Merola Donors

The Merola Opera Program is dedicated to the continuing education and 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. Merola operates in close artistic collaboration with San Francisco Opera but is an independent nonprofit organization. Governed by a separate board of directors, Merola is responsible for its own long-term financial stability and fundraising, and is grateful to the hundreds of loyal members, donors and foundations who support the Program.


We extend our sincere appreciation to all donors and acknowledge the following individuals, foundations and corporations for their generous gifts totaling $1,000 or more and made between October 1, 2009, and July 15, 2010, in support of the Merola Opera Program. For more information about supporting the Merola Opera Program, please contact (415) 565-6427 or e-mail mop@sfopera.com.



Donors

Donation Amount: $40,000+

Corporation

San Francisco Opera Association*

Foundation

Frances K. and Charles D. Field Foundation

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Donation Amount: $20,000 - $39,999

Foundations

Grace A. Diem and Alice Siemmons
   Foundation

Individuals

Miss Vivienne E. Miller

Mike and Rusty Rolland

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Donation Amount: $10,000 - $19,999

Foundations

The Arques Charitable Education Trust
Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
The Robert and Helen Odell Fund

The Henry W. and Nettie Robinson
   Foundation
The Schick Foundation
The Shenson Foundation
Wallis Foundation

Government

National Endowment for the Arts

Individuals

Darla and Richard Bastoni
Nordin and Donna Blacker
Ms. Eloise Bouye
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Davis*
Mrs. A. Barlow Ferguson
John and Cynthia Fry Gunn
Barbara K. Jackson

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Lowenberg
Lotfi and Midge Mansouri
Drs. Richard and Pamela Rigg*
Ms. Amy Roth and Mr. Robert Epstein
In Memory of Cameron Waterman III

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Donation Amount: $5,000 - $9,999

Foundations

Il Cenacolo Italian Cultural
   Club

San Francisco Opera Guild
   East Bay Chapter

Corporations

Russian Hill*

Individuals

Mr. Andrew J. Bellotti
Ms. Annette Campbell-White
    and Dr. Ruediger Naumann-Etienne
Peggy and Reid Dennis
Mary and Tom Foote
Miss Ursula Grunfeld
James Heagy in memory of Janey Heagy
Ms. Harriet Heyman
    and Mr. Michael Moritz

Norman Tyler Larson
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Morton
Mr. Gerald B. 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

Foundations

The Mervyn L. Brenner Foundation, Inc.
Walter and Elise Haas Fund
Opera Standees Association

Raymond Family Foundation
San Jose Opera Guild
The Sequoia Trust

Corporations

Frank Ancona Designs*
Domaine Chandon*
San Francisco Parlor Opera*

Individuals

Nina K. Auerbach, MD
Maurice and Mary Sue Bizzarri*
Mrs. Peter H. Black
Ms. Brooke Bourland
Dr. and Mrs. Melvin C. Britton
Mrs. James P. Butler
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clark
Ms. Carlyn Clause
    and Mr. Alexander Brainerd
Robert and Laura Cory
Mr. Hugh J. Coughlin
John and Lois Crowe
Dr. and Mrs. Roy L. Curry*
Dr. Lisa Danzig
Mrs. Lonny J. Darwin
Mr. Richard Elliott
   and Mr. Andrew Holtz*
Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Eschbach
Mr. Thomas E. Foutch
Ms. Tracy Grant*
Michael Alexander Harrison
    and Susan Graham Harrison
Mrs. Dana T. Horner
Mr. Robert Kavanaugh
    and Ms. Dale Robards
Drs. Joan B. and James Kelly
Martin Kooi
Dr. and Mrs. John Lavorgna
Dr. Ralda Lee
Ms. Sylvia R. Lindsey
John and Bernice Lindstrom
Mrs. Edmund W. Littlefield
Jo Maxon and Karl Ruppenthal

