Knoxville Opera Partners

Thank you to all the wonderful partners who help us achieve our mission.

*As of March 12, 2026

  • Bailey Family Foundation

    Eden McNabb and Chris Bishop

    City of Knoxville

    Mark Hill

    Knox County

    Lawson Family Foundation

    Regal Cinemas

    Spencer Family Foundation

    Tennessee Arts Commission

    Visit Knoxville

  • Aslan Foundation

    Whitfield and Brittany Bailey

    Marty Begalla

    Harry L. Boston

    Faith Ferguson and Donald Stoner

    Frankie Gorman

    Home Federal Bank

    Markman's

    Maharaj and Margaret Sood

    Jennie Sullivan

    Donna Wertz

  • Audrey A. Duncan

    Holden Caperton

    Downtown Knoxville Alliance

    Eagle Distributing

    Event Rentals by Rothchild

    First Horizon Bank

    Bill & Crissy Haslam Foundation

    HES Facilities Management

    Chuck & Terry James

    Jean Kahl

    Patricia Bible, KaTom Restaurant Supply, Inc.

    Knoxville Beverage Company, Inc.

    Francine Marasco

    Lindsay McDonough

    Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority - MKAA

    Steve Mirshak

    Julia and Mike Mullaney

    Margaret and James Samples

    Zane & Teresa Scarlett

    Alwyn and Sara Staley

    Theresa Stone

    Alice Torbett

    Susan and AV Verekar

    Y-12 Federal Credit Union

    YMCA of East Tennessee

  • Bank of America

    Jerry and Susan Becker

    Carol & Dr. Myrwood C. Besozzi

    Sharon Boyce & Jack Woodall

    The Catani Family

    Creekside Capital, Inc.

