Merola Donors
The Merola Opera Program is dedicated to the continuing education and professional training of the finest young operatic talent and the development of this talent into professional opera singers, coaches and stage directors of the highest artistic caliber. Operating in close artistic collaboration with San Francisco Opera Center, Merola is governed by a separate board of directors and receives no financial support from San Francisco Opera.
We extend our sincere appreciation to all donors and acknowledge the following individuals, foundations and corporations for their generous gift made in our current fiscal year, between October 1, 2009, and February 23, 2010, in support of the Merola Opera Program. This page will be updated on a monthly basis.
Donors
Donation Amount: $50,000+
Foundations
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Grace A. Diem and Alice E. Siemons Endowment Fund
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Corporation
San Francisco Opera Association*
Donation Amount: $10,000 - $49,999
Foundations
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The Henry W. and Nettie Robinson Foundation
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Wallis Foundation
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Individuals
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Darla and Richard Bastoni Nordin and Donna Blacker Mrs. A. Barlow Ferguson Lotfi and Midge Mansouri Miss Vivienne E. Miller
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Mrs. Richard and Pamela Rigg* Mike and Rusty Rolland Ms. Amy Roth and Mr. Robert Epstein In Memory of Cameron Waterman III
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Donation Amount: $5,000 - $9,999
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San Francisco Opera Guild East Bay Chapter
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Individuals
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Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Davis* Mary and Tom Foote Miss Ursula Grunfeld James Heagy in memory of Janey Heagy Ms. Harriet Heyman and Mr. Michael Moritz
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Barbara K. Jackson Norman Tyler Larson Mr. Gerald Rosenstein Bob and Terri Ryan Mrs. Anita Weissberg Dr. and Mrs. John A. Zderic
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Donation Amount: $2,000 to $4,999
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Raymond Family Foundation
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Individuals
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Nina K. Auerbach, MD Ms. Brooke Bourland Dr. and Mrs. Melvin C. Britton Mrs. James P. Butler Ms. Annette Campbell-White and Dr. Ruediger Naumann-Etienne Mr. Hugh J. Coughlin
John and Lois Crowe Mrs. Lonny J. Darwin Mr. Thomas E. Foutch Michael A. Harrison and Susan Graham Harrison Mrs. Dana T. Horner Drs. Joan B. and James Kelly Martin Kooi Dr. and Mrs. John Lavorgna Dr. Ralda Lee Ms. Sylvia R. Lindsey John and Bernice Lindstrom
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Mr. Paul May and Mr. Frank Stein James R. Meehan Jennifer and David Miller Mr. Milton Mosk David and Marilyn Nasatir Ms. Marie J. Niemann James A. Noe III Mr. Paul D. Nordine Ms. Patricia Nottingham Anna and Frank Pope Mr. Glenn H. Reid Mrs. Barbara J. Ross Ms. Marion Ross Elli and Joe Sax Natalie O. Shuttleworth
Ms. Suzanne Turley Mr. and Mrs. Ross Uchimura Mrs. Alfred Wilsey Mr. and Mrs. A. Lee Zeigler
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Donation Amount: $1,000 to $1,999
Foundations
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Joyce and William Brantman Foundation