Mr. Paul May and Mr. Frank Stein
James R. Meehan
Jennifer and David Miller
D. G. Mitchell
Mr. Milton Mosk and Mr. Thomas Foutch
David and Marilyn Nasatir
Ms. Marie J. Niemann
James A. Noe III.
Jean-Noel Fourmeaux du Sartel,
    VGS Investment Group*
Mr. Paul D. Nordine
Ms. Patricia Nottingham
Anna and Frank Pope
Mr. Glenn H. Reid
Zandra Rhodes*
Mary Stevens Riley
Robbins/Cullen Family
Mrs. Barbara J. Ross
Ms. Marion Ross
Elli and Joe Sax
Natalie O. Shuttleworth
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Slawson*
Dr. David D. Stein
   and Dr. Phyllis A. Kempner*
Ms. Suzanne Turley
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Uchimura
Bruce and Fran Walker
Mr. Patrick Wilken*
Mrs. Alfred Wilsey
Mr. and Mrs. A. Lee Zeigler

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Donation Amount: $1,000 to $1,999

Foundations

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Joyce and William Brantman
    Foundation

Corporations

Abreu Vineyard*
Ghiradelli Chocolate*
The Kahala Hotel & Resort*
Meadowood Napa Valley*

Robert and Margrit Mondavi
    Center for the Performing Arts*
Selix Formalwear*

Individuals

Dr. Nancy Ascher
Ms. Jennifer Baik and Mr. Robert Jacoby
Cantor Roslyn Barak
Amii and Michael Barnard-Bahn
John Bryan Family Fund
Ms. Barbara Cartier
Mr. Martin S. Checov
    and Mr. Timothy J. Bause
The Hon. Marie Bertillion Collins
    and Mr. Leonard Collins
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, Jr.
Mr. Paul A. Fisher
R. David and Ginny Freeman
Mr. William W. Godward
Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp
Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn Hetzel
Ms. Susan Hone
Mr. David S. Hugle
Leslie and George Hume
Elizabeth A. Jacobs
Mrs. Elsie M. Kelly
Ms. Eiko Kikawada
Dr. Marion R. Kramer
Mr. Lorrin G. Kroska
Mr. Randall E. Laroche
    and Mr. David Laudon

Ms. Mary Lewis
Mrs. Nancy Donnell Lilly
Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay MacDermid
Dr. Myron Marx
Myfanwy Megann
Mr. Stanley Michael
    and Mr. John Churchwell
Mr. Robert B. Mison
Mrs. Pamela Murdock
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Noda
Mr. R. D. Norby and Ms. Susan Anderson
Robert and Carol Parvin
Mr. and Mrs. John Pitcairn
Ms. Susan K. Prather
Margaret S. Rocchia
Mrs. Edward W. Rosston
Dr. and Mrs. Rolf G. Scherman
Miss Dorothy Schimke
Drs. Milton and Sondra Schlesinger
Ms. Freda Scott and Mr. Jason Danielson
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Seipp, Jr.
Ms. Elena Servi
Dr. J. H. Silveira
Ms. Blanche Germain Streeter
Robert and Lynn Sullivan
Dr. and Mrs. W. Conrad Sweeting
Ms. Masako M. Velasquez
Mrs. Carol A. Weitz
Dr. Charles Wilson and Ms. Frances Petrocelli
Ms. Faye Wilson
Ms. Shirley Woo
    and Mr. David Rosenfeld
Susan York

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Donation Amount: $500 to $999

Corporations

Abbey Carpet*
Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco*
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra*
Sue Fisher King*

McRosky Mattress Company*
TAJ Campton Place*
Yokoo Pearls, Inc.*

Individuals

Ms. Jane Annan Allen
Ms. Dolores M. Allen
Mary Sherrill Baxter
Mr. Frank S. Bayley III
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Bernstein
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Berry
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bialek
Dr. Phyllis B. Blair
Ms. Joan Bossart
Robert E. Brown and Agnes Chen Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cabak
Mrs. Park Chamberlain
Maureen Clarke
Mr. Michael Colbruno
Mr. Robert Cook
    and Ms. Blanca Haendler
Mrs. Warren Coughlin
Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Crane Dorfman
Mrs. Annina R. Demmon
Mr. Stanley J. Dirks
Dr. Peggy Donovan-Jeffry
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
Denise A. Freinkel
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Friede
Janie and Don Friend
Al Garren
Mr. and Mrs. A. Gherardi
Ms. Mary Ann Grant
Anne P. Gray
Flora Greenhoot
Barbara Hancock
Mr. Gil Harrington
    and Mrs. Lynne Harrington-Bullock
Alan and Katie Heibein