    FirstBank

    Kathryn Kinnard Freeman

    Barbara and Charlie Grove

    Grow Knoxville

    Lane Hays

    Sara Pinnell - Hedstrom Landscape Architecture

    Hickory Construction

    Rick & Carol Jones

    Paul and Donna Kedrow

    Michael Kull, Eagle Strategies, LLC

    Joseph and Laura Lenn

    Sheryl Linck and Garry Conklin

    Theresa Lee and Jacob Love

    Marga and Jay McBride

    Sheena McCall

    Brent Midyett and Melissa Gabor Midyett

    Cathleen Dodge Miller and Clark Miller

    Michael Newbury and Caroline Morrison

    Fred & Karen Nidiffer

    Publix Charities

    Mary Ross Skelton

    John & Delores Sorey

    Dorothy and Caesar Stair

    Marvin Thomas

    Nicole and Bennie Underwood

    University of Tennessee Natalie L. Haslam College of Music

    Isabelle Welch

    Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Wilson

    Dorothy and Caesar Stair

    Marvin Thomas

    University of Tennessee Natalie L. Haslam College of Music

    Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Wilson

  • Joan and Victor Ashe

    Axle Logistics, LLC

    Kurt Brandt & Dawn Huff

    Mary Ellen & Steve Brewington

    Market Square Ventures

    Michelle and Nick Bunstine

    Patsy Burdette

    C. Gayle Burnett

    R. Ted Smith and David Butler

    Peter and Sandra Campbell

    Jim and Nancy Carmon

    Mark and Eva Champion

    Erika Vantyghem and Pete J. Colombo

    Gary and Michele Cox

    Mr. Robert Croley

    Drs. Reid & Olga Crumpton - Crumpton Family Dentistry

    Phyllis Driver

    Allison Easterday & PeeJay Alexander

    Angela and Greg Ellenburg - Ellenburg Landscaping

    Mr. & Mrs. James A. Everett

    R. Mardel Fehrenbach

    Michael Fuller and Matt Avallone

    Nick Wilson and Dustin Gibson

    Charles Goan

    Dr. James Gorney and Dr. Beverly Gibbons

    Kim and Jim Hays

    Vessul Creative

    Cathy Hill

    Amy and Nathan Honeycutt

    Susan and John Hubbard

    Joseph and Eva Huntsman, Southern Orthocare Prosthetics

    Sally & William Johnson

    Mary Knepper

    Shan Koehler

    Dr. James E. Lawler

    Jeff and Meghan Markman

    Robert Marquis and Townes Osborn

    Anne May

    Bob Page

    Margie Parrott

    James and Sandy Pease

    Ben and Sara Pinnell

    Lezah and Burke Pinnell

    Vladimir Protopopescu

    Mary B. Rayson

    Wayne & Margaret Ritchie

    Steedman and Catherine Sarbah

    Jan & Don Simpson

    Sun West

    Linda Williams and Don Townsend

    Kim Trent

    Bill & Mary Walker

    Wortham Family

    Dr. and Mrs. James Yates

  • Akima Club

    Emily Anderson

    Lisa and Dave Bogaty

    Dr. Michelle Brewer

    Orel Brodt

    Charles and Marion Burger

    Ellen Capito and Arthur Coston

    Mark Chait

    Douglas and MarΓ­a Teresa Cox

    Martha Culvahouse & Jack Waggett

    Janan Dakak

    Mary Lou Daugherty

    Donna Davis and Ivan Beltz

    Eileen Downey

    Blanche and Larry Dresner

    East Tennessee Foundation

    Mark and Patricia Eklund

    Michael & Deborah Emery

    Susana Esrequis & Ramon Leon

    Howard and Kristin Farrington

    Patricia Maffeo & Thomas Fine

    Bonne & Jonathan Foulds

    Ralph Cianelli and Rick Fox

    Becky Fuller & Jack Singleton

    Jay Gingrich

    Robin Gold

    Kimberly Kleveland Grande

    Cary L. Hammond

    Annemarie DaSilva Harris

    Chris and Sheila Hill

    Felicia Harris Hoehne

    Leslie Hull

    Larsen and Adrian Jay

    Tommie Rush & Richard Jolley

    Gareth Kindrick

    Elizabeth and Alan Lee

    David MacDonald

    Dr. Paula MacMorran

    Dr. Angela Masini and Mr. Terry Grove

    Karen May

    Diane Mitchell

    Dr. Brian Murphy and Dr. Caryn Wunderlich

    Susana Navarro