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Corporations
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Abreu Vineyard, Inc.* Meadowood Napa Valley*
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Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts*
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Individuals
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Dr. Nancy Ascher Cantor Roslyn Barak Amii and Michael Barnard-Bahn Mr. Andrew J. Bellotti Maurice and Mary Sue Bizzarri Mrs. Peter H. Black
John Bryan Family Fund Ms. Babara Cartier Mr. Martin S. Checov and Mr. Timothy J. Bause George and Susan Crow
Mrs. Mary A. Culp Mr. and Mrs. James F. Dean Miss Gloria DeHart Ms. Christine Doyle and Mr. Michael Yessik Robert and Linda Dunn Mr. Robert F. Ewing and Mr. Cesar L. De Joya Mr. Paul A. Fisher Ms. Tracy Grant Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp Ms. Susan Hone Mr. David S. Hugle Elizabeth A. Jacobs Mrs. Elsie Kelly Ms. Eiko Kikawada Dr. Marion R. Kramer Mr. Randall E. Laroche and Mrs. David Laudon
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Ms. Mary Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay MacDermid Dr. Myron Marx Myfanwy Megann Mrs. Pamela Murdock Mr. and Mrs. Grant Noda Mr. R. D. Norby and Ms. Susan Anderson Robert and Carol Parvin Margaret S. Rocchia Mrs. Edward W. Rosston Drs. Milton and Sondra Schlesigner Ms. Freda Scott and Mr. Jason Danielson Ms. Elena Servi Mr. and Mrs. Paul Slawson Dr. David D. Stein and Dr. Phyllis A. Kempner Ms. Blanche Germain Streeter Robert and Lynn Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. W. Conrad Sweeting Ms. Masako Velazquez Bruce and Fran Walker Mrs. Carol A. Weitz Mr. Patrick Wilken Dr. Charles Wilson and Ms. Frances Petrocelli Ms. Shirley Woo and Mr. David Rosenfeld Susan York
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Donation Amount: $500 to $999
Corporations
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Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco*
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Sue Fisher King*
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Individuals
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Ms. Dolores M. Allen Ms. Jane Annan Allen Mary Sherill Baxter Mr. Frank S. Bayley III Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Bernstein Ms. Joan Bossart Robert E. Brown and Agnes Chen Brown Maureen Clarke Mr. Michael Colbruno Mrs. Warren Coughlin Dr. and Mrs. Roy L. Curry Mrs. Annina R. Demmon Mr. Stanley J. Dirks Jerry and Norma Draper* Mr. Robert A. Ellis and Ms. Jane W. Bernstein Dr. Ranveig N. Elvebakk and Mr. Thomas Farren Mr. Peter Felleman Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fleischman K. E. Freeman Mr. and Mrs. William M. Friede Al Garren Mr. and Mrs. A. Gherardi Ms. Mary Ann Grant Flora Greenhoot Betty Guy* Barbara Hancock Mr. Gil Harrington and Ms. Lynne Harrington-Bullock
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Alan and Katie Heibein Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn Hetzel Wilma Horwitz Mr. Tom Houran and Bill Medigovich Wade H. and Elizabeth B. Hover Ms. Lauren Ito and Ms. Francis Escobar-Hosoya Mr. and Mrs. Franklin P. Johnson Jr. Ms. Nelda Kilguss Mr. Lorrin G. Kroska Miss Helen Kutin Mr. Peter J. Musto Mr. Haggai Niv* Mr. and Mrs. D. Warner North Dr. and Mrs. Hans Orup Dr. Judy O'Young and Mr. Gregg Hauser Virginia Patterson Suzanna Pollak Walter J. Prather Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Renne Mr. Richard L. Rockwell Ms. Marilyn G. Seiberling Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Seipp, Jr. Mr. Steven Shladover Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sonnenblick Ms. Terri Stuart Daniel F. Sullivan Stephen and Connie Zilles Mr. and Mrs. Amos Zucchi Anonymous
