Knoxville Opera Partners
Thank you to all the wonderful partners who help us achieve our mission.
*As of December 1, 2025
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Bailey Family Foundation
Eden McNabb & Chris Bishop
Knox County
Lawson Family Foundation
Tennessee Arts Commission
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The Aslan Foundation
City of Knoxville
Faith Ferguson and Donald Stoner
Mark Hill
Home Federal Bank
Francine Marasco
Markman's
Regal Cinemas
Margaret and James Samples
Maharaj and Margaret Sood
Spencer Family Foundation
Jennie Sullivan
Visit Knoxville
Donna Wertz
YMCA of East Tennessee
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Marty Begalla
Harry L. Boston
Holden Caperton
Downtown Knoxville Alliance
Audrey A. Duncan
Eagle Distributing
Event Rentals by Rothchild
First Horizon Bank
Bill & Crissy Haslam Foundation
Lane Hays
HES Facilities Management
Rick & Carol Jones
Knoxville Beverage Company, Inc.
Lindsay McDonough
Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority - MKAA
Publix Charities
Wayne & Margaret Ritchie
Dorothy and Caesar Stair
Theresa Stone
Alice Torbett
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Emily Anderson & Barry Spann
Bank of America
Carol & Dr. Myrwood C. Besozzi
Sharon Boyce & Jack Woodall
The Catani Family
Creekside Capital, Inc.
Phyllis Driver
FirstBank
Jason and Carrie Hardy
Sara Pinnell - Hedstrom Landscape Architecture
Chuck & Terry James
Patricia Bible, KaTom Restaurant Supply, Inc.
Joseph and Laura Lenn
Sheryl Linck and Garry Conklin
Sheena McCall
Brent Midyett and Melissa Gabor Midyett
Cathleen Dodge Miller and Clark Miller
Julia and Mike Mullaney
Susana Navarro
Fred & Karen Nidiffer
Zane & Teresa Scarlett
John & Delores Sorey
Alwyn and Sara Staley
Marvin Thomas
University of Tennessee Natalie L. Haslam College of Music
Bill & Mary Walker
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Wilson
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Joan and Victor Ashe
Axle Logistics, LLC
Steve Backiel
Jerry and Susan Becker
Kurt Brandt & Dawn Huff
Michelle and Nick Bunstine
Patsy Burdette
Charles and Marion Burger
R. Ted Smith and David Butler
Peter and Sandra Campbell
Erika Vantyghem and Pete J. Colombo
Mr. Robert Croley
Drs. Reid & Olga Crumpton - Crumpton Family Dentistry
Angela and Greg Ellenburg - Ellenburg Landscaping
Karen B. Everett
R. Mardel Fehrenbach
Kathryn Kinnard Freeman
Charles Goan
Dr. James Gorney and Dr. Beverly Gibbons
Barbara and Charlie Grove
Vessul Creative
Hickory Construction
Cathy Hill
Felicia Harris Hoehne
Amy and Nathan Honeycutt
Susan and John Hubbard
Sally & William Johnson
Shan Koehler
Michael Kull, Eagle Strategies, LLC
Dr. James E. Lawler
Dr. Paula MacMorran
Jeff and Meghan Markman
Robert Marquis and Townes Osborn
Marga and Jay McBride
Steve Mirshak
Michael Newbury and Caroline Morrison
Bob Page
Margie Parrott
Lezah and Burke Pinnell
Mary B. Rayson
The Peter & Briana Rosenbaum Family Fund
Jan & Don Simpson
Bill and Mary Kay Sullivan
Kim Trent
Wortham Family
Dr. and Mrs. James Yates
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Akima Club
Lisa and Dave Bogaty
Dr. Michelle Brewer
Market Square Ventures
C. Gayle Burnett
Ellen Capito and Arthur Coston
Jim and Nancy Carmon
Mario Catani
Mark and Eva Champion
Trey & Christy Coleman