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Henricks
Wilma Horwitz
Wade H. and Elizabeth B. Hover
Ms. Lauren Ito
    and Ms. Francis Escobar-Hosoya
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin P. Johnson Jr.
Dr. Israel Katz
Miss Helen Kutin
Ms. R. Gisela Lloyd
Mr. and Mrs. J. Patterson McBaine
Tom Houran and Bill Medigovich
Mrs. Ellen A. Michelson
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miller
Patricia Mitchell
Mrs. Albert J. Moorman
Mr. Peter J. Musto
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
Mr. Ronald V. Rosequist
Diane and Asher Rubin
Ms. Marilyn G. Seiberling
Mr. Steven Shladover
Richard and Diana Shore
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Shorenstein
Ruth A. Short
Mr. and Mrs. David Sloss
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sonnenblick
Ms. Terri Stuart
Daniel F. Sullivan
Ms. Natalie Varney
Gail Whelan
Stephen and Connie Zilles
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Zucchi
Anonymous

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Donation Amount: $250 to $499

Corporations

Absinthe Brasserie and Bar*
American Bach Soloists*
American Conservatory Theater*
Berkeley Opera*
Blackbird Vineyards*
Cavallo Point, The Lodge at the Golden Gate*
Dalla Valle Vineyards*
Dunbar Interiors*
Dutch Henry Winery*
E. Wightman & Co.*
Elevation Salon +Cafe*
Gerard Guillemette and goBooie*

Houston Grand Opera*
Inja*
LA Opera*
Mary The Skin Care*
Music at Meyer*
Opera Santa Barbara*
Partners for Hair*
San Diego Opera*
Smuin Ballet*
The Village at Squaw Valley*
thePetPhotographer.com*
Torso Vintages*

Individuals

Dr. Vincanne Adams
Ms. Karen Ames and Lawrence Ames
Patricia V. Angell
Mrs. Kirklin Ashley
Mr. David N. Barnard
Mrs. Kenton Bates
Mr. Alvin H. Baum, Jr.
Mr. and Ms. Kent T. Baum
Mrs. Fritzi Benesch
Mr. and Mrs. David Berluti
Ms. Nancy Berry
Paul and Kathy Bissinger
Joanne R. Bourland
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brown
Mr. Donald Buhman
    and Mr. Wray Humphrey
Mr. and Ms. Bob Burdick
Mr. and Ms. Kurt Burkhard
Keith and Jennifer Cerny
Agnes I. Chan
Frank and Mary Jean Clauss
Ms. Caroline Cline
Mr. Martin Cohn
Barrett and Muriel Crawford
Mr. Gerald F. Currier
    and Mr. Cleveland M. Smith
Keith Doerge
Mrs. Michael Dooley
Ms. Sheila T. Dowd
Ms. Pamela Duffy
Mrs. Anita C. Eblé
Ms. Barbara Edwards
Loretta Emerzian
Ms. Wendy Fantl
Waltraud D. Finch
Ms. Robin Fisher
Ms. Helen Woo Fong
Ms. Ceseli Foster
Dr. Allen B. Freitag
Dr. Scott Gale
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Goldby
Mr. Terry Gordon
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Haas
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harlick
Hunter P. Harris
Paul and Claudia Hecht
Dr. John L. Herbert
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hillman
Mr. Russell J. Hoffman
Elizabeth Hotchkin
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Houck
Ronald T. Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Intrater
Mrs. Jane T. Johnson
Ms. Andrea G. Julian
Dr. Lilli Kalis
Mrs. Stanley Lachman
Mr. John V. Lampe
Ms. Kathe Lange
Mr. and Mrs. David Lefkowitz
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Leibman