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Donation Amount: $250 to $499
Corporations
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Blackbird Vineyards* Cavallo Point, The Lodge at the Golden Gate* Dalla Valle Vineyards*
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E. Wightman & Co.* Houston Grand Opera* Music at Meyer* Partners for Hair*
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Individuals
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Dr. Vincanne Adams Patricia V. Angell Mrs. Kirklin Ashley Ms. Jennifer Baik and Mr. Robert Jacoby Mr. David N. Barnard Mrs. Kenton Bates Mr. and Ms. Kent T. Baum Mr. and Mrs. David Berluti Sarah Billinghurst* Paul and Kathy Bissinger Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brown Mr. Donald Buhman and Mr. Wray Humphrey Mr. and Ms. Bob Burdick Keith and Jennifer Cerny Agnes I. Chan Frank and Mary Jean Clauss Ms. Carolin Cline Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Crane Dorfman Barrett and Muriel Crawford Mr. Gerald F. Currier and Mr. Cleveland M. Smith Mrs. Michael Dooley Ms. Sheila T. Dowd Ms. Pamela Duffy Ms. Anita C. Eblé Loretta Emerzian Ms. Ceseli Foster Dr. Allen B. Freitag Dr. Scott Gale Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harlick Dr. John L. Herbert Mr. Russell J. Hoffman Elizabeth Hotchkin Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Houck Mr. and Mrs. Rick Intrater Mrs. Jane T. Johnson Ms. Andrea G. Julian Mr. John V. Lampe Ms. Kathe Lange Dr. and Mrs. Jack Leibman Mr. Jeffrey Leiter Mr. Hollis Lenderking Mr. Roy Levin and Ms. Jane Thomson
Aaron and Marilyn Levinson
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Ms. Andrea J. Lewin Mr. William Leyerle Mrs. Norman Licht Mr. and Mrs. John G. Lilienthal Ms. R. Gisela Lloyd Mrs. Sandra Potter Lundgren Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Mardesich Mr. and Mrs. David Marsten Patrick McCabe John G. McGehee Mrs. Janet McLeod Carleton E. Meyer Patricia Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Moorhead Dr. and Mrs. Tony Nespole Ms. Joan O'Leary Marie Louise Otto Ms. Anna Marie Payne Mr. Philip Lansdale Pillsbury Jr. and Mrs. Sharon Zeller Pillsbury Mrs. Harriet Meyer Quarré Mr. and Mrs. James Ream Walter Rex Ms. Marianne Buttner Robison Dr. and Mrs. Alan M. Roth Dr. and Mrs. Rolf G. Scherman Mr. and Mrs. J.E.G. Smit Mr. Alan Smith and Dr. Helen Lew Ms. Elizabeth Smith Ms. Sue Sommer Miss Donna D. Stephens Elliot and Alice Swanson Mrs. Jon Swedlow Mrs. Violet Taaffe Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Taylor Dr. Sam Thal Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Paul Trelaun Ms. Marilyn Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Terry Vogt Mr. Robert Wertsch Ms. Bonnie Woodworth Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Worn Ms. Anne Zucchi Anonymous
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Donation Amount: $175 to $249
Corporations
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Button Down* Gualala Arts* Hafner Vineyard* Jardiniere* New York City Opera*
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Picco* San Francisco Symphony* Sea Ranch Lodge* Staglin Family Vineyard*
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Individuals
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Mr. and Mrs. Leland G. Anderson Claudia A. Bauer Mr. and Mrs. John E. Benson Miss Carol Benz Mr. Noel T. Blos Mrs. Betty Cable
