KNOXVILLE OPERA PARTNERS
Thank you to all the wonderful partners who help us achieve our mission.
*As of October 20, 2026
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Bailey Family Foundation
Eden McNabb and Chris Bishop
Lawson Family Foundation
Spencer Family Foundation
Visit Knoxville
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Whitfield and Brittany Bailey
Mary Ellen & Steve Brewington
Care Institute Group, Inc.
The Catani Family
City of Knoxville
Katherine Davis Moore and Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Davis Foundation Fund, East Tennessee Foundation
Frankie Gorman
Mark Hill & Aaron White
Home Federal Bank
Rick & Carol Jones
Markman's
Regal Cinemas
Rotary Club of Knoxville
Maharaj and Margaret Sood
Jennie Sullivan
Donna Wertz
YMCA of East Tennessee
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Marty Begalla
Harry L. Boston
Creekside Capital, Inc.
Downtown Knoxville Alliance
Audrey A. Duncan
Eagle Distributing
Event Rentals by Rothchild
Faith Ferguson and Donald Stoner
Bill & Crissy Haslam Foundation
Jean Kahl
Robert Marquis and Townes Osborn
Lindsay McDonough
Steve Mirshak
Julia and Mike Mullaney
Zane & Teresa Scarlett
Susan and Paul Siler Foundation
State of Tennessee
Theresa Stone
Alice Torbett
Susan and AV Verekar
WOW!
Y-12 Federal Credit Union
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Sharon Boyce & Jack Woodall
Holden Caperton
FirstBank
Kathryn Kinnard Freeman
Barbara and Charlie Grove
Grow Knoxville
Hickory Construction
Leslie Hull
Patricia Bible, KaTom Restaurant Supply, Inc.
Vicki Kinser and John Jarnigan
Michael Kull, Eagle Strategies, LLC
Francine Marasco
Massey Electric
Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority - MKAA
Brent Midyett and Melissa Gabor Midyett
Cathleen Dodge Miller and Clark Miller
Fred & Karen Nidiffer
Ben and Sara Pinnell
Publix Charities
Mary Ross Skelton
Alwyn and Sara Staley
Marvin Thomas
Nicole and Bennie Underwood
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Wilson
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Lucia Andronescu and Vernon Henry
Joan and Victor Ashe
Bank of America
Jerry and Susan Becker
Carol & Dr. Myrwood C. Besozzi
Lisa and Dave Bogaty
Kurt Brandt & Dawn Huff
Tommie Rowe and Andy Brantley
Market Square Ventures
Charles and Marion Burger
C. Gayle Burnett
R. Ted Smith and David Butler
Peter and Sandra Campbell
Erika & Peter Colombo
Dr. Daniel and Yvonne Hart Conrad
Mr. Robert Croley
Drs. Reid & Olga Crumpton - Crumpton Family Dentistry
Donna Davis and Ivan Beltz
Phyllis Driver
Joel and Yann Dryer
Allison Easterday & PeeJay Alexander
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Everett
R. Mardel Fehrenbach
Patricia Maffeo & Thomas Fine
First Horizon Bank
Nick Wilson and Dustin Gibson
Charles Goan
Dr. James Gorney and Dr. Beverly Gibbons
Kim and Jim Hays
Vessul Creative
Sara Pinnell - Hedstrom Landscape Architecture
Cathy Hill
Chris and Sheila Hill
Joseph and Eva Huntsman, Southern Orthocare Prosthetics
Bonnie Ingraham
Chuck & Terry James
Sally & William Johnson
Paul and Donna Kedrow
Mary Knepper
Shan Koehler
Anne Lantry
Dr. James E. Lawler
Jeff and Meghan Markman
Marga and Jay McBride
Sheena McCall
Michael Newbury and Caroline Morrison