Mr. Jeffrey Leiter
Mr. Hollis Lenderking
Mr. Roy Levin and Ms. Jan Thomson
Aaron and Marilyn Levinson
Ms. Andrea J. Lewin
Mr. William Leyerle
Mrs. Norman Licht
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Lilienthal
Mrs. Sandra Potter Lundgren
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Mardesich
Mr. and Mrs. David Marsten
Patrick McCabe
Chris McCrum
John G. McGehee
Mrs. Janet McLeod
Carleton E. Meyer
Mr. John Moore and Mr. Arnold McGilbray
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Moorhead
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Moreland
Dr. and Mrs. Tony Nespole
Mr. Haggai Niv
Ms. Joan O'Leary
Marie Louise Otto
Mrs. Barbara F. Patton
Ms. Anna Marie Payne
Mr. Philip Lansdale Pillsbury Jr.
    and Mrs. Sharon Zeller Pillsbury
Mrs. Harriet Meyer Quarré
Gus Raney
Mr. and Mrs. James Ream
Walter Rex
Ms. Marianne Buttner Robison
Dr. and Mrs. Alan M. Roth
Mr. and Mrs. Jan Samzelius
Ms. Carolyn Shaw
Mr. and Mrs. J.E.G. Smit
Ms. Elizabeth Smith
Mr. Alan Smith and Dr. Helen Lew
Ms. Sue Sommer
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sorgen
Miss Donna D. Stephens
Ms. Ann Stone
Elliot and Alice Swanson
Mrs. Jon Swedlow
Mrs. Violet Taaffe
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Taylor
Dr. Sam Thal
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thompson
Ms. Irene Lindbeck Tibbits
Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Paul Trelaun
Ms. Marilyn Tucker
Mr. and Ms. Terry Vogt
Mr. Robert Wertsch
Ms. Ann L. Williamson
Steve and Peggy Woehleke
Ms. Bonnie Woodworth
Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Worn
Ms. Anne Zucchi
Anonymous

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Donation Amount: $175 to $249

Corporations

102.1 KDFC*
Artisans of San Francisco*
Button Down*
DeNovo Fine Contemporary Jewelry*
The Desk Set*
The Fairmont San Francisco*
Glendeven Inn
Gualala Arts*
Hafner Vineyard*
Jardiniere*
John Walker & Co.*
The Laurel Inn*

Los Angeles Philharmonic Association*
New York City Opera*
Picco*
San Francisco Symphony*
The Santa Fe Opera*
Sea Ranch Lodge*
Seattle Opera*
Staglin Family Vineyard*
Stanford University*
Velvet Da Vinci*
Zona Moda*

Individuals

Mr. and Mrs. Leland G. Anderson
Ms. Susan Bates
Claudia A. Bauer
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Benson
Miss Carol Benz
Mr. Noel T. Blos
Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Cabban
Mrs. Betty Cable
James Cross
Ms. Diane Daniels and Mr. Leonard Heil
Mr. Brian Davidson
Roberta and Mark Emerson
Dr. Rollington Ferguson
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
Ms. Marian Huntoon
Mr. John Keeley
Frank Kelly
Dr. Robert and Christine Kradjian
Ms. Bette Landis
Dr. and Mrs. William Leider

Miss Janice C. Levy
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
Mr. Sean R. Smith
Mrs. J.C. Stafford
Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart
Mrs. Laurence M. Symmes
Francis W. Thorn
Ms. Lenda Townsend-Williams
Ms. Alicia Turner
Ms. Kimberly Twesme
Mr. Edward Vanegri
Ms. Valorie Waddingham
Mrs. Barbara Wanvig
Miss Gloria C. Yee
Anonymous

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Donation Amount: $75 to $174

Foundations

San Francisco Opera Guild Marin Chapter

Corporations

1300 on Fillmore*
Advanced Physical Therapy
Aksesare*
Anthem*
Arizona Theatre Company*
Aurora Theatre Company*
Beach Blanket Babylon*
Beautiful Orchids*
Berkeley Repoertory Theatre*
Bix Restaurant*
California Shakespeare Theater*
Chiaroscuro Ristorante
City Segway Tours*
Cresalia Jewelers*
Dashe Cellars*

Hayes Street Grill*
Incanto Restaurant & Wine Bar*
Indigo Restaurant*
Joseph Cozza Salon*
Nichole Kreps, Cowboys and Angels*
Ladd Cellars*
Madrono Landscape Design Studio*
Market Bar*
Neyers Vineyard*
Perbacco Ristorante*
San Francisco Chanticleer*
San Francisco Performances*
Tra Vigne*
Yoshi's SF*