James Cross Mr. Brian Davidson Mr. Lee Follett Patricia Golde Mr. Arnold Grossman Mr. and Mrs. Rod Handeland Drs. Alden and Laurel Harken Mr. Kenneth L. Holford Ms. Sally Houston Ronald T. Hughes Dr. Lilli Kalis Mr. John Keeley
Frank Kelly Ms. Bette Landis Dr. and Mrs. William Leider Miss Janice C. Levy
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Eve and Niall Lynch Nancy Oliveira Brenda Osborne Ms. Margaret Parker Mr. Mark Picciano and Mr. Richard Shearin Francis M. Pinto Mr. and Mrs. H. Alton Schick Mr. Hiram Simon Mrs. Harriet Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sleeth Mrs. J.C. Stafford Mrs. Laurence M. Symmes Francis W. Thorn Ms. Irene Lindbeck Tibbits Ms. Lenda Townsend-Williams Ms. Alicia Turner Mr. Edward Vanegri Ms. Valorie Waddingham Mrs. Barbara Wangvig Miss Gloria C. Yee Anonymous
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Donation Amount: $75 to $174
Foundations
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San Francisco Opera Guild Marin Chapter
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Corporations
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Advanced Physical Therapy Aurora Theatre Company* Beach Blanket Babylon* Bix Restaurant* City Segway Tours* Dashe Cellars*
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Indigo Restaurant* Market Bar* Perbacco Ristorante* San Francisco Performances* Yoshi's SF*
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Individuals
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Ms. Barbara Adams Mr. and Mrs. David Anderson Ms. Anna M. Bagniewska Mr. Peter Barchuk Ms. Susan Bates Mr. Alvin H. Baum, Jr. Paul Baumann Ms. Irene Bechtel Prof. Raymond J. Berard Paulo S. Bernardino Ms. Maxine Bernstein Ms. Jodie Beyer Ms. Barbara Biebush Adam Arthur Bier Mr. Steven Binder and Ms. Barbara Anscher Ms. Linda Blondis Mr. Bruce Bowen and Ms. Junona Jonas Lois Brainerd Karen Breslin Thomas Brock Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Brody Mr. and Mrs. Irving Broido Mrs. Kathleen M. Brown Mr. William M. Burke Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Burkhard Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Cabban Mr. and Mrs. Michael Carroll Dr. and Mrs. Robert Carson Ms. Kathryn Cathcart Mr. Timothy S. Caton Ms. Brigit Chase Raymond and Minnie Chinn Miss Joyce K. H. Chow Ms. Barbara A. Christman Mrs. Joseph R. Clyne Drs. Mac and Ann Coffey Mr. Martin Cohn Mr. James T. Concannon Mr. William Coolidge Ms. Marilyn Berg Cooper Ms. Carol Copperud Mr. and Mrs. James Court Dr. and Mrs. Willaim R. Crain Mr. Copley E. Crosby and Ms. Marianne A. Welmers Ms. Dinah Cross James Mr. Thomas Culp Miss Tracy Dahl Bob and Norma DallachieMiss Tracy Dahl Robert W. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. E. Dennis Mr. Chauncey DiLaura Keith Doerge Mr. and Mrs. Larry R. Drees Mr. and Mrs. Arnold D. Duncan Mr. Daniel Elias Ms. Roberta Emerson Ms. Maja N. Fara Ms. Ruth Felt Ms. Cheryl Fippen Jon W. and Ellen V. Florey D. D. Freund Ms. Lynn Fuller and Mr. William Bivins Dr. Frederick Gabali Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gerlach, Jr. Mr. John Gildersleeve Stuart M. Gold Ms. Karen Gonzales Ms. Mary Louise Green Mr. and Mrs. Rocco Gulli Mrs. Patricia Haggerty Mrs. Bronwyn H. Hall Rosemarie Hardy and Aldwyn Hyatt Mr. and Mrs. John Harker Ms. Betty Harmon Ms. Barbara E. Harms Miss Donna E. Harris Mr. John Harron Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hartdegen Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Havel Mr. Thomas Hibdon Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hoffman Mrs. Greer Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Henry Palmer Hotz Ms. Jane Howden-Stehr Ms. Susan Miller Hult Ms. Marian Huntoon Ms. Loisann Jacovitz Mr. Cliff Jarrard Mr. and Mrs. Sean Jeffries Ms. Anna-Marie Jene Mr. and Mrs. Ken Jensen