    Opera Volunteers International

    Anna & Keith Ottaviano

    Lester & Pat Petrie

    Ken McFarland & Linda Phillips

    Katie Powell & Johnathan Borsodi

    The Peter & Briana Rosenbaum Family Fund

    Diana Samples

    Susan Seymour

    Susan Sgarlat and Charles Fels

    Cynthia & Peter Sowa III

    Mary Kay Sullivan

    Wanda Taylor

    University of the Cumberlands Friends of Music

    Nancy Van Hook

    Alcira Villegas

    Dr. & Mrs. Don Wheeler

    Karen and Harvey White

    Kari Yatkowski

    Nathan and Sylvia Zingg

  • Moody Altamimi

    Lucia Andronescu and Vernon Henry

    Steve Backiel

    Agneesh Banerjee

    Ana & Jeffrey Barker

    Ron and Linda Battle

    Jeff & Nancy Becker

    Carol Mitchell and Eric Belcher

    Jeff Bell

    Benevity - AOL Giving

    Randi and Dave Boeje

    Susan Branch

    Ruth Ann Brandon

    Martha W. Breazeale

    Dorothy Bryson and Daniel Mack

    Debbie Dalton, Joshua Dalton, & Joyce Dalton

    Bryan Davis

    Mary Lynne & Don Derrington

    Sally and George Farmer

    Loreto Ferrada-Nichols

    Maximiliano Ferrari

    Kenneth and Susan Fittro

    Robert E. Freeman

    Friends of Knox County Public Library

    GE Aerospace Foundation

    Rebekah Gucciardo

    Joseph Guidetti

    Kimberly and Tildon Hood

    Kristi James

    Gail Stone Jarvis & John R. Cate

    Peggy and Doug Kahr

    Susan and Brian Kemp

    Dr. & Mrs. Roy King

    Sam Lazim

    Ilana Lilienthal and Avi Zenatti

    Mark & Peggy Littmann

    Missy & Pete Ludman

    Martin McBrearty & Rita Cochran

    Laura Metcalf and Corey Miller

    William Moland

    Jennifer and Bruce Nichols

    Katherin Norton

    Edward and Corinne Patrick

    Sara A. Phillips

    Piedmont Opera

    Emily and Jim Plemmons

    Chris Poteet

    Anne and Roger Riley

    Lindy Riley

    Eddie and Julia Rivera

    Dan and Eva Robbins

    John & Kay Rodgers

    Alan and Patricia Rutenberg

    Rachel Safer

    Gregory Samples

    Linda & Culver Schmid

    Andrew and Carol Seamons

    Maureen Searles

    Charles Senn

    Thomas Shishkowsky and Maria Simeone

    Kaitlyn Smith

    Drs. Malcolm and Elizabeth Spica

    Larry Stanifer and Kay McKinnon

    Ross & Rebecca Sullivan

    Renee Tatum and Philip Schneider

    Donna J. Terzak

    Catherine Tobin

    US Bank

    Rochelle Veum

    Kristen Wallis

    Jacqueline Whittemore & Andrew MacDonald

    Paul Wozniak

    Andrea Wright

    Barbara & Hubert Wrushen

    Ross Young

  • Mary Alford

    Michaela for Tennessee

    Rebecca Barton

    Bedros and Dara Bozdogan

    Lewis Brewer

    Cathy Briscoe-Graves

    Evie & Jim Brown

    Lisa Campbell

    Rick and Bobbi Carlin

    John and DonnaRose Christakis

    Cristian and Adriana Contescu

    Maurizio Conti & Pamela Schoenewaldt

    Jeff and Kelly Cooper

    Tara Dalton, Dana Dalton, Eleanor Dildine

    Lana Daverman

    Randall DeFord and Wesley Goddard

    Ellen and Leon Dodd

    Steve Drevik

    Michelle Ewbank

    Susan and Kent Farris

    Elena, Ovi, Lara, and Tessa Garlea

    Nan and Mark Gaylord

    Juan and Amada Gonzalez

    Melissa and Chris Granju

    Jason and Carrie Hardy

    Mary & William Horton II

    Dr. Chris & Lynn Hosenfeld, Warehouse Liquors

    Daniel Johnson-Webb

    Craig and Pamela Kallio

    John Kelley

    Rachel Kirsch

    Jennifer Lamb

    Elizabeth Langille

    Julie & Petros Leinonen

    Jerry and Emily Lenn

    Law Loving

    Carol Lynn

    Melissa and Tom McAdams

    Susan McGuire

    Jen McKean

    Joy McKenzie-Smith and Brian Russell

    Randy & Janice McNally

    Lakenya Middlebrook

    Jeannette Morgenstern

    Rebecca Moses

    Robert and Karen Nies

