Finger Lakes Opera is grateful to its donors. The listing below represents gifts received for the 2026 Season, which runs January 1-December 31, 2026.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Jennifer Allen
Anonymous
Kenneth Asklof
Virginia Bacheler and Skip Battaglia
Doug Baldwin and Marion Blankopf
Christina Balsam-Curren
Catherine Barouth
Molly Bell
Sara Berger
Linda Betstadt
Jessica Best
Linda Blair
Barbara Blaisdall
Judith Blaustein
Marsha Boelio
Jamie Bruno
Jennifer Burr
Caris Burton
Gary Campanaro
Nicholas Cantiello
Ralph Carter
Muzette Castle
Margaret Chalker
Michelle Chiantera
Kurt and Barb Christiansen
Katherine Ciesinski
Linda Clark
Sheila Clements
Kathleen Cloonan
Amy Cochrane and David Granger
Lori Conway
Joshua Conyers
Anne Coon and Craig Zicari
Kathleen Corcoran
Daryl Dear Cubitt
Joe DeFalco
Barbara DiFiore
James Dillon
Susan Dow
Jeri Dube
Tammy Dunton
Frederick Dushay, M.D.
Valerine Edwards-Brown
Keith Egnor
Jonathan Ellwanger
Michael Enes
Steven Farrington
Connie Fee
Linda Isaacson Fedele
Udo Fehn
Joeann Flagg
Deborah Fox
Connie Fredericks-Malone
Kevin Frick
Judith Filmore
David Friedman
Judith Fulmer
Rebecca and Tim Fuss
Josephine Gaeffke
Sue Geier
Cindy Gibson
Paulette Gissendanner
Beverly Glass
Rebecca Glass
Kathy Goforth
Joy Goodman
Lee Ann Grace
Kimberly Grandusky
Gwen and Jess Green
Christopher Greene
Mike Griffin
Sean Guerin
Martha Hansen
Paige Hassal
Michael Hayward
Walter Hickey Jr.
Alice Hooker
Kathy Hudson
Andrew Hunt
Martha Hunt
Marnie Jackson
June and Frederick Jefferson
Louise Jesserer
Lisa and Dave Johnson
Adrienne Kantz
Rosie and John Kearin
Paul Kerst
Richard Kilmer
Christopher Klipstein
Susan Knauer
Helen and Allen Kozinski
Ernest Krug
Isadora Kunitz
Julian Lander
Inga-Mai Larsson-Kovach
Goitsemang Lehobye
Sue Leone
Anne D. Lutkus
Patrick Macey
Sherry Marche'
Lynn McClary
Jeanne McElhinney
Laure McGinnis
Marion Mench
Margaret Merli
Daniel Meyers
Joan Michie
Sanford and Jill Miller
Patricia Muster
Judy Myers-Gell
James and Lois Norman
Laura Norris
Mason O'Brien
Anna Onishi
Jan Opalach and Catharine Edmonds
Michael Pallischeck
Darryl Parker
Dolores Parlato
Lonna Pennington
Richard Portland
Molly Posato
Jill Pringle
Denise Quamina
Catherine Railey
Irmeli Ratnik
Elaine Richane
Angela Richardson
Barney Rickenbacker Jr.