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Kent and Linda Kaiser* Mr. Erwin L. Kelly, Jr. Ms. Judith Koch Ms. Bessie Koplos Dr. Robert and Christine Kradjian Herbert and Barbara Graham Kreissler Mr. and Mrs. Kurt F. Kubatz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lacey Ms. Wendy Lariviere Mr. David Lazoff Ms. Donna Lim Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lin Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Linburn Ms. Vera M. Long Mr. Nathaniel Lopez Mr. Alan Lubliner Miss Dorothea R. Lyman Annette and Jeremy Lys Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Maisel Cantor and Mrs. David Margules Ms. Denise E. Mauldin Ms. Cristina Domingo McClanahan William T. McCraw Ms. Barbara A. McGinley Jane and Harry Mison Barbara Moller Dr. Theodore Montgomery Mr. Charles Moody Mr. Wallace A. Myers Mr. Nicholas Netos Ms. Grethen Nicholson Ms. Elaine Ninokata Edward G. Noble Ms. Joyce O'Connor Mr. Jerry Orecchia Susan Overman Ms. Verna Parino Malcolm Parkman Mr. Victor Petreshene Mr. and Mrs. John Priest Dr. and Mrs. Roger Pyle Mr. Robert Raben Mrs. John C. Richards Chandra Rigg Mrs. Adrian G. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. F. Everett Rosemond Ms. Bernice H. Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Rosso Ms. Joan Rost Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Scandalios Mr. Milton Schaefer and Mr. Scott Plakun Miss Dorothy Schimke Ms. Jean Schoch Mr. and Mrs. David M. Schoenfeld Mr. Charles Schug Dr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Segre Mr. Robert L. Segrin Susan Shelton Mr. Brad Shepherd Mr. Sean R. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Sommers Ms. Miriam Spongberg Susie and Britt Stitt Mr. Ian Stockdale Ms. Lydia Stoopenkoff Mr. Donald G. Stroh Mr. and Mrs. Paul Switzer Ms. Kimberly Thompson Mr. Steve Tokar and Ms. Beth Katz Raymond and Deborah Tonella Mr. Hugh C. Trutton Mr. and Mrs. Ned Turkington* Mary Van Voorhees James and Leslys Vedder Mr. David M. Wade and Ms. Marian Marsh Mrs. Julia Wall Mr. James Way Ms. Rosalie V. Weaver Mr. and Mrs. David Werdegar Mr. William B. West Gail Whelan Mr. Warren W. White Dr. and Mrs. Ed J. Whitman Mr. Donald Whitton Mr. George A. Williams Ms. Ann L. Williamson Penny and Derek Williamson Dr. Ronald Wing Mr. and Mrs. J. Peter Winkelstein Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Wittwer Ms. Linda M. Wood Ms. Mary C. Young Anonymous
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Donation Amount: $1 to $74
Corporations
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Peninsula Symphony*
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Terrestra*
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Individuals
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Ms. Joan Adler Ms. Gertraud Albert Ms. Dolores Ali Ms. Sylvia Alpert Ms. Carley Angell Ms. Erica Ankuda Jane Archibald Mr. Jeremy Barcan Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beidleman Mr. Edgar A. Benhard Mrs. Thelma Benjamin Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bernstein John and Lu Bingham Mr. John Binsted Ms. Denise Bradley Veronica Breuer The Honorable and Mrs. Henry J. Broderick Mrs. Mary Bruno Ms. Delma Campbell Marian Carlson Ms. Susan Carr Col. and Mrs. Bruce Carswell Ms. Janet Chiang Mr. William Chinowsky Rosalin Colver Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Corbin Keith and Patricia Crist Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cutter Carol Dickson Mr. Andrew Dienes Dr. William R. Dorrance Neil and Barbara Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Weczeslaw Elsner Mr. Adam Farren Mrs. John H. Finger Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fredericks Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fredrick Karen and Kirk Gabrielson Drs. Eric and Paula Gillett Ms. Sarah Glaubman Ms. Mary Gover Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Greene Ms. Ellinor Hagedorn Mr. Jack Halpern Ms. Coco Harris Ms. Julie Harris
