Knoxville Opera Partners

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

*As of June 8, 2026

  • Bailey Family Foundation

    Eden McNabb and Chris Bishop

    City of Knoxville

    Knox County

    Lawson Family Foundation

    Spencer Family Foundation

    Tennessee Arts Commission

    Visit Knoxville

  • Aslan Foundation

    Whitfield and Brittany Bailey

    Marty Begalla

    Care Institute Group, Inc.

    Audrey A. Duncan

    Katherine Davis Moore and Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Davis Foundation Fund, East Tennessee Foundation

    Faith Ferguson and Donald Stoner

    Frankie Gorman

    Mark Hill

    Home Federal Bank

    Rick & Carol Jones

    Francine Marasco

    Markman's

    Regal Cinemas

    Margaret and James Samples

    Maharaj and Margaret Sood

    Jennie Sullivan

    Donna Wertz

    YMCA of East Tennessee

  • Harry L. Boston

    Creekside Capital, Inc.

    Downtown Knoxville Alliance

    Eagle Distributing

    ESS

    Bill & Crissy Haslam Foundation