Individuals

Ms. Barbara Adams
Ms. Sylvia Alpert
Mr. and Mrs. David Anderson
Ms. Anna M. Bagniewska
Anne N. Baldwin
Mr. Peter Barchuk
Paul Baumann
Mr. Darryl Beach
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
Ms. Denise Bradley
Lois Brainard
Karen Breslin
Thomas Brock
Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Brody
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Broido
Mrs. Kathleen M. Brown
Mr. William M. Burke
Ms. Ariel Bybee and Mr. James E. Ford
Dr. James Marvin Campbell
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Cape
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Carroll
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Carson
Ms. Kathryn Cathcart
Mr. Timothy S. Caton
Ms. Birgit Chase
Raymond and Minnie Chinn
Miss Joyce K. H. Chow
Ms. Barbara A. Christman
Mr. Louis Clemence
Mrs. Joseph R. Clyne
Drs. Mac and Ann Coffey
Mr. James T. Concannon
Dr. Frederica L. Conrad
Mr. William Coolidge
Ms. Marilyn Berg Cooper
Ms. Carol Copperud
Mr. and Mrs. James Court
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Craig
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 Dallachie
Mr. Mark Darley
Robert W. Davis
Helen and Raleigh Davis
Ira D. Dearing
Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. E. Dennis
Mr. Chauncey DiLaura
Mr. and Mrs. Larry R. Drees
The Kerry Lobel & Marta Drury Fund of the Horizons Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold D. Duncan
Miss Jean Ebbighausen
Mr. Philip Eisenberg
Mr. Daniel Elias
Donna Ellis
Ms. Maja N. Fara
Ms. Ruth Felt
Ms. Cheryl Fippen
Jon W. & Ellen V. Florey
D. D. Freund
Ms. Lynn Fuller and Mr. William Bivins
Dr. Frederick Gabali
Ms. Theresa D. Gabel
   and Mr. Timothy Zumwalt
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gerlach, Jr.
Mr. John Gildersleeve
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gleason
Stuart M. Gold
Dr. Steven Goldberg
Ms. Karen Gonzales
Ms. Mary Louise Green
Ms. Nadine Greenwood
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Griffin
Ms. Ellen Grinnell
Mr. and Mrs. Rocco Gulli
Mrs. Patricia Hagerty
Mrs. Bronwyn H. Hall
Rosemarie Hardy and Aldwyn Hyatt
Mr. and Mrs. John Harker
Ms. Betty-Lou 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
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Palmer Hotz
Ms. Jane Howden-Stehr
Ms. Susan Miller Hult
Ms. Joan Imbeau
Ms. Loisann Jacovitz
Mr. Cliff Jarrard
Mr. and Mrs. Sean Jeffries
Ms. Anna-Marie Jene
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Jensen
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Johnson
Mr. David A. Jones
   and Mr. Donald C. Williams

Mr. Erwin L. Kelly, Jr.
Cathryn Kliegel
Ms. Judith Koch
Ms. Bessie Koplos
Ms. Spring Kraeger
Herbert and Barbara Graham Kreissler
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt F. Kubatz
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lacey
Mr. Steven Langer
Ms. Wendy Lariviere
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Latour
Mr. David Lazoff
Mr. Richard Ledon
Ms. Myra Levenson
Dr. and Mrs. Warren Levinson
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. Sandra Mattos
Ms. Denise E. Mauldin
Ms. Cristina Domingo McClanahan
William T. McCraw
Ms. Barbara A. McGinley
Ms. Penny McNeel
Jane and Harry Mison
Barbara Moller
Dr. Theodore Montgomery
Mr. Charles Moody
Mr. Wallace A. Myers
Mr. Nicholas Netos
Ms. Gretchen Nicholson
Ms. Elaine Ninokata
Edward G. Noble
Ms. Joyce O'Connor
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Oliver
Mr. Jerry Orecchia
Susan Overman
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Owen
Ms. Mitzi Palmer
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. James Ross
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Rosso
Ms. Joan Rost
Sidney M. Russell
Kenneth Ruta
Mr. Willis Sawyer
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Scandalios
Mr. Milton Schaefer
   and Mr. Scott Plakun
Ms. Jean Schoch
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Schoenfeld
Mr. Charles Schug
Dr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Segre
Mr. Robert L. Segrin
Margaret V. Sheehan
Susan Shelton
Mr. Brad Shepherd
Ms. Ann Slaby
Mrs. Ellsworth Soares
Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Sommers
Ms. Miriam Spongberg
Mr. Gerald L. Steichen
Ms. Marietta L. Stephens
Susie and Britt Stitt
Mr. Ian E. 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
Mary Van Voorhees
Ms. Frances Varnhagen
James and Leslys Vedder
Mr. David M. Wade
   and Ms. Marian Marsh
Mrs. Julia Wall
Mr. James Way
Ms. Rosalie V. Weaver
Dr. and Mrs. David Werdegar
Mr. William B. West
Dr. and Mrs. Ed J. Whitman
Mr. Wells Whitney and Ms. Anne Halsted
Mr. Donald Whitton
Mr. George A. Williams
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