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Ms. Marion Hazzard Mr. and Mrs. Dale R. Heinmiller Mr. Barry D. Hovis Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson Ms. Renata S. Jones Mr. James J. Keolker Mr. Richard Kirby Ms. Ludmila Kisseleva-Eggleton and Mr. Peter Eggleton Mr. Allen Klein Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Klier Mr. Igor Kouznetsov Mrs. Thomas J. Manning Mr. James Manser Richard Markell Ms. Mary Joaquina Martins Mr. Donald L. McGee Mr. Steven L. Mendoza Ms. Amy Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas D. Molnar Ms. Ann Panagulias L. T. Prescott Ms. Carol Price Rabin Gail I. Rubman Elizabeth Rupp Margot Schevill Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur L. Schultz Mr. Lawrence T. Severino Mr. Stephen Silberstein Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Skylor Richard L. Sogg MD Mr. John W. Stark Mr. and Mrs. Warren Stimpson Mr. P. A. Sturrock Mr. James Sweeney Ms. Anne W. Taylor Mr. Rufus Thayer Carleen S. Trares Mr. and Mrs. John Troster Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Vassel Mr. and Mrs. Herman Victor Steve and Pat West Mr. and Mrs. Deloss M. Wood Mr. and Mrs. E. William Yund Susan and Leonard Zegans Trudy Zimmerman Anonymous
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* full or partial in-kind donation
Special Thanks
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Amici di Merola Lisa Anderson Donna and Nordin Blacker Stephanie Blythe Agnes Chan John Churchwell Carlyn Clause and Alexander Brainerd Marie and Leonard Collins Clifford Cranna Roy and Helga Curry Tracy Dahl George Darden Jayne and Peter Davis Erik Flatmo Ann and Gordon Getty Thomas Glenn Sheri Greenawald Ursula Grunfeld Robin Guarino David S. Hugle Elizabeth Jacobs Warren Jones Micah Kaplan
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Daveda Karanas Drs. Joan and James Kelly David LomelÍ Lofti Mansouri Nicholas McEgan and David Bowles Heidi Melton Mark Morash Anne and Tom Morton Anna Netrebko Ari Pelto Allen Perriello Anna and Frank Pope Mary S. Risley Freda Scott and Jason Danielson Christopher Verdosci Frederica von Stade Tamara Wapinsky Anita Weissberg Mr. and Mrs. Peter Winkelstein
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Corporate Matching Gift Donors
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Adobe Systems Incorporated Alexander & Baldwin Foundation American Express Gift Matching Program ARCO Foundation BankAmerica Foundation
BP Chevron U.S.A., Inc. Computer Associates International Federated Department Stores Foundation Fireman's Fund Foundation IBM Foundation JK Group Trustees for Visa International's Employee Giving Campaign
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Motorola SBC Foundation
The Charles Schwab Corporation Foundation Levi Strauss Foundation Sun Microsystems, Inc. Time Warner Matching Grants Program Union Bank of California Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign
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Merola Legacy Society
The Merola Legacy Society honors those who have included Merola Opera Program in their will, trust or other estate plans. For more information on how you can support Merola Opera Program through your estate planning, please call (415) 565-6427.
