Our Donors
Individual Giving
Opera Atelier gratefully acknowledges the following individual donors for their generosity and commitment to our creative vision.
Your vital support provides Opera Atelier with funding to support the creation of new, thrilling productions, expand the scope and accessibility of educational initiatives, and amplify the voices of the next generation of emerging opera and ballet artists. Thank you!
For more information on how you can make a gift to Opera Atelier, please contact Melissa Syme, Director of Development, on 416-703-3767 x702 or at melissa.syme@operaatelier.com.
ARTIST PATRONS
John Beck
Mr. Greig S. Dunn & Mr. Robert Maclennan
Lionel J. Goffart
Ms. Catherine Graham
David Green, Daphne Wagner, Lita & Mikey Green
Hodgson Family Foundation
Roger & Pat Lace
Dixi Lambert
Mr. & Mrs. William Lambert
Ms. Connie Leon
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry & Joan Lozinski
Ms. Suzanne McCuaig
Vivian Elizabeth Pilar
Mr. Brayton Polka
Ms. Katalin Shäfer
Rick & Virginia Walker
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Zelenczuk
Anonymous
$100,000+
Estate or George Edward Grant
Estate of Hiroko Keith
Mr. & Mrs. William Lambert****
David Green, Daphne Wagner, Lita & Mikey Green****
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry & Joan Lozinski****
$50,000 – $99,999
Ms. Catharine Graham****
Vivian Elizabeth Pilar****
20,000-$49,999
Mr. Greig S. Dunn & Mr. Robert Maclennan****
John & Judith Grant****
Ms. Connie Leon**
Ms. Katalin Schafer***
Mr. Brayton Polka***
Marshall Pynkoski & Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg****
Rick and Virginia Walker**
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Zelenczuk****
Anonymous****
$10,000 – $19,999
Drs. Glen Bandiera & Jolie Ringash**
Roger & Pat Lace*
Ms. Suzanne McCuaig**
Mr. Lionel J. Goffart*
Dixi Lambert*
Ms. Melanie Whitehead***
Robert Glover & Martha McQuat**
Mr. Tom Le Seelleur*
$5,000 – $9,999
Joh Beck
Thomas Keirstead & Deirdre Lynch****
Mr. Lei Xu**
Alan Lee & Norbert Beilstein**
Valerie Schweitzer & Christopher Reed****
Anonymous***
Gordon & Pamela Henderson***
Mr. James H. Stonehouse****
$2,500 – $4,999
Ms. Jane Adams**
Catherine Dunn & Mark Kikot***
Mr. Phillip Khaiat & Ms Carolynne Hallitt****
Mr. Mark Opashinov
Anne Baumann***
C. Richard Fischer*
Mr. Kazik Jedrzejczak****
Dr. Eileen Overened*
Donna & Lawrence Smith
Dr. ;Thomas Beechy****
Alice Fox****
Dr. M.L. Myers****
John & Marie Percy****
$1,500 – $2,499
Ms. Anna Askan****
Alberta G. Cefis & Ilio Santilli****
Mr. David Fallis & Ms. Alison Mackay****
Mr. Soheil Homayouni*
Ms. Margrit Rahilly*
Balfour Bowen Family Foundation****
Vilgi Chapman*
Al & Jane Forest**
Ms. Marilyn Nairn***
Sandra Upjohn****
Moira Bartram & Joseph Fantl***
Mr. Ossama El Naggar*
Ms. Maragret Genovese***
Ms. Sheila Phillips****
Dory & Rosalind Vanderhoof*****
$1,000 – $1,499
Mr. & Ms. Andre & Morgana Asselin**
Mr. Peter Dr. Ada Hirschler*
Bruce Murray*
Ms. Meg Sintzel
Robert Clark & Allison Barrett**
Jennifer Kropac & Kevin Law***
Ralph Overend
Ms. Rosamunde Sobryan**
Eric Hartley
Mr. Michael Law**
Joan Robinson**
William F. C. Thompson**
Anonymous****
$600 – $999
Ms. Sara Blake****
Mr. Donald D. Grant***
Mr. Kevin Forrest
Mr. Ali Kashani***
Mr. Donald D. Grant
Jan Stibrany**
Gail Vanstone***
Louisa Varalta Bloomfield****
Ms. Alfreda Harrison****
Mr. David J. Kennedy**
Mr. Stephen Phyllips****
Mr. Paul Thomas*
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen & Linda Cook
Elaine Ishibashi & Keith Smithers****
Mr. Paul Pynkoski & Ms. Tania Natale**
David. J. Purcell***
Ms. S. Anne Todd****
$300 – $599
Ann Aveling
Mr. David & Mrs. Agnes Basskin-Vermes****
N.S. Batten**
Helena Birt, In Memory of Brian Telfer*
Brian Bucknall & Mary Jane Mossman**
Mr. Robert Bothwell
Ms. Patricia Cash*
Gary Chaimowitz
Bram & Beth Costin****
Jane Couchman & Bill Found****
Ms. Anne Crowley****
Ms. Deanna Cyr****
Ms. Carol Derk & Mr. David Giles***
Drs. Susan Done & Sean Mace**
Carol Dorman***
Mr. B Elan Dresher***
Mr. Richard Earls****
Mr. Barry Edwards*
Suzanne Edworthy***
Mr. Kevin Forrest*
Ms. Natalya Gomez
Ricardo Gomez-Insausti