    Reece Brassler and Dasha Ogle

    Kimberly Scott

    Betty Sue Sparks

    Mr. & Mrs. James V. Tarlton

    Marilyn Avery Turner

    Robert L. Vann

    Brent and Sheila Watson

    Lynne Wright

  • Dr. Carol Akerman

    Marguerite Albro

    Paul Chwe Minchul An

    Robert and Patty Baird

    Paul Barrette and Susan Martin

    Elaine & Doug Batchelor

    Lisa Bausell

    Bruce Beverly, Elise Beverly, Miranda Beverly

    George and Lisa Bitzas

    John Blair

    Melissa & Ben Blalock

    Deedee Blane

    Liesl Bold

    Kathleen Borders

    Cynthia and Jeff Boyatt

    Tamara Boyer

    Sherry & Thomas Boynton

    Lee Brandt

    Michelle Brock

    Virginia and Fred Buffum

    Frances Butler

    Marie Butler

    Anne & Frank Callaway

    Julie Campbell

    Nancy Campbell

    Andrew and Ulla Carr

    Lori Ingle and Tommy Charurat

    Mike & Roxanne Coffey

    Graham and Stacy Cole

    Mary Cole

    Trey & Christy Coleman

    F. Michael Combs

    Dr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Conrad

    Caroline Cooley

    Jessica Copeland

    Ellen Copper

    Frances Craig and Denise Cumming

    Tiffany Crutchfield

    Kim Cunningham

    Tony & Suzy Deaton

    Mark & Helen Dickey

    Irene Dorfinger

    Alberto U.J. Gonzalez Morales and Pamela A. Dossey

    Jack Draper

    Steve & Marylaine Driese

    Christopher Durman

    Mary and Marc Duvivier

    Tom and Jennifer Eberts

    Eric and Nikki Elliott

    Jessica Emert

    Lori Anne Emery

    Brooke Everett & Matt Foster

    Joyce Feld and Charles Glisson

    Rio & Marc Frost

    Margaret Frost

    Domi Gager

    Jane George

    Katherine Goodwin

    Nancy M. Goslee

    Dr. Shelley Griffith

    Sue Groves

    Holly Hambright

    Robert Haralson

    Rick Kennedy and Jim Harness

    Jacque and Cliff Hawks

    David and Joy Headrick

    Gordon E. Hendrich

    Desislava Henrikson

    Judy Henry

    Mary Kay Henry

    Barbara F. Hillard

    Dr. Keith Hnilica

    Harriet Hodge

    Julie Hodges

    Tenny Hogan

    Stephanie Holyfield

    Ernie W. Hoskins

    Angela Kowalski and Scott Huff

    Rosanna Iosso

    Matt Jagnow

    Anne James

    Tyler Janow

    Judy Jorden

    Robin Kenna

    Nieves & Robert Killefer

    A. B. Kliefoth III, MD

    Andrea Kline

    Vicki & Doug Kunkle

    Kyle Anne Lang

    Anne Lantry

    Meda Lazarel

    Sally Leonhard & Ben La Pointe

    Sweet Pea - Dee Lockwood-Hicks

    Liz Logan

    Gregory Lore

    Gregg Lorenzen

    Teresa & George Lucke

    Terry Lundberg

    Tamara Lyon

    Gay & Bill Lyons

    Liz Mabey

    William MacGillivray

    JP & Meredith Mackay

    Laurie & Mal Macnair

    Kathleen Mahan

    Reinhold and Karen Mann

    Jennifer Marks

    W. Peter Marwede, MD

    Tabitha McCarter

    Damon Beard & Mary McGavock

    Nancy T. McGlasson

    Robert McKeehan

    Erica McMannes

    Tom Midyett

    Sylvia Milanez

    Renee Mollenhour

    George Dodds and Federica Morandi

    Lee and Sabrina Moreland

    Linda & Joel Morris

    Rose Moseley

    Bridget and Stephen Mounger

    Joan & Gary Mulliner

    Sherri & John Murphy

    Althea Murphy-Price and Fred Roberson

    Cecily Nall

    Susan Napier-Sewell

    John Nelson

    Carolyn K. Norris

    Kathleen Norris

    Grier Novinger

    Elizabeth Offringa

    Danny Overbey

    Michael Papoi

    John D. Parker

    Katherine and Charles Parr

    Rachel Patterson

    Seppo Penttila

    Drs. Josh & Lacey Phelps

    Elicia Pietras

    Ronald Plybon

    Lydia Pope

    Megan Prescott

    Bridget Pyman

    Felicia Reeves

    Dr. & Mrs. Rolland F. Regester

    Robert P. Rentenbach

    Anna Reynolds

    Steven Roberts

    John R. Rosson, Jr.