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Ms. Barbara Adams Mrs. John Anderton Kathleen H. Barr Ms. Nina Beckwith Mr. Andrew J. Bellotti Mr. Jean E. Bennett Jr. Anonymous Ms. Eloise Bouye Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Bowen Mr. Allen Chamness Russell P. Chappell Donna Chazen Ms. Carlyn Clause and Mr. Alex Brainerd Charles Cornman Mr. Gerald F. Currier and Mr. Cleveland M. Smith Mrs. Lonny J. Darwin Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Davis Anonymous Mrs. Thelma Dry Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Dwelly Mr. Robert F. Ewing and Mr. Cesar L. De Joya, Jr. Mario Fracchia Mr. and Mrs. William M. Friede Ms. Magda Gabali Mr. Louis B. Gagliardi In memory of George (Troy) Browman and his living partner J. Gerald Gagnon Miss Doris Grau Miss Ursula Grunfeld Dr. and Mrs. John G. Gurley James Heagy in memory of Janey Heagy Mr. David S. Hugle Barbara K. Jackson Elizabeth A. Jacobs and Dr. Mrs. Edwin M. Jacobs Dagmar L. Jamison Ms. Joanie Juster Dr. Lilli Kalis Mr. Louis A. Koffman Ms. Barbara F. Kral Herbert and Barbara Graham Kreissler
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Joan Shelbourne Kwansa Mr. Frank S. Lanier Ms. Mary Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Mardesich Ms. Denise E. Mauldin Tom Houran and Bill Medigovich Miss Vivienne E. Miller D. G. Mitchell Mr. Albert L. Mosher Mr. Milton Mosk and Mr. Thomas Foutch Mr. Carroll J. Newbanks Ms. Marie J. Niemann Mr. Haggai Niv Carl Noelke Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. O'Hanlon Ms. Sheldeen G. Osborne and Mr. Steven E. Tirrell Brenda Osborne Ms. Verna Parino Robert and Carol Parvin Mike and Rusty Rolland Mr. Gerald Rosenstein Ms. Louise A. Russell Mr. and Mrs. John Ryckman Ms. Marilyn G. Seiberling Ms. Dorothy N. Shaw Jean A. Sherlin Natalie O. Shuttleworth Mr.and Mrs. David Sloss Ms. Sue Sommer Dr. David D. Stein and Dr. Phyllis A. Kempner Dr. Sam Thal Miss Carol Tomlinson Ms. Betty Toy Mr. Hugh C. Trutton James S. & Gayle G. Tunnell Ms. Suzanne Turley Mr. and Mrs. Herman Victor Mr. Albert J. Vizinho Ms. Gladys Wagman Mrs. Barbara Wanvig Dr. and Mrs. John A. Zderic
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The Merola Opera Program honors the memory of the following friends who have provided a legacy of support through their bequests and other planned gifts this year.
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Ms. Katherine Adams Mrs. Marion Zimmer Bradley Ms. Anne Hall Mr. Gil Jewell Miss Sandra McCabe Ms. Verna Osborne
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Ms. Mary S. Roy Mr. James H. Schwabacher, Jr. Ms. Sylvia Siegel Ms. Olga Troughton Ms. Doris L. White
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Tributes
Merola Opera Program wishes to express its sincere appreciation to all donors who have made memorial and honorary donations between October 1, 2008, and August 31, 2009.
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Leila Abu-Saba
Herbert Apel Nancy Baxter Rita Boscacci Sherra Nell Cox Mollie Eisenberg Tony Estrada Dr. Kenneth I. Gottlieb Mr. David W. Hall Bob Hawes Ms. Janey Heagy Marion Higgins
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John Charles Karsant DDS Paul Klein Jack Kostelnick John McBaine Isadora Rosenbaum Marie Louise and Alan Rosenberg Mr. James H. Schwabacher Genevieve Stonecipher Yi-Kwei Sze and Nancy Lee Sze Margery C. Tede Cameron Waterman III
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In Honor Of
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John Chest Lisa Danzig Jayne Davis Mrs. Peggy Donovan-Jeffry Dan and Chris Dowd Mr. Robert F. Ewing and Mr. Cesar L. De Joya, Jr.
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Michael Gottlieb Mrs. Claire Gummere Renata Jones Jacobo Ratinoff Peter and Barbara Winkelstein
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Merola Opera Program Endowment
The Merola Opera Program acknowledges with thanks those groups and individuals who have established or support the following endowment funds, which provide lasting tributes and generate continual support for developing the artists of the future.