Douglas and MarΓa Teresa Cox
Gary and Michele Cox
Mary Lou Daugherty
Donna Davis and Ivan Beltz
Eileen Downey
Blanche and Larry Dresner
East Tennessee Foundation
Mark and Patricia Eklund
Susana Esrequis & Ramon Leon
Patricia Maffeo & Thomas Fine
Bonne & Jonathan Foulds
Ralph Cianelli and Rick Fox
Becky Fuller & Jack Singleton
Michael Fuller and Matt Avallone
Jay Gingrich
Robin Gold
Kimberly Kleveland Grande
Kim and Jim Hays
Chris and Sheila Hill
Leslie Hull
Tommie Rush & Richard Jolley
Paul and Donna Kedrow
Nieves & Robert Killefer
Gareth Kindrick
Mary Knepper
Elizabeth and Alan Lee
Mark & Peggy Littmann
Dr. Angela Masini and Mr. Terry Grove
Anne May
Joy McKenzie-Smith and Brian Russell
Opera Volunteers International
Anna & Keith Ottaviano
Lester & Pat Petrie
Ken McFarland & Linda Phillips
Katie Powell & Johnathan Borsodi
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Rimer
Diana Samples
Gibson Smith
Cynthia & Peter Sowa III
Wanda Taylor
Nicole and Bennie Underwood
University of the Cumberlands Friends of Music
Nancy Van Hook
Dr. & Mrs. Don Wheeler
Karen and Harvey White
Kari Yatkowski
Nathan and Sylvia Zingg
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Lucia Andronescu and Vernon Henry
Whitfield and Brittany Bailey
Ana & Jeffrey Barker
Ron and Linda Battle
Carol Mitchell and Eric Belcher
Benevity - AOL Giving
Randi and Dave Boeje
Susan Branch
Ruth Ann Brandon
Dorothy Bryson and Daniel Mack
Virginia and Fred Buffum
Dr. Kenneth B. Carpenter
Mark Chait
Janan Dakak
Debbie Dalton, Joshua Dalton, & Joyce Dalton
Robert and Lana Daverman
Mary Lynne & Don Derrington
Michael & Deborah Emery
Loreto Ferrada-Nichols
Maximiliano Ferrari
Kenneth and Susan Fittro
Robert E. Freeman
Friends of Knox County Public Library
Joseph Guidetti
Kimberly and Tildon Hood
Shane & Amy Jackson
Peggy and Doug Kahr
Susan and Brian Kemp
David MacDonald
Kathleen Mahan
Donna Brehm Matlock
Martin McBrearty & Rita Cochran
Dr. & Mrs. J. Michael McCoy
Laura Metcalf and Corey Miller
William Moland
Dr. Brian Murphy and Dr. Caryn Wunderlich
Edward and Corinne Patrick
Drs. Josh & Lacey Phelps
Piedmont Opera
Chris Poteet
Anne and Roger Riley
Lindy Riley
Eddie and Julia Rivera
Dan and Eva Robbins
John & Kay Rodgers
Alan and Patricia Rutenberg
Mr. Robert & Dr. Suzanne Rybczynski
Gregory Samples
Maureen Searles
Charles Senn
Thomas Shishkowsky and Maria Simeone
Drs. Malcolm and Elizabeth Spica
Larry Stanifer and Kay McKinnon
Ross & Rebecca Sullivan
Renee Tatum and Philip Schneider
Donna J. Terzak
Marilyn Avery Turner
US Bank
Susan and AV Verekar
Rochelle Veum
Alcira Villegas
Kristen Wallis
Paul Wozniak
Ross Young
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Mary Alford
Moody Altamimi
Rebecca Barton
Bedros and Dara Bozdogan
Martha W. Breazeale
Lewis Brewer
Evie & Jim Brown
Rick and Bobbi Carlin
John and DonnaRose Christakis
Graham and Stacy Cole
Cristian and Adriana Contescu
Maurizio Conti & Pamela Schoenewaldt
Jeff and Kelly Cooper
Ellen Copper
Tara Dalton, Dana Dalton, Eleanor Dildine
Randall DeFord and Wesley Goddard
Ellen Dodd
Michelle Ewbank
Sally and George Farmer
Susan and Kent Farris
Elena, Ovi, Lara, and Tessa Garlea
Nan and Mark Gaylord
Juan and Amada Gonzalez
Melissa and Chris Granju
Holly Hambright
Mary & William Horton II
Daniel Johnson-Webb
Craig and Pamela Kallio
Ellie Kassem
John Kelley
