MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS - 53RD SEASON
SPECIAL EVENT AND PROJECT SUPPORT
Lyric Opera is grateful to the following generous donors for their support of special events and projects during the 2007-2008 Season.
| 2008 ANNUAL MEETING DINNER PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP ARIA SOCIETY DINNER Mr. and Mrs. W. James Farrell BACKSTAGE TOURS Robert W. Baird & Company, Inc. BENEFACTOR SPECIAL EVENTS LaSalle Bank THE BUCKSBAUM FAMILY LYRIC OPERA RADIO BROADCASTS The Matthew Bucksbaum Family The John Bucksbaum Family General Growth Properties With Matching Funding by: The Crown Family Richard P. and Susan Kiphart The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Additional Funding by: The Brinson Foundation Mrs. Herbert A. Vanc CHAPTERS' ANNUAL MEETING Roberts Family Foundation DONOR APPRECIATION EVENTS LaSalle Bank FANTASY OF THE OPERA GALA Anonymous Bain & Company Baker & McKenzie BBJ Linen JoAnn Cantalupo Deloitte. Deutsche Bank Ernst & Young LLP Goldman Sachs Harris, N.A. Laura Herman Higgins Development Partners Huron Consulting Group Jenner & Block LLP Mr. and Mrs. John W. Jordan II Jordan Industries Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP Richard P. and Susan Kiphart KPMG LLP Mayer Brown LLP Allan and Elaine Muchin National City Bank Peer and Sarah Pedersen Quarles & Brady Reed Smith Sachnoff & Weaver Spencer Stuart & Associates James A. Staples FANTASY OF THE OPERA RAFFLE American Airlines OFFICIAL AIRLINES American Airlines OFFICIAL PIANO Yamaha Corporation of America/ Karnes Music OPENING NIGHT BENEFIT Aon Corporation OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION Kraft Foods |
OPERA BALL Illinois Tool Works Inc. Northern Trust OPERA BALL GRAND MARCH Merrick Ventures, LLC and Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Ferro, Jr. OPERATHON American Airlines Bank of America 98.7 WFMT OPERATHON CHALLENGE GRANTS Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Lyric Opera Overture Society Mr. and Mrs. James McClung Egon and Dorothy Menker Allan and Elaine Muchin Michael and Margo Oberman and Family Llyod E. Rigler – Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Joan and Marco Weiss OPERATHON MERCHANDISE SPONSORS Alberton–Culver Company Sidley Austin LLP OPERATHON AUCTION American Airlines American Airlines Vacations OVERTURE SOCIETY LUNCHEON James N. and Julie B. Bay Charitable Foundation Susan M. Miller PLANNED GIVING SEMINAR Harrison & Held LLP McDermott, Will && Emery Prudential Financial Smith Barney PROJECTED ENGLISH TITLES Lloyd E. Rigler – Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation RISING STARS IN CONCERT Accretive Health Miriam U. Hoover Howard Family Foundation Molex Incorporated RISING STARS IN CONCERT RECEPTION Katherine A. Abelson Mr. and Mrs. Allan Drebin SEASON POSTER Winston & Strawn SEASON PREVIEW CONCERT Audrey Love Charitable Foundation STARS OF LYRIC OPERA AT MILLENNIUM PARK Lead Sponsor: Harris Bank Co-Sponsors: The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust AT&T Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation |
EDUCATION/OUTREACH PROGRAMS
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COLLEGE OPERA CIRCLE Terry Medhurst and Family COMMENTARIES ON CD Patrick G. Ryan and Shirley Welsh Ryan In Honor of Their Parents DISCOVERY SERIES The Bernard and Marjorie Mitchell Family Foundation EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM/PROGRAMS Katherine A. Ableson Educational Endowment Fund "REACHING OUT" VIDEO Richard P. and Susan Kiphart MEET THE ARTIST Polk Bros. Foundation NExT STUDENT PROGRAM Lead Sponsor: W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Anderson Philip Bligh Booz Allen Hamilton The Grainger Foundation The Pauls Foundation Rose L. Shure Donna Van Eekeren OPERA IN THE CLASSROOM Polk Bros. Foundation OPERA IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS Lead Sponsor: Mrs. Herbert A. Vance and the Vance Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance Donna Van Eekeren OPERA IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS – STUDY GUIDES Donna Van Eekeren OPERAKIDS Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation |
OPERAREACH GENERAL SUPPORT Anonymous (2) Bank of New York - Mellon The Barker Welfare Foundation Baxter International, Inc. Helen Brach Foundation Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation Citigroup Foundation Kraft Foods The Lehman Brothers Foundation Macy's Gives Mr. and Mrs. E. J. McCarthy Mrs. Andrew B. Neely Northern Trust Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation, Inc. UBS PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURES Mr. and Mrs. Edward O. Boshell, Jr. Kip Kelley SEASON COMPANION Susan M. Miller SENIOR MATINEE Benjamin B. Green-Field Foundation Lannan Foundation The Retirement Research Foundation The Siragusa Foundation STUDENT BACKSTAGE TOURS Habitat Corporate Suites Network STUDENT MATINEES Lead Sponsor: Dr. Scholl Foundation Anonymous Motorola Foundation Linda K. and Dennis M. Myers Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Segal Donna Van Eekeren TEACHERS' PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP Polk Bros. Foundation TEEN OPERA CIRCLE Lloyd A. Fry Foundation The Albert Pick, Jr. Fund Polk Bros. Foundation |
THE PATRICK G. AND SHIRLEY W. RYAN OPERA CENTER
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ARTISTIC COACHING Anonymous RYAN OPERA CENTER DISTINGUISED BENEFACTORS Anonymous Katherine A. Abelson Julie and Roger Baskes Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Gross Martha A. Hesse H. Earl Hoover Foundation Howard Family Foundation Chester T. Kamin and Nancy Schaefer Anne P. Lederer Research Institute Michael A. Leppen Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick Family Foundation Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal Estate of Marjorie A. Mayhall Nancy Lauter McDougal and The Pauls Foundation Mrs. C. G. Pinnell Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Mrs. Lee Schaenen The George L. Shields Foundation Bill and Orli Staley Stepan Company Howard A. Stotler Mrs. William L. Taylor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance Donna Van Eekeren Mrs. J. W. Van Gorkom FINAL AUDITIONS Martha A. Hesse FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION Katherine A. Abelson MASTER CLASSES Martha A. Hesse Dr. and Mrs. Ricardo Rosenkranz MASTER TEACHERS Katherine A. Abelson Bill and Orli Staley NATIONAL AUDITIONS American Airlines TRAINING PROGRAM National Endowment for the Arts VOICE INSTRUCTION Evelyn Greene Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Gross Robert C. Marks Richard W. Shepro and Lindsay E. Roberts |
WORKSHOP PERFORMANCE Martha A. Hesse SINGER SPONSORS Katherine A. Ableson Julie and Roger Baskes Anne Gross Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Capt. Bernardo Iorgulescu, USMC Memorial Fund Richard and Ellen Levy Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal The Pauls Foundation Mrs. C. G. Pinnell Lois B. Siegel Bill and Orli Staley Stepan Company Howard A. Stotler Mrs. William L. Taylor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance Donna Van Eekeren Mrs. J. W. Van Gorkom Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk ENSEMBLE MENTORS Mary Jo and Paul Arndt James and Deborah Morris Baughman Heidi Heutel Bohn Mrs. William A. Boone John and Rosemary Brown Joyce McFarland Dlugopolski Ara and Edma Dumanian Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Glick Drs. Kamal and Lucy Ibrahim James and Patricia Lancaster Jeanne Randall Malkin Mrs. Vernon J. Pellouchoud George Pepper, M.D. Beverly Persky Ingrid Peters Thomas R. and Karen B. Phillips Mary B. Shea K. M. Stelletello Dan and Patty Walsh Mark and Kimbra Walter GENERAL SUPPORT Susann Ball Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Illinois Arts Council Jean McLaren and John Nitschke Howard A. Vaughan, Jr. Marilee and Richard Wehman The Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation |
LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO VOLUNTEER BOARD FUNDRAISING
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ARIA SOCIETY ($100,000 and above) Lyric Opera Board of Directors Lyric Opera Chapters' Executive Board Lyric Opera Guild Board of Directors Lyric Opera Women's Board Near North Chapter Winnetka Chapter PLATINUM GRAND BENEFACTOR ($50,000-$99,999) Barrington Chapter Hinsdale Chapter Lake Geneva Chapter Northfield Chapter GOLDEN GRAND BENEFACTOR ($25,000-$49,999) Evanston Chapter Far West Chapter Flossmoor Chapter Glencoe Chapter Highland Park/Deerfield Chapter Hyde Park Kenwood Chapter Northwest Chapter Riverside Chapter Skokie Valley Chapter Wilmette Chapter |
Silver Grand Benefactor ($10,000-$24,999) Greater Milwaukee Chapter Rockford Chapter Southwest Chapter Benefactor ($5,000-$9,999) Auxiliary Chapter |
For more information on Annual Business Support, please contact Lyric's Office of Corporate, Foundation and Government Support at (312) 827–5679.
For more information on Ryan Opera Center Support, please contact Lyric's Director of Individual Giving Susan VandenBosch at (312) 827-5653.