Mr. Laurent Goulet***
Michael & Linda Hutcheon****
Alex Ihnatowwycz*
Karin & Allan Ireland***
Mr. Robert Iveson****
Mary Jessup**
Katie Kallio
Mr. Pavle Kazinoti*
Bruce & Carol Koenig**
P.J. Lewis**
Mia Louis
Ms. Janet Lutz
Ms. Rachael McCaig**
Ms. Jan McCrae
Ms. Mundy McLaughlin**
Frank and Patricia Mills**
Mr. William Milne
Joyce and Alec Monro****
Leighton Morgan*
Mr. & Mrs. Edmund & Mary Murphy**
Ms. Barbara Nash*
Eric Parker**
Ms. Barbara Priscus***
Mr. & Mrs. Rubisov***
Erika Schurr*
Warren Sorensen****, in memory of Gregory Williams
Margaret Taylor-Sevier*
Angel & Mike Spendlove**
Ms. Martha Ter Kuile**
Prof George Tourlakis*
Mr. Michael Tukatsch**
Armeda Vanerwoude**
Ms. June Yee*
Anonymous
Anonymous*
Anonymous****
$125 – $299
Ms. Suzanne Amato*
Yves Ameline**
James Donald Anderson*
Mr. Richard Balfour****
Lisa Balfour Bowen****, in Michael Robinson
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan and Diane Bamberger***
Ms. Patricia Barcikowski
Bob & Cathy Bauer**
Lyle Belkin
Mr. Gyuszi Berki
Ms. Marjorie Berry*
Ms. Susan Booker***
Mr. Harold Botnick*
William Bradley & Carolyn Bradley-Hall
Mr. Thomas Bryson****
Mr. Blair Caines**
Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Ellen Carr**
Mr, Paul Comeau**
Mr. George Dalton****
Kate Danter***
Ms. Serena Dessen****
Ms. Jan L. de Serres****
Ms. Minella De Souza*
Mr. Neil Dobbs
Ms. Valerie Dunlop*
Ms. Elisabeth Evans**
Ms. Mary Faziluddin***
Dorothy Knight & Peter Fischer*
Dr. Fay Goldstep & Dr. George Freedman****
Mr. Antonio Gambini & Dr. Stephen McQuade***
Dr. Hugh Gayler & Ms. Eileen Martin**
Dan Kushnir & Judy Geary****
Martin Gerwin & Judith Rutledge***
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard & Ruth Gillespie****
Laurie Goetz
Mr. Robert Gould**
Vanessa Grant***
Philip Green & Louise Royer
Thomas Green****
Mr. Stan Griffin**
Ms. Mindy Harris
Ms. Sherry Hatton**
Mr. D. Herbert Heine**
Mr. Bram Herlich****
Dr. Michael Herren**
Ms. Lorraine Hill*
Ms. Susan Hill***
Mr. Richard Holloway*
Prof. Michiel Horn & Cornelia Schuh****
Mr. Harold Huhtanen*
Gerald Hunt
Cathy Hutchinson***
Dr. Richard Isaac****
Ryszard Janicki
Mr. Francisco Juarez**
Ms. Line Kempen**
Dr. Francie Kendal****
Andrew Kropinsi & Peggy Pritchard***
Ms. Linda Kutter**
Ms. Valentia Lee-Brotherton
Mr. Kenneth Lund*
Mr. Ian MacLennan**
Mary Lynne MacMaster
Ms. Christina Mahler
Mr. & Mrs. Nick & Eva Mandrapilias****
Mr. Sean McCluskey
Mr. Paul D. McIlroy**
Ms. Kandice McKee*
Thomas Murphy
Dr. Emilie Newell***
Mr. Christopher O’Brien**
Gabi O’Malley**
Mr. Dana Oakes**
Mr. & Mrs. David and Mary nn Pearson***, In Memory of Florence Pearson
Ms, Felicity Pickup*
Mr. Marc Potvin
Mr. Dave Powers****
John Gillies & Anne-Marie Prendiville*
Ms. Mary Purbhoo
Lesley & Mark Robinson**
Ms. Janet Rubinoff**
Mr. Robert Simpson*
Lynn Slotkin
William Solomon**
Ms. Margaret Sprague****
Mr. Harvey St. Amant****
Ross & Georgina Stockwell**
JP Vorsanger
Ms. Caroline Walker*
Nan & Jack Wiseman****
Gail Wood*
Anonymous***
FOUNDATION SUPPORT
Balfour Bowen Family Foundation
Dalglish Family Foundation
The Henry White Kinnear Foundation
Hodgson Family Foundation
Keith Foundation
Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation
The Sharp Foundation
The Twigge-Molecey Family Foundation
Toronto Arts Foundation
Anonymous
EDUCATION SUPPORT
David Green, Daphne Wagner, Lita & Mikey Green
ARTIST TRAVEL SUPPORTERS
The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation
Consulate General of France in Toronto
PRODUCTION PARTNERS
The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres
Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for
Performance and Learning
CORPORATE DONORS
St. Lawrence Market Complex
at the St. Lawrence Hall
IATSE Local 58
CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS
Opera Atelier is grateful for the generous support of the following corporate partners and government agencies.
PRODUCTION PRESENTING SPONSOR
IN-KIND SPONSORS
Archives and Storage Sponsor
Event Staffing Sponsor
Piano Sponsor
In Kind Floral Sponsor
RADIO SPONSOR
MEDIA PARTNER
EXCLUSIVE HOTEL ACCOMMODATION PARTNER
GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS