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Kurt Herbert Adler - Merola Endowment Fund Amici di Merola Fund Barab Family Trust Fund Dr. Leland Barber & Gladys K. Barber Endowment Fund The Anthony I. Balestrieri Endowment Fund Richard F. Bartlett Memorial Fund Jean E. Bennett, Jr. Fund The Sidney & Phyllis Blair Fund John S. Brooks Memorial Fund Florence Bruce Fund Bruser Family Fund Carlton F. Bryan Fund Campbell-White Merolini Fund Mai G. Coggin Endowment Fund Cooper Endowment Fund Reid & Peggy Dennis Endowment Fund Grace A. Diem and Alice E. Siemons Endowment Fund In Memory of Jean Donnell Fund Querita Eybel Endowment Fund Mr. & Mrs. A. Barlow Ferguson Endowment Fund I. P. Patrick Gallagher Fund Nicholas & Mary Ann Gannam Endowment Fund L. Henry Garland Memorial Fund Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund Donna Lee Grassman Memorial Fund Gary Griffith Memorial Endowment Fund Gropper Memorial Fund Anneliese Gruenberg-Bremer Fund Otto Guth Fund Mark Haffner Apprentice Coach Fund In Memory of James T. Heavey Fund Elaine Henderson Endowment Fund
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Heritage Fund Vija Hovgard Nadai Endowment Fund David S. Hugle and Haggai Niv Endowment Fund The Jacobs Family Trust Grace & Mildred Johnson Endowment Fund In Memory of Peter G. Kavantjas Endowment Fund Donald Wayne Kennedy Fund Leona Gordon Lowin Memorial Fund Meltzer Family Memorial Fund Merola Members Endowment Fund Albert L. Mosher & John E. McCormick AIDS Memorial Fund Oreste J. di Muro Endowment Fund The Bernard Osher Foundation Career Grant Endowment Mary A. Powell Career Grant Fund In Honor of Leontyne Price Endowment Fund Charles Rolle, M.D. Endowment Fund Marie Louise Rosenberg Memorial Endowment Fund Gerald S. Rosenstein Fund Schick Memorial Fund Eve & Henry Schlesinger Fund The Shenson Family Fund Claudia Stoop Memorial Fund Dickson Titus III Fund Alma Brooks Walker Memorial Fund Frank W. & Matilda O. Weymouth Living Trust Fund James L. Wilson Trust Endowment Fund In Memory of Patricia Yakutis Endowment Fund Alma Cella Yoder Trust Estate of Mr. William Zoller
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Merola Opera Program Career Grants
Merola Opera Program gratefully acknowledges the following donors who have provided special support to our young artists.
- Dr. Phyllis B. Blair Career Grant–Drs. Sidney & Phyllis Blair Fund
- Florence Bruce Career Grant–Mrs. Starr Bruce Endowment Fund
- Jean Donnell Memorial Career Grant–In Memory of Jean Donnell Fund
- Richard & Rhoda Goldman Career Grant–Mr. Richard N. Goldman Fund
- Gropper Memorial Career Grant–Alfred Fromm & Otto E. Meyer, in Memory of Dr. Angel Gropper
- E. A. Haggerty Memorial Career Grant-Larry L. Hillblom Foundation
- David S. Hugle Career Grant–Mr. David S. Hugle
- Peter G. Kavantjas Career Grant–In memory of Peter G. Kavantjas Endowment Fund
- Li Foundation Career Grant–Li Foundation Scholarship Fund for Chinese Singers
- Merola Alumni Career Grant–Merola Opera Program Alumni
- Albert L. Mosher & John E. McCormick AIDS Memorial Career Grant–Albert L. Mosher & John E. McCormick AIDS Memorial Fund
- The Bernard Osher Foundation Career Grant–The Bernard Osher Foundation
- Mr. & Mrs. Bernhardt Poetz Memorial Career Grant–A Friend of Merola
- Mary A. Powell Career Grant–Mary A. Powell Fund
- Schick Memorial Career Grant–Schick Memorial Fund
- Schwabacher Family Career Grant–Mr. James H. Schwabacher
- The Shenson Family Career Grant–The Shenson Family Fund and The Shenson Foundation
- Richard Strauss Opera Career Grant–G. William Jewell, in memory of Mr. Robert C. Silvering
- Dickson Titus III Career Grant–Dickson Titus III Fund
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