Opera Volunteers International
Bob Page
Margie Parrott
James and Sandy Pease
Lezah and Burke Pinnell
Mary B. Rayson
Margaret and James Samples
Steedman and Catherine Sarbah
Gordon & Stacy Savage
Susan Sgarlat and Charles Fels
Sun West
Bill & Mary Walker
Jacqueline Whittemore & Andrew MacDonald
Window Works
Dr. and Mrs. James Yates
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Andrew and Betsy Rueff
Akima Club
Ron and Linda Battle
Benevity - AOL Giving
Ruth Ann Brandon
Orel Brodt
Rick Carlin
Jim and Nancy Carmon
Mark and Eva Champion
Gary and Michele Cox
Martha Culvahouse & Jack Waggett
Mary Lou Daugherty
Eileen Downey
Mark and Patricia Eklund
Michael & Deborah Emery
Howard and Kristin Farrington
Ralph Cianelli and Rick Fox
Becky Fuller & Jack Singleton
Michael Fuller and Matt Avallone
Cary L. Hammond
Annemarie DaSilva Harris
Amy and Nathan Honeycutt, McCarty Holsaple McCarty
Susan Hubbard and John Peterson
Larsen and Adrian Jay
John Kelley
Gareth Kindrick
David MacDonald
Steven and Anita Matijcio
Anne May
Karen May
Diane Mitchell
Aaron Nolan
Anna & Keith Ottaviano
Linda L. Phillips
John & Kay Rodgers
The Peter & Briana Rosenbaum Family Fund
Diana Samples
Wolfgang H. Schaber
Pam & Roland Schneller
Susan Seymour
Jan & Don Simpson
John & Delores Sorey
Linda Williams and Don Townsend
Kim Trent
Charles Van Beke
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Elizabeth Wolfe
Steve Backiel
Agneesh Banerjee
Ana & Jeffrey Barker
Jeff & Nancy Becker
Carol Mitchell and Eric Belcher
Randi and Dave Boeje
Lee Brandt
Martha W. Breazeale
Fairway Lawns
Ellen Capito and Arthur Coston
Mark Chait
F. Michael Combs
Maurizio Conti & Pamela Schoenewaldt
Douglas and MarΓa Teresa Cox
Janan Dakak
Bryan and Bridgette Davis
Mary Lynne & Don Derrington
Deacon & Mrs. Leon P. Dodd, Jr.
Susana Esrequis & Ramon Leon
Sally and George Farmer
Maximiliano Ferrari
Tudi & Lee Forb
Bonne & Jonathan Foulds
Robert E. Freeman
Friends of Knox County Public Library
Robin Gold
Katherine Goodwin
Sue Groves
Rebekah Gucciardo
Joseph Guidetti
Richard & Beverley Hammond
Kristi James
Gail Stone Jarvis & John R. Cate
Nieves & Robert Killefer
Dr. & Mrs. Roy King
Sam Lazim
Ilana Lilienthal and Avi Zenatti
Mark & Peggy Littmann
Theresa Lee and Jacob Love
Missy & Pete Ludman
Reinhold and Karen Mann
Scott Marler
Carolyn Martino & Roberto Candelino
Dr. Angela Masini and Mr. Terry Grove
Martin McBrearty & Rita Cochran
Steven Mears
Laura Metcalf and Corey Miller
Elison & William Moland
Dr. Brian Murphy and Dr. Caryn Wunderlich
Jennifer and Bruce Nichols
Grier Novinger
Edward and Corinne Patrick
Sara A. Phillips
Christine Pienkowski
Emily and Jim Plemmons
Vladimir Protopopescu
Rachel Safer
Linda & Culver Schmid
Andrew and Carol Seamons
Maureen Searles
Charles Senn
Dave Skidmore
Kaitlyn Smith
Sherri & Mark Smith
Cynthia & Peter Sowa III
Drs. Malcolm and Elizabeth Spica
Larry Stanifer and Kay McKinnon
Ross & Rebecca Sullivan
Wanda Taylor
Donna J. Terzak
Catherine Tobin
Nancy Van Hook
Alcira Villegas
Kristen Wallis
Carol & Dennis Waxman
Isabelle Welch
Barbara & Hubert Wrushen
Nathan and Sylvia Zingg
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Aref and May Bsisu
Dr. Carol Akerman
Marguerite Albro
Moody Altamimi
Michaela for Tennessee
Liesl Bold
Susan Branch
