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

Grace A. Diem and Alice E. Siemons Endowment Fund

Corporation

San Francisco Opera Association*

Donation Amount: $10,000 - $49,999

Foundations

The Henry W. and Nettie Robinson Foundation

Wallis Foundation

Individuals

Darla and Richard Bastoni
Nordin and Donna Blacker
Mrs. A. Barlow Ferguson
Lotfi and Midge Mansouri
Miss Vivienne E. Miller

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

Foundations

San Francisco Opera Guild East Bay Chapter

Individuals

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

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

Foundations

Raymond Family Foundation

Individuals

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

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

Joyce and William Brantman Foundation

Corporations

Abreu Vineyard, Inc.*
Meadowood Napa Valley*

Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts*

Individuals

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

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

Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco*

Sue Fisher King*

Individuals

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

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

Blackbird Vineyards*
Cavallo Point, The Lodge at the Golden Gate*
Dalla Valle Vineyards*

E. Wightman & Co.*
Houston Grand Opera*
Music at Meyer*
Partners for Hair*

Individuals

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

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

Button Down*
Gualala Arts*
Hafner Vineyard*
Jardiniere*
New York City Opera*

Picco*
San Francisco Symphony*
Sea Ranch Lodge*
Staglin Family Vineyard*

Individuals

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

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

San Francisco Opera Guild Marin Chapter

Corporations

Advanced Physical Therapy
Aurora Theatre Company*
Beach Blanket Babylon*
Bix Restaurant*
City Segway Tours*
Dashe Cellars*

Indigo Restaurant*
Market Bar*
Perbacco Ristorante*
San Francisco Performances*
Yoshi's SF*

Individuals

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

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

Peninsula Symphony*

Terrestra*

Individuals

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

 

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.

Ms. Katherine Adams
Mrs. Marion Zimmer Bradley
Ms. Anne Hall
Mr. Gil Jewell
Miss Sandra McCabe
Ms. Verna Osborne

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.

In Memory Of

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

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

In Honor Of

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.

Michael Gottlieb
Mrs. Claire Gummere
Renata Jones
Jacobo Ratinoff
Peter and Barbara 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 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

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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