Buck's of Woodside*
Jewish Community Center
   of San Francisco*

Peninsula Symphony
Terrestra*

Individuals

Ms. Joan Adler
Ms. Gertraud Albert
Ms. Dolores Ali
Ms. Renee Anderson
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
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
Rosalind Colver
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Corbin
Keith and Patricia Crist
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cutter
Mrs. Janette Dang
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. Bonnie Glaser
Ms. Sarah Glaubman
Ms. Mary Gover
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Greene
Ms. Ellinor Hagedorn
Mr. Jack Halpern
Ms. Julie Harris
Ms. Marion Hazzard
Mr. and Mrs. Dale R. Heinmiller
Mr. Miles Hillis
Mr. Barry D. Hovis
Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson
Ms. Renata S. Jones

Mr. James J. Keolker
Mrs. Richard Kirby
Ms. Ludmila Kisseleva-Eggleton
    and Mr. Peter Eggleton
Mr. Allen Klein
Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Klier
Mr. Igor Kouznetsov
Mr. James A. Leuker and Mr. Gilbert Gonzalez
Mrs. Thomas J. Manning
Mr. James Manser
Ms. Anna Mantell
Richard Markell
Ms. Melody Marks
Ms. Mary Joaquina Martins
Mr. Donald L. McGee
Mrs. Charlotte McMinn
Mr. Steven L. Mendoza
Ms. Amy Meyer
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard L. Meyerson
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas D. Molnar
Ms. Ann Panagulias
Mr. Herbert C. Ploch
L. T. Prescott
Ms. Carol Price Rabin
Ms. Madeleine Rose
Gail I. Rubman
Elizabeth Rupp
Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Sachs
Margot Schevill
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur L. Schultz
Mr. Lawrence T. Severino
Ms. Barbara Sherman
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
Mr. Albert J. Vizinho
Steve and Pat West
Mr. Warren W. White
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

Amici di Merola
Lisa Anderson
Ryan Belongie
BIX Restaurant
Donna and Nordin Blacker
Steven Blier
John Churchwell
Marie and Leonard Collins
John Copley
Clifford Cranna
Leah Crocetto
Roy and Helga Curry
Jayne and Peter Davis
Mark Delavan
Ann and Gordon Getty
Sheri Greenawald
Ursula Grunfeld
Jake Heggie
Susan Hone
Ted Huffman
Elizabeth Jacobs
Warren Jones
Micah Kaplan
Natalie Katyukova

Robert Kavanaugh and Dale Robards
Martin Katz
Drs. Joan and James Kelly
Quinn Kelsey
Alexander Lewis
Ao Li
Lucas Meachem
Mark Morash
Anne and Tom Morton
James A. Noe III
Patricia Racette
Zandra Rhodes
Mary S. Risley
Tamara Sanikidze
Dr. David D. Stein and Dr. Phyllis A. Kempner
Kevin Thompson
Frederica von Stade
Anita Weissberg
Dean Williamson
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Winkelstein

Corporate Matching Gift Donors

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
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.