Rachel Kirsch
Pamela Kite
Elizabeth Langille
Julie & Petros Leinonen
Jerry and Emily Lenn
Ilana Lilienthal
Law Loving
Marina Maccari-Clayton
William MacGillivray
Melissa and Tom McAdams
Susan McGuire
Jen McKean
Lakenya Middlebrook
Jeannette Morgenstern
Rebecca Moses
Cecily Nall
Susan Napier-Sewell
Robert and Karen Nies
Kathleen Norris
Reece Brassler and Dasha Ogle
Kimberly Scott
Susan Sgarlat and Charles Fels
Betty Sue Sparks
Mr. & Mrs. James V. Tarlton
Andrea Wright
Lynne Wright
Barbara & Hubert Wrushen
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Dr. Carol Akerman
Marguerite Albro
Dr. Shirley Avery
Robert and Patty Baird
Paul Barrette and Susan Martin
Elaine & Doug Batchelor
Jeff Bell
Bruce Beverly, Elise Beverly, Miranda Beverly
John Blair
Melissa & Ben Blalock
Kathleen Borders
Cynthia and Jeff Boyatt
Tamara Boyer
Sherry & Thomas Boynton
Cathy Briscoe-Graves
Orel Brodt
Gwen Brown
Frances Butler
Marie Butler
Anne & Frank Callaway
Nancy Campbell
Suzanne Cardiff
Andrew and Ulla Carr
Lori Ingle and Tommy Charurat
Jerry and Charlotte Cochran
Mike & Roxanne Coffey
Mary Cole
F. Michael Combs
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Conrad
Caroline Cooley
Jessica Copeland
Tiffany Crutchfield
Kim Cunningham
Robert Darby
Sarah M Davis
Harrison Dean
Tony & Suzy Deaton
Francois De Buck
Mark & Helen Dickey
Kevin Diffley
Irene Dorfinger
Alberto U.J. Gonzalez Morales and Pamela A. Dossey
Steve & Marylaine Driese
Christopher Durman
Mary and Marc Duvivier
Tom and Jennifer Eberts
Eric and Nikki Elliott
Jessica Emert
Lori Anne Emery
Barbara A Eubank
Brooke Everett & Matt Foster
Joyce Feld and Charles Glisson
Gwen FItzgerald
Elizabeth Ford
Ylliana Franco
Rio & Marc Frost
Domi Gager
Mr. James G. Garvey
GE Aerospace Foundation
Jane George
Karen & Christopher George
Nancy M. Goslee
Dr. Shelley Griffith
Sue Groves
Rebekah Gucciardo
Richard & Beverley Hammond
Robert Haralson
Rick Kennedy and Jim Harness
Jacque and Cliff Hawks
David and Joy Headrick
Gordon E. Hendrich
Judy Henry
Mary Kay Henry
Barbara F. Hillard
Dr. Keith Hnilica
Harriet Hodge
Julie Hodges
Stephanie Holyfield
Ernie W. Hoskins
Angela Kowalski and Scott Huff
Ron and Connie Hutchins
Rosanna Iosso
Anne James
Tyler Janow
Gail Stone Jarvis & John R. Cate
Sri and Ryland Jones
Judy Jorden
Katherine Kerchner
A. B. Kliefoth III, MD
Vicki & Doug Kunkle
Kyle Anne Lang
Anne Lantry
Sally Leonhard & Ben La Pointe
Sweet Pea - Dee Lockwood-Hicks
Teresa & George Lucke
Terry Lundberg
Tamara Lyon
Gay & Bill Lyons
Liz Mabey
Katie and Greg Mackay
Laurie & Mal Macnair
Reinhold and Karen Mann
Jennifer Marks
Irina Martovetsky and Nicolai Martovetsky
Tabitha McCarter
Damon Beard & Mary McGavock
Nancy T. McGlasson
Erica McMannes
Randy & Janice McNally
Tom Midyett
Sylvia Milanez
Diane Mitchell
George Dodds and Federica Morandi
Lee and Sabrina Moreland
Linda & Joel Morris
Rose Moseley
Bridget and Stephen Mounger
Joan and Gary Mulliner
Sherri & John Murphy
Althea Murphy-Price and Fred Roberson
Carolyn K. Norris
Katherin Norton
Grier Novinger
Elizabeth Offringa
Danny Overbey
John D. Parker
Katherine and Charles Parr
Seppo Penttila
Sara A. Phillips
Catie Phipps
Elicia Pietras
Ronald Plybon
Lydia Pope
Megan Prescott
Vladimir Protopopescu
Felicia Reeves
Dr. & Mrs. Rolland F. Regester
Robert P. Rentenbach
Steven Roberts
John R. Rosson, Jr.
