc.
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Mira Frohnmayer and Sandra Sweet
WFMT Recital Series
Julie and Roger Baskes
Workshop Performances
Martha A. Hesse
General Support
Aria Society
($100,000 and above)
Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan
Platinum Grand Benefactor
($50,000 to $99,999)
Estate of Kip Kelley
Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund
e Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Lyric is grateful to the following generous donors for their contributions to e 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 above were received by December 31st, 2018.
Rising Stars in Concert
April 7, 2019
Lead Sponsor
Donna Van Eekeren Foundation
Sponsors
BMO Harris Bank
Patricia A. Kenney and Gregory J. O'Leary
Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick
Family Foundation
Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund
Frank B. Modruson and Lynne C. Shigley
Rising Stars in Concert Broadcast
Donna Van Eekeren Foundation
Rising Stars in Concert Reception
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Drebin
Golden Grand Benefactors
($25,000 to $49,999)
Anonymous
Mary Ellen Hennessy
Nix Lauridsen and Virginia Croskery Lauridsen
Lyric Young Professionals
Ingrid Peters
Ensemble Friends
($10,000 to $24,999)
Anonymous (2)
Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Arensman
Paul and Robert Barker Foundation
C. Bekerman, M.D.
Adrienne and Arnold Brookstone
Tamara Conway
Anne Megan Davis
Fred L. Drucker and Hon. Rhoda Sweeney
Drucker
Erika E. Erich
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Forsythe
David S. Fox
Mary Patricia Gannon
Sue and Melvin Gray
H. Earl Hoover Foundation
Illinois Arts Council
Capt. Bernardo Iorgulescu, USMC Memorial Fund
Stephen A. Kaplan
Jean McLaren and John Nitschke
Helen Melchior
Charles Morcom
Margo and Michael Oberman and Family
Mrs. Vernon J. Pellouchoud
Mrs. Robert E. Sargent
e George L. Shields Foundation
Ms. Billie Jean Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Underwood
Walter Family Foundation
Debbie K. Wright
Artist Circle
($5,000 to $9,999)
Anonymous (2)
omas Doran
Mrs. Sheila Dulin
Stephen and Mary Etherington
Sally and Michael Feder
Donna Gustafsson
e Blanny A. Haganah Family Fund
James and Mary Houston
Dr. Katherine Knight
Jeffrey and Cynthia McCreary
Phyllis Neiman
D. Elizabeth Price
Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Sawyier
Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg
Ksenia A. and Peter Turula
Dan and Patty Walsh
Marilee and Richard Wehman
Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk
TODD ROSENBERG
Mezzo-soprano Kayleigh Decker (left, as Dorothée) and soprano Emily Pogorelc (right, as Noémie), both first-
year Ryan Opera Center members, are pictured with mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop (as Mme. de la Haltière)
in this season’s Lyric premiere of Massenet’s Cendrillon.