Leonor Rivera
Beatrice Rosenbloom
David and Susan Rothenberg
Linda Rubens
Paul Ryan
Margaret Sánchez
Annette Satloff
Carol and Pete Schmitz
Patrick Seche
Jennifer Segel
Wolf Seka
Kathleen Silverstein
Alfred Smith
Lindy Smith
Susan and Steven Sprecher
Howard Spindler
June Spratt
Steven Sprecher
Michael Steinberg
Anne Stevens
Sharon Stiller
Laura and Al Swett
Lawrence Teel
Joseph Testa
Daveo Timm
Ana Tooker
Judith Trabert
Mollie and Kenneth Traub
Ellen Uebbing
Philip Unwin
Elise and Jan Vanderjagt
Arlene Vanderlinde
Ralph and Janice Meyer Volpe
Judit Wagner
Jaymie Ward
William Warren
Kathryn Wattras
Suzanne Watters
Ford Weiskittel
Michael Wells
Nancy Westlake
Richard Wilder
Denise Williams
Dorothy Wilmer
Kevin Yost
Alexandra Zagar
Janet Zandy
Carolyn Zyloney
Clifford Ameduri
Gloria Bacewicz
Asish and Susan Basu
Eileen Buholtz
Ismael and Maritza Campos
Carol and Bill Crocca
Ann and Christian Day
Peter Elliott
Mary Anne and Bob Fox
Laura Calvi and Jonathan Friedberg
Jenny Lloyd and Connie Gates
Nancy Gerard
Cynthia Gibson
Ruth Henry
Jennifer Leonard and David Cay Johnston
Christine M. Licata
Stacey Miller
Paul and Helga Morgan
Otto Muller-Girard
Patricia Muster
Pamela and Paul Ness
Claudia Nolan
Marjorie and David Perlman
Kevin Smith
Suzanne Spencer
Ursula and Barron Tenny
Brock Tjosvold
Barbara Zinker
S. Alexander
Maggie and Neil Atkins
Brigitte Bentele
Charles Courtsal and Lisa Gwinner
Frank and Janet Fisher Fund at the Rochester Area Community Foundation
Celia Easton
Ruth Freeman
Rob W. Goodling
Marjorie F. Grinols
James Jordan
Thomas and Elisabeth Judson
Josephine Kenyon
Jennifer Apple and Jeffrey Over
Donald Green and Max Reiter
Rob and Kasi L. Krenzer Marshall
Ralph Meyer
John Muenter
Caroline Schultz
Jon and Katherine Schumacher
Krestie Utech
Wayne and Anne Vander Byl
John C. Williams
Barbara and Stewart Agor
Vanda Albera
Ruth Freeman
Barbara Hamlin
Stephanie Havey
Maxine Manjos
Drs. Margaret and Arnold Matlin
Gilbert Kennedy McCurdy
Robyn and Kirk Miller
Suzanne Bell and Chris Brown
Curt and Elizabeth Long
M&T Charitable Foundation
Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation
Janet S. Reed
Helga Strasser
Nancy Williams
Ruth Rowse and Chris Dahl
Bliss Owen
Rubens Family Foundation
Sharon and Ron Salluzzo
James Walker
Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation
Rose-Marie B. Klipstein
Lisk Morris Foundation
Monroe County
Noël and JoBeth Nichols
Marion Swett Robinson
Susan and Rob Shapiro
Anonymous
New York State Council on the Arts
Opera Guild of Rochester
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Nellie J. Rosenberg
Asbury First United Methodist Church
Crystal Sellers Battle
First Universalist Church
New Bethel CME Church
Rose-Marie Klipstein
Elizabeth G. Long
Sheron Marche'
David Moffitt, GRID Marketing
Raise a Glass Foundation
RIT/NTID
Marion Swett Robinson
Sharon Salluzzo
Rob and Susan Shapiro
Fred Tanksley, Studio 141 Photography
Brock Tjosvold
Tri-Cities Opera
*deceased
If you are interested in donating to Finger Lakes Opera in memoriam of or in tribute to a loved one,
please reach out to info@fingerlakesopera.org or call (585) 450-3880.
In honor of Marjorie Grinols
-Marion Swett Robinson
-Linda Rubens
In honor of Margaret Anne and Arnold Matlin
-Frederick Dushay, M.D.
-In honor of Brock Tjosvold
-Charles Courtsal & Lisa Gwimmer
In memory of Suzanne Gouvernet
-Deborah Fox and Ron Epstein
-In memory of David Perlman
-Elizabeth G. Long
-Rose-Marie Klipstein
-Marion Robinson
-Sharon Salluzzo