Lewis Brewer
Dr. Michelle Brewer
Cathy Briscoe-Graves
Evie & Jim Brown
Lisa Campbell
Lori Ingle and Tommy Charurat
Jerry and Charlotte Cochran
Ellen Copper
Debbie Dalton, Joshua Dalton, & Joyce Dalton
Tara Dalton, Dana Dalton, Eleanor Dildine
Lana Daverman
Steve Drevik
Lori Anne Emery
Michelle Ewbank
Susan and Kent Farris
Loreto Ferrada-Nichols
Kenneth and Susan Fittro
Juan and Amada Gonzalez
Melissa and Chris Granju
Dr. John and Susan Gunning
Jason and Carrie Hardy
Lane Hays
Mary Kay Henry
Bleu Hilburn
Mary & William Horton II
Dr. Chris & Lynn Hosenfeld, Warehouse Liquors
Ernie W. Hoskins
Craig and Pamela Kallio
Jennifer Lamb
Elizabeth Langille
Meda Lazarel
Elizabeth and Alan Lee
Julie & Petros Leinonen
Law Loving
Carol Lynn
Gay & Bill Lyons
Melissa and Tom McAdams
Jen McKean
LaKenya Middlebrook
Lena and Terry Miller
Dr. Stephen Miller and Dr. Keith Hnilica
Renee Mollenhour
Linda & Joel Morris
Carolyn K. Norris
Katherin Norton
Reece Brassler and Dasha Ogle
Stephen & Gloria Palacios
Ronald Plybon
Lilijana Remec
Ruth Robinson
Christa Rosenberg
Stephen Salters
Kimberly Scott
Nataliya Smolentseva
Christine Stevens
Sandra Thomas
Marilyn Avery Turner
US Bank
Robert L. Vann
Brent and Sheila Watson
Andrew Wentzel & Karen Nickell
Andrea Wright
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Paul Chwe Minchul An
Emily Anderson
Lisa Bausell
Linda Behrend
Jeff Bell
Elizabeth C. Berg
Laurence Best
George and Lisa Bitzas
John Blair
Deedee Blane
Kathleen Borders
Michelle Brock
Virginia and Fred Buffum
Frances Butler
Marie Butler
Tracy Cagle
Angelyn Campbell & Dave McKay
Julie Campbell
Andrew and Ulla Carr
John and DonnaRose Christakis
Graham and Stacy Cole
Cristian and Adriana Contescu
Caroline Cooley
Frances Craig and Denise Cumming
Tiffany Crutchfield
Kim Cunningham
Dr. Mary Cushman
Victoria and Karl Thomas
Irene Dorfinger
Alberto U.J. Gonzalez Morales and Pamela A. Dossey
Lucine Drake
Jack Draper
Steve & Marylaine Driese
Courtney and Robert Durrett
Mary and Marc Duvivier
Tom and Jennifer Eberts
Eric and Nikki Elliott
Margaret Elliott
Elizabeth Ford
Patricia Forde
Margaret Frost
Domi Gager
GE Aerospace Foundation
Jane George
Jennie Gerace
David Goslee
Nancy M. Goslee
David Greer
Jane Gulley
Arthur and Gail Hafner
Robert Haralson
David and Joy Headrick
Gordon E. Hendrich
Desislava Henrikson
Judy Henry
Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Henschen
Barbara F. Hillard
Harriet & Fred Hodge
Deborah Hogan
Tenny Hogan
Angela Kowalski and Scott Huff
Matt Jagnow
Anne James
Tyler Janow
Peggy and Doug Kahr
Robin Kenna
Kathy & J. Terrell Kerr
Andrea Kline
Kyle Anne Lang
Sally Leonhard & Ben La Pointe
Anna Leonidov
Sweet Pea - Dee Lockwood-Hicks
Liz Logan
Gregory Lore
Gregg Lorenzen
Tamara Lyon
JP & Meredith Mackay
Kathleen Mahan
Jennifer Marks
W. Peter Marwede, MD
Brianna May
Tabitha McCarter
Robert McKeehan
Drs. Wayne & Sylvia McLaurin
Erica McMannes
Randy & Janice McNally
Monica Molony
Mariannina Montag
Lee and Sabrina Moreland
Rose Moseley
Joan & Gary Mulliner
Sherri & John Murphy
Althea Murphy-Price and Fred Roberson
Cecily Nall
John Nelson
Kathleen Norris
Elizabeth Offringa
Danny Overbey
Michael Papoi
Barbara & James Paterson
Rachel Patterson
Seppo Penttila
Donald and Brigitte Perrine
Renee Phillips
Mark Pienkowski
Lloyd Pitney
David Pollard
Katie Powell & Johnathan Borsodi OR HES Facilities Management
Bob Prather
Megan Prescott
Bridget Pyman
Lorraine Ray
Dr. & Mrs. Rolland F. Regester
Anna Reynolds
Lindy Riley
Wayne & Margaret Ritchie
Steven Roberts
Leslie Sampson
Brenda Seip
Stephanie Senogles
Jennifer Shaver
Dean and Kathy Shiflett
Edward Shultz
David & Ruth Silseth
Meredith Slemp
Gibson Smith
Leslie & Wayne Smith
Philip Spampinato
Dorothy and Caesar Stair
LTC Samuel L. Steele
Sharon & David Stein
Laura Stingaciu
Mr. & Mrs. James V. Tarlton
Gregg Taylor
Sherrie and Kevin Thompson
Kimberly Porsche & Scott Thoms
Michael Torano
Blake & Courtney Valentine
Rochelle Veum
Georgiana Vines
Jan Buxton Wade
Tom Wade
Timothy Wheeler
Jim and Debby Williams
Juli Williams
John Winbigler
Lynne Wright
Cheryl Zamora
Diana Zeltner
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Joseph Accurso
Julia Adcock
Yaired Aguilar
Stephen Alfieri
Eric Anderson
Laura Anderson
Robin Anderson
Laurissa Backlin
Katherine Baer
Laura Barron
Robert Batey
Rosario Bayon
Rebecca Beall
Carrie Bearden
Grace Bennett
Eteri Bibileishvili & Walter Puchalski
Erin Bidwell
Janet and Tim Bigelow
Thomas Bishofberger
David Bivens
Patricia Bledsoe
Larry Blount
Toma Bodea
Ligia Boundy
Evans Bowen
Richard Boyer
James & Francis Brannon
Courtney Bridges
David Brigham
Riley Bronaugh
Michael Broome
Jayne Brown
Von Bruce
Jerone Buchanan
James Buettner
Robert Buhrow
Lela Buis
Shellie Burdette
William Burke
Marilyn Burkhart
Nancy Campbell
Amanda Campfield
Michael Canan
Bart Carey
Amanda Carter
Rachel Cascarelli
Courtney Cecelia
Rachel Chamness
Carolyn Chase
Tommy Chekelelee
Reilly Chisholm
Madeline Clapier
Rachel Clauss
Karen Clawson
Mary & Frank Coffey
Grayson Cole
Rupert Cooke
Ron Cornell
Sharyn Cowley
Laura & Kenneth Cox
Philip Crye
Alysen Cuddy
Ann Cunningham
Lindsay Cunningham
Nissa Dahlin-Brown
Maria Dajcar
Ginny Davis
Ronald R. Dawe
Ashley De'Armond
Mr. & Mrs. David Deibler
Raeshelle Delvalle
LuAnne DeMeo
Kelley Deuso
Sarah DeWitt
Julianna Deyo
Dan DiGregorio
Gina Di Salvo & Jeffrey Tinley
Keturah Doucet
Sara Drake
Alex Drinnen
Dana & Michael Dubrule
Jennifer Duncan-Morin
Dave Dupper
Ray Dziesinski
Sharon Ebanks
Stacy Edelmann
Miranda Epperson
Deborah Etheredge
Laurence Evans
Robert Everence
Brooke Everett & Matt Foster
Catherine Faber
Margaret Faerber
Michael Fanikos
Joyce Feld and Charles Glisson
Linda Fernandez
Diana Fetterman
Leaman Fields
Mary Firkin
Sharon Fish
Patricia Fitzhugh
Patrick Flaherty
Kimberley Flaig
Robin Flanagan
Selene Legorreta Flores
Seneca Foote
Mary Foster
Ylliana Franco
Cathy & Bobby Franklin
Trevor Freeman
Craig Friedrich
Mark Galbaugh
Jeremy Garland
Kristina Gaus
Julia Gause
Sarah Geitner
John Gill
Ken Godwin
Deborah & Jose Gracia
Frank and Christina Graffeo
Robin Graham
Alida Graves
Kay Griggs-Wright
Judith Groover
Charles Groves
Gentle Halstenson
Karen Hamerslag
Lauren Hamrick
Michael Han
Keefe Hansen
Lee Harle
Joe Harper
Karen Harrison
Lisa Hatfield
Frank and Eve Hauptmann
Stephanie Henderson
Martin Hennessee
Kristin Herbert
Ryan Herrmann
Robert and Karin Hierholzer
Arthur Hillman
Lauren Hoffman
Olga Holland
Christine & Christopher Horwege
Mariea & Leslie Hoy
Emily Hudson
Desiree Hussein
