Knoxville Opera Partners

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

*As of December 1, 2025

  • Bailey Family Foundation

    Eden McNabb & Chris Bishop

    Knox County

    Lawson Family Foundation

    Tennessee Arts Commission

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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