Pete Rowlett
Stephen Salters
Keith J Sauter
Carol C. Schmid
Susane Schneider
Robert Schultz
Stephanie Senogles
Susan Seymour
Jennifer Shaver
Meredith Slemp
Virginia Sloan
Sherri & Mark Smith
Mary Smith
Leslie & Wayne Smith
Nataliya Smolentseva
Samuel Steele
Fred Stephens
Laura Stingaciu
Sandi Swilley
Gregg Taylor
Sandra Thomas
Sherrie and Kevin Thompson
Cheri and Michael Torano
Blake & Courtney Valentine
Georgiana Vines
Jan Buxton Wade
David and Becky Walker
Lisa and Will Wallace
Carol & Dennis Waxman
John and Janie Wendelken
Andrew Wentzel & Karen Nickell
Timothy Wheeler
Byron Wiggins
Jim and Debby Williams
Juli Williams
Amanda Jean Wilson
Michael Wilson
Todd Young
Diana Zeltner
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Tannaz Azadi
Rebecca Beall
Elizabeth C. Berg
Christie Bertram
Sue Birdwell
Valarie Blake
Toma Bodea
Liesl Bold
Dmitry Bolmatov
Ligia Boundy
Richard Boyer
Michelle Brock
Von Bruce
James Buettner
Crystal Butcher
Tracy Cagle
Shawna Carey-Parker
Viridiana Carreon
Amanda Carter
Jana Caywood
Margaret Cody
Harry Collis
Jennifer Corum
Mary Cote
Tina Crane
James and Carigiouse Crippen
Philip Crye
Ann Cunningham
Gina Di Salvo
Therese Doucet
Alison Dusch
Linda Fernandez
Hope Foulds
Vivian Franklin
Jamell Fulcher
Tomika Fulcher
Mark Galbaugh
Julia Gause
Rachelle Gianaris
John Gill
Katherine Goodwin
David Goslee
Robin Graham
Teresa Greer
Jimmy Groton
Dr. John and Susan Gunning
Gentle Halstenson
Thomas Hancock
Patricia Haun
Martin Hennessee
Desislava Henrikson
Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Henschen
Deborah Hogan
Olga Holland
Emily Hudson
Matthew Hyde
Joseph and Kimberly Johnson
Anna Kauffman
Jennifer Kemp
Kerri Kor
Kroger
Carolyn Lambert
Heaven Lanagan
Susan Lancaster
Josephine Landback
Heather Larson
Celia Lawren
Stephanie Lawton
Meda Lazarel
Mark Leitson
Suzanne Lenhart
Anthonie and Beverley Lombard
Olena Malysheva
Teresa Marrero
Debra Martin
Shannon Martin
Andrea McBath
Drs. Wayne & Sylvia McLaurin
Donald Merical
Kata Miklos
Janice Mitchell
Renee Mollenhour
Steven and Nancy Moulton
Wendy Munn
Kristine Negron
Mark Neuffer
Kelli Newsome
Wayne and Diane O'Donnell
Marlee Parnell
Cameron Pate
Peter Pham
Constance Powell
Toni Price
Thomas Proffen
Cheri Reznicek
Sonia Roberts
India Sachitano
Ben Savage
Lydia Seidlitz
Amy Shafer
Gail Anne Shelton
Dean Shiflett
John W. Sinkankas
Artece Slay
Tammi & Tyvi Small
David Smith
Joel Stachowicz
Garrett and Silessa Stroud
Samantha Studebaker
Eric Sundstrom
Melissa and William Sykes
Drs. Jack and Beth Talmadge
Andre Terry
Hannah Thomas
Lisa Thomas
Margaret Toon
MaryAnn Venable
Patti Vergerio
Sarah Vuljoin
Endia Wade
Kimberly Warren
Sara Watkins
Russ Wise
Emily Worsham
Rose Maria Yancy
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