Mrs. Barbara Adams
Mrs. John Anderton
Mrs. Marjorie Appleton
Ms. Wilma Avery
Kathleen H. Barr
Ms. Nina Beckwith
Mr. Andrew J. Bellotti
Mr. Jean E. Bennett Jr.
Ms. Eloise Bouye
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Bowen
In Memory of George (Troy) Browman
    and his Living Partner J. Gerald Gagnon
Mr. Allen Chamness
Mr. Russell P. Chappell
Ms. Donna Chazen
Ms. Carlyn Clause and Mr. Alexander Brainerd
Mrs. Charles Cornman
Mr. Gerald F. Currier
nbsp;   and Mr. Cleveland M. Smith
Mrs. Lonny J. Darwin
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Davis
Mrs. Thelma Dry
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Dwelly
Dr. Phyllis Q. Edwards
Mrs. Lennart Erickson
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
Mrs. Rolf Gille
Miss Doris Grau
Miss Ursula Grunfeld
Dr. and Mrs. John G. Gurley
James Heagy in memory of Janey Heagy
Tom Houran and Bill Medigovich
Mr. David S. Hugle
Barbara K. Jackson
Ms. Elizabeth A. Jacobs
Ms. Dagmar L. Jamison
Ms. Joanie Juster
Dr. Lilli Kalis
Mr. Louis A. Koffman
Mrs. Barbara F. Kral
Herbert and Barbara Graham Kreissler

Ms. Joan Shelbourne Kwansa
Mr. Frank S. Lanier
Ms. Mary Lewis
Ms. Norrine L. Marchegiani-Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Mardesich
Ms. Denise E. Mauldin
Ms. Christine Miller
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
Mr. Carl Noelke
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. O'Hanlon
Ms. Brenda Osborne
Ms. Sheldeen G. Osborne
   and Mr. Steven E. Tirrell
Ms. Verna Parino
Robert and Carol Parvin
Mrs. Herbert Jan Popper
Mr. Robert Robertson
Mike and Rusty Rolland
Mr. Gerald B. Rosenstein
Ms. Louise A. Russell
Mr. and Mrs. John Ryckman
Ms. Marilyn G. Seiberling
Mr. Kurt Servos
Ms. Dorothy N. Shaw
Ms. Jean A. Sherlin
Natalie O. Shuttleworth
Mr. and Mrs. David Sloss
Ms. Sue Sommer
Ms. Nancy Soper
Dr. David D. Stein
    and Dr. Phyllis A. Kempner
Dr. Sam Thal
Miss Carol Tomlinson
Ms. Betty Toy
Mr. Hugh C. Trutton
James S. and Gayle G. Tunnell
Ms. Suzanne Turley
Shirley Wilson Victor
Mr. Albert J. Vizinho
Ms. Gladys Wagman
Mrs. Barbara Wanvig
Dr. and Mrs. John A. Zderic
Anonymous

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.

Mrs. Marion Zimmer Bradley
Miss Carol Inberg
Dr. Edwin M. Jacobs
Miss Hildegard Seidel

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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, 2009, and May 15, 2010.

In Memory Of

Leila Abu-Saba
Nancy Baxter
Rita Boscacci
William Cockos
Grace Diem
Helen G. Dodds
Joe Francis Dolan
Jean Bolton Donnell
Peggy Donovan-Jeffry
Fracesca Gardner
Bob Hawes
Ms. Janey Heagy

Lillian Howland
Irma Levin
Anne and Donald MacDonald
Gus Mael
Veronica McHale
Henry W. Robinson and Nettie Robins
Dr. Charles Rolle
Mr. James H. Schwabacher
Alice Siemons
Dorothy and Alfred Tomlinson
Cameron Waterman III
Russ Walton

In Honor Of

2010 Adler Fellows
John Chest
John Churchwell
Josemarie Condemi
Mr. Robert F. Ewing and Mr. Cesar de Joya
Carmen Fraetis
Renata Jones

John and Bernice Lindstrom
Mr. Robert B. Mison
Mr. Glenn H. Reid and Mr. Frank S. Lanier
Anita Weissberg
Mr. Patrick Wilken
Mr. and Mrs. J. Peter Winkelstein

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.

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
   & Alice E. 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

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 B. 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
  • Fred M. Levin and Nancy Livingston, The Shenson Foundation in memory of Drs. Ben and A. Jess Shenson
  • 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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