Donor Acknowledgement
Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.
A Curtain Call For Our Generous Supporters
Opera Naples is supported by grants from the Collier Community Foundation and the Collier County Tourist Development Council.
THANK YOU TO OUR 2025 LIFETIME DONORS
Lifetime Donors ($1,000,000 +)
Jan Burrus
Louise and Lawrence Ost
Cecile and David* Wang
Lifetime Donors ($500,000 +)
Sandi and Thomas Moran
Wendy and Michael* Needham
Nicoletta and John Pepe
State of Florida
Lifetime Donors ($100,000 +)
Anonymous
Erika and Peter* Aron
Clement J. Deliso Sr
Moira and Jimmy* Fennessey
Boruch and Olga B. Frusztajer
Sally and Thomas Gleason
Bronwen Adams and Gerald Goldberg
Judy and John Hushon
Martha and Frank Ibarra
J. Aron Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Linda and Michael Kehoe
Naples, Marco Island, Everglades Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB)
Karin and Michael Standen
Cindy and Ed* Stegemann
Paula and Roger Weatherburn-Baker
Joanne and Karl* Wyss
Lifetime Donors ($50,000 – $99,999)
Kathleen and John* Azzariti
Jeanne and Burt* Binder
Richard E. Gray
Linda and Thomas Koehn
Moran Wealth Management
Joanne and Richard Liddy
Terry and Patrice Magrath
The Galliford Mulard Foundation
Susan Mullin
Dolly and Edmundo Muniz
Selma Nettles
Maureen and Charley Nevaril
Linda Noel and John Lyngaas
Jay R. Paul Charitable Foundation
Nancy and Doug Plourde
Toshiko and Jay Tompkins
Samuel Vasquez Jr.
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* Deceased
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THANK YOU TO OUR 2024 ANNUAL DONORS!
LEGACY ($50,000+)
Jan Burrus
Sally and Thomas Gleason
Naples, Marco Island, Everglades Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB)
Louise and Lawrence Ost
Nicky and John Pepe
GRAND PATRON ($10,000+)
AB Event Exclusive
CAS Advisory Management, LLC
Ciccarelli Advisory Services, Inc.
Collier Community Foundation
Crown Jewelers of Naples
Susan Gibbons
David Houghton
House of Turk and Turk
Joanne and Richard Liddy
Kim and Jan Kantor
Dolly and Edmundo Muniz
PNC Private Bank
Melody Sawyer Richardson
State of Florida
Cindy Stegemann
Nydia Camvs Tranter
Anthony Venezia
PATRON I ($5,000+)
Jeanne Binder
Susan Bookbinder
Ray Ciccarelli
Sheila and Christopher Cole
Florida Theatrical Association
Jerry Goldberg and Bronwen Adams Goldberg
Anne and Alex Hoffmann
Nancy Kahn
Melanie and Eric Kalnins
Linda and Michael Kehoe
Debra and Vincent Maffeo
Brenda and John McGlade
Sandi and Thomas Moran
Susan Mullin
Nina and Greg Penza
Nancy Webster
PATRON II ($2,500+)
Kathleen Azzariti
Bertucci Family Fund
Richard Chormann
Lise Desimone
DLMC Foundation
Richard Dobson
Mary Gunther
Larimart Gallery
Mary and Richard LaGarde
Beth Knauer
Mary Jane and Robert Oliveira
Charles Marshall and Richard Tooke
Thomas Rogan
Gail and Russell Smith
Starkweather & Shepley Insurance
Theatre in the Garden
Joanne Wyss
MILLENNIUM CLUB ($1,500+)
Aielli Group
Therese V. Bentley
Shari Boehnen
Joyce and Patrick Coughlan
Tom Conforti
Philip Edmundson
Livio Ferrari
Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Gardi
Bradley Heiges
Teresa and Jeffrey Heitmann
Linda Noel and John Lyngaas
Patrick McGirl
Jacqueline and William Mears
Wendy Needham
Maureen and Charles Nevaril
Ronald Smith
Karin and Michael Standen
Victoria and Richard Tibberino
Nan and George Van Setter
Paula and Roger Weatherburn-Baker
Ellen Williams
Kate and Donald Wilson
VIRTUOSO ($400+)
Mee Yung Ainsworth
L. Ann Allison
Mary Avellina
Constance and Darrel Bader
Betsy Barton
Val Bilbrey
Kathy and Fred Black
Harold Brayman
Paul Chapin
Sheri Chase
Ken Cyrus
Richard Diedrich
Jerry De Gennaro
Linda Ehrlich
Lulie Eide
Sharon Eiseman
Chide Farley
Moira Fennessey
Lynn Ferraina
Anne Foster
Kimberly Gale
Mary and James Gately
Susan Gohl
Martha and George Gould
Elaine Hankin
Karen Harmon
Martha and Frank Ibarra
Marianne Iordanou
The Martin and Judy Isserlis Charitable Fund
Admiral Jerry Johnson
Josephine Kane
Lorraine Kostyra
Marvin Kowalewski, Ph.d
Sue Like
Edward Lyons
Rick Lorraine
Jean Sussman and Ed Lyons
Dana Mcilwain
John Molloy
Lisa and Brad Nelson
Anita and David Nordahl
Roberta O’Connell
Angie O’Connor
Mimi Ostrander
Laura Ott
Philip Penzo
Pelican Bay Womans
Marlyse Planer
Dick Powers
Katherine and Richard Prebish
Dorothy Puhy
Redfield Family Charitable Fund
Jeree and John Robertson
Marilyn Romeo
Gary Rossilli
Corinne Ryan
Hina Sanghvi Cory
Maryann and Francesco Sbraga
Robert Schultheis
Joy Simeonova
Bonnie Slobodien
Jim Stamos
Linda and Allan Stikeleather
Patricia Stratton
Milana Strezeva
Harriet Toadvine
Maria Tomaro
Harold S Trimmer Jr
Henri-Jean Velge
Winfield Catering
ENSEMBLE ($300+)
June Reeves and Frank Caccamise
Liza Johnson
Lauren Keegan
Pamela Knous, in honor of David Boehnen
Michael Krakow
Janice Kramer
Leslie and Mark Langer
Anastasia and Thomas Lester
Angela and Francis Lombardi
Clare and Theo Loughrey
Steven Mason
Susan and David Restaino
Karen Sauter
Wayne Smith
Teresa and Kevin Smith
Ilkay and Rasit Turk
William Walters
Carol Jeanne Ward
ARIA AND DUET($150+)
James Abbott
Elle and Jim Abraham
Debra Allegretto
Elizabeth Allen
Hella Amelkin
Ansari Charitable Fund
Anna and Robert Barron
Harry Bracken
Milena Brankova
Grace Cheng
Angelica Crawford
Shirley Davenport
Kerry Dera
Darina Dingle
Karen and Dennis Dunn
Karen Duzy
Kerri Ervin
Steve Espinosa
Fred Ferlic
Marta Flaum
Michel Franklin
Deborah and Anthony Fransway
Charlotte and Martin Gallagher
Mary Anne and John Gamba
Diana Garcia
Jill Gnesda
Joanne and William Goodman
Tamara Gordinskaya
Richard Gray
Diana Gray
Ruth Griffin
Claudia Hammon
Julie Harper
Jim Herrmann
Margaret Holt
Janet Huelster
Karen Ivers
David Jackson
Joanne Jacobs
Heidi and James Kargman
Lauren Keegan
Carol Krol
Susan LaGrotta
Diana Liberto
Gregory Lordi
Edward Mack
David MacMillan
Ruth Manchester
Deanna and Richard Mandel
Anthony Mangione
Gladys Maseda
Elsa and Jon McChesney
Maria Merritt
William Murphy
Sandra and James Napolitan
Deborah and Jonathan Newcomb
Ellen and Ronald Nicklaus
Roberta O’Connell
Carol Pepe
Martha Purdy
Larry Rawson
David Restaino
Neal Rogers
Muriel Rozen
Sherry Rushwin
Patricia Sampson
Hans Schmacht
DeAnn Shawkey
Charles Smead
Wayne Smith
Maria Taylor
Helen Tintes-Schuermann
Deidre Tondo
Constance Tornello
Susan Trubiano
Marilyn Varcoe
Virginia A. Veras
Michael Vergare
Allison Webb
Jeff Morgan and Tom Weir
Emma Witmer
James Worden
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