    Pete Rowlett

    Mr. Robert & Dr. Suzanne Rybczynski

    Stephen Salters

    Leslie Sampson

    Keith J Sauter

    Carol C. Schmid

    Susane Schneider

    Brenda Seip

    Stephanie Senogles

    Jennifer Shaver

    David & Ruth Silseth

    Meredith Slemp

    Virginia Sloan

    Gibson Smith

    Sherri & Mark Smith

    Mary Smith

    Leslie & Wayne Smith

    Nataliya Smolentseva

    Philip Spampinato

    Samuel Steele

    Laura Stingaciu

    Sandi Swilley

    Gregg Taylor

    Sandra Thomas

    Sherrie and Kevin Thompson

    Cheri and Michael Torano

    Jan Buxton Wade

    Tom Wade

    David and Becky Walker

    Lisa and Will Wallace

    Carol & Dennis Waxman

    John and Janie Wendelken

    Andrew Wentzel & Karen Nickell

    Timothy Wheeler

    Jim and Debby Williams

    Juli Williams

    Amanda Jean Wilson

    John Winbigler

    Todd Young

    Diana Zeltner

  • Laura and David Trout

    Beatrice Mac cabe

    Joseph Accurso

    Julia Adcock

    Laura Anderson

    Robin Anderson

    Laurissa Backlin

    Laura Barron

    Rebecca Beall

    Elizabeth C. Berg

    Laurence Best

    Erin Bidwell

    Thomas Bishofberger

    David Bivens

    Patricia Bledsoe

    Toma Bodea

    Ligia Boundy

    Richard Boyer

    Courtney Bridges

    Riley Bronaugh

    Jayne Brown

    Von Bruce

    James Buettner

    William Burke

    Marilyn Burkhart

    Tracy Cagle

    Bart Carey

    Shawna Carey-Parker

    Amanda Carter

    Rachel Cascarelli

    Rachel Chamness

    Carolyn Chase

    Tommy Chekelelee

    Reilly Chisholm

    Madeline Clapier

    Rachel Clauss

    Mary & Frank Coffey

    Ron Cornell

    Jennifer Corum

    Sharyn Cowley

    Laura & Kenneth Cox

    Tina Crane

    Philip Crye

    Ann Cunningham

    Lindsay Cunningham

    Ginny Davis

    LuAnne DeMeo

    Keturah Doucet

    Therese Doucet

    Alex Drinnen

    Dana & Michael Dubrule

    Jennifer Duncan-Morin

    Dave Dupper

    Miranda Epperson

    Deborah Etheredge

    Barbara A Eubank

    Laurence Evans

    Margaret Faerber

    Linda Fernandez

    Leaman Fields

    Mary Firkin

    Robin Flanagan

    Elizabeth Ford

    Ylliana Franco

    Mark Galbaugh

    Julia Gause

    Sarah Geitner

    Rachelle Gianaris

    Ken Godwin

    David Goslee

    Robin Graham

    Alida Graves

    Kay Griggs-Wright

    Jimmy Groton

    Charles Groves

    Arthur and Gail Hafner

    Gentle Halstenson

    Joe Harper

    Stephanie Henderson

    Martin Hennessee

    Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Henschen

    Kristin Herbert

    Robert and Karin Hierholzer

    Arthur Hillman

    Deborah Hogan

    Olga Holland

    Mariea & Leslie Hoy

    Emily Hudson

    Theresa Jacobs

    Tonya Jamois

    Michael Jenkins

    Jeremy Jennings

    Kari Jessop

    Joseph and Kimberly Johnson

    Bill Jones

    Anna Kauffman

    William Kelly

    Andre Kerstens

    Amy King

    Steve Kitts

    Jerry Knight

    Donald Knipp

    Kerri Kor

    Kroger

    Herbert Kupfer

    Jill Lagerberg

    Heaven Lanagan

    Stephanie Lawton

    Mark Leitson

    Suzanne Lenhart

    Anna Leonidov

    Marian Lewis

    Clark Lindsey

    Jackie Livesey

    Fredericka Lockett

    Sarah Swinford

    Anthonie and Beverley Lombard

    Stephen Louis

    Janna Lowther

    Nikki Luke

    Santhosh Lukose

    Amy Luo

    Emily Maish

    Olena Malysheva

    Teresa Marrero

    William Martella

    Debra Martin

    Bill Mathis

    Steven and Anita Matijcio

    Donna Wilson McClure

    Lesley McDonald-Jacobson

    Samuel McKay

    Sandra McLeod

    Jason Mead

    Steven Mears

    Alice Mercer

    Kata Miklos

    Rachel Miller

    Marsha and Arthur Mitchell

    Janice Mitchell

    Robert Modesitt

    Wendy Munn

    Pat Murphy

    Mr. & Mrs. William Myers

    Ramona Nedelcu

    Kristine Negron

    Wayne and Diane O'Donnell

    Melissa Oliver

    Mary Oster

    Marlee Parnell

    Cameron Pate

    Janet Pope

    Bob Prather

    Kerry Price

    Toni Price

    J Jerome Prinston

    Thomas Proffen

    Ashley Raby

    Cheri Reznicek

    Danielle Rich

    Roger Riedel

    Leah Roberts

    Sonia Roberts

    Meaghan Robinson

    Ruth Robinson

    Elizabeth Rose

    Wesley Rouse

    India Sachitano

    Ben Savage

    Adrienne Schwarte

    Lydia Seidlitz

    Bryan Self

    Amy Shafer

    Elizabeth Shelton

    Gail Anne Shelton

    Dean Shiflett

    Tammi & Tyvi Small

    David Smith

    Jason Smith

    Layton Smith

    Lisa Smith

    Cindy Spangler

    Daniel Spillman

    Joel Stachowicz

    Garrett and Silessa Stroud

    Samantha Studebaker

    Eric Sundstrom

    Semih Sunkar

    Melissa and William Sykes

    Drs. Jack and Beth Talmadge

    Hannah Thomas

    Kimberly Porsche & Scott Thoms

    Margaret Toon

    Courtnay Underwood

    Johnny Urban

    MaryAnn Venable

    David and Robin Venner

    Patti Vergerio

    Leslie Versen

    Giovanna Vidoli

    Georgiana Vines

    Sarah Vuljoin

    Lynn Walter

    Kimberly Warren

    Sara Watkins

    Julienne Weathers

    Dr. Miriam Weinstein

    Kayla White

    Caitlin Whiting

    Jonathan Wing

    Russ Wise

    Kevin Ye

    George Yodice

    Susan Young

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