Kristine Inboden-Townsend
Barbara Jackson
Theresa Jacobs
Meghan Jagnow
Tonya Jamois
Michael Jenkins
Jeremy Jennings
Kari Jessop
Edie Johnson and Jason Overall
Joseph and Kimberly Johnson
Kathy Johnson
Lawrence F. Johnson
Lauren Jolly
Bill Jones
Anna Kauffman
William Kelly
Andre Kerstens
Gaiane Khachaturian
Amy King
Josie King
Terry King
Sam Kitchings
Steve and Jenny Kitts
Marlene Klukken
Jerry Knight
Donald Knipp
Kerri Kor
Sandra Korbelik
Brian and Linda Kouril
Kroger
Herbert Kupfer
Jill Lagerberg
Heaven Lanagan
Kimberly Landers
Mark Leitson
Rebecca Lemburg-Rive
Suzanne Lenhart
Marian Lewis
Summer Ley
Dave Lindsay
Clark Lindsey
Jackie Livesey
Fredericka Lockett
Sarah Swinford
Stephen Louis
Janna Lowther
Nikki Luke
Santhosh Lukose
Amy Luo
Brian Mackey
Darren Maczka
Emily Maish
Olena Malysheva
Iris Markham
Teresa Marrero
William Martella
Debra Martin
Bill Mathis
Linda McClanahan
Donna Wilson McClure
Mary McCormick
Lesley McDonald-Jacobson
Samuel McKay
Sandra McLeod
Tamara McNulty
Jason Mead
Michael Mena
Alice Mercer
Angela Merriman
Danielle Meyers
Kata Miklos
Rachel Miller
Theresa Miller
Marsha and Arthur Mitchell
Janice Mitchell
Robert Modesitt
Cindy Moffett
Diana Moyer
Wendy Munn
Ibbie & John Muntz
Pat Murphy
Robert Myers
Mr. & Mrs. William Myers
Beatrice Mac Cabe
Ramona Nedelcu
Vicki Olejarczyk
Melissa Oliver
Raquel Ortega
Mary Oster
Kristina Parks
Patricia Parrott
Jennifer Pettyjohn
Jane Phillips
Sherry Picciano
Keith Pilcher
Carrie Niceley Pittenger
Stacy & George Pittman
Janet Pope
Marcia and William Power
Charles W. Miersch and Jill A. Pranger
Lynne Prevot
Kerry Price
Toni Price
J Jerome Prinston
Torre Puckett
Angelica Quiggle
Ashley Raby
Kristine Radabaugh
Brittany Rapp
Cheri Reznicek
Danielle Rich
Roger Riedel
Yvonne Riehm
Kennie Riffey
Leah Roberts
Sonia Roberts
Josh Robinette
Dustin Robinson
Kyle Robinson
Meaghan Robinson
Elizabeth Rose
Wesley Rouse
India Sachitano
Diane Sackl
Jeanmarie Salie
Maya Salomon
William Sapp
Keith J Sauter
Ben Savage
Christina Sayer
Jim and Marcedes Schindler
William Schlein
Ailsa & Lars Schuller
Adrienne Schwarte
Anna Seel
Lydia Seidlitz
Bryan Self
Deborah Sershon
Amy Shafer
Elizabeth Shelton
Jan Simek
Joyce Simms
Tammi & Tyvi Small
Beverly Smith
David Smith
Jason Smith
Layton Smith
Lisa Smith
Melea Smith
Cindy Spangler
Daniel Spillman
Mary Spradling
Joel Stachowicz
Sandra & Michael Stanley
Garrett and Silessa Stroud
Samantha Studebaker
Eric Sundstrom
Semih Sunkar
Amanda & Christopher Surdock
Melissa and William Sykes
Daniel Taddie
Drs. Jack and Beth Talmadge
Kathy Tedford
Ann Teeters
Hannah Thomas
Rachel Thompson
Kelli Tidwell
Margaret Toon
Maria Torres
Laura and David Trout
Kevin Turner
Courtnay Underwood
Johnny Urban
MaryAnn Venable
David and Robin Venner
Patti Vergerio
Leslie Versen
Giovanna Vidoli
Tanya Vodila
Sarah Vuljoin
Caresse Waite
Lynn Walter
Kimberly Warren
Julienne Weathers
Dr. Miriam Weinstein
Susan Wheatley
Karen and Harvey White
Kayla White
Caitlin Whiting
Joan and Richard Whiting
David and Janet Whittington
Madison Williams
Miriam Wilson
Paige Winck
Jonathan Wing
Russ Wise
Susan Wise
Jenny Withem
Todd Worley
John Worsham
Ann Worthington
Brandon Wright
Kevin Ye
Taehun Yoon
Susan Young
Eli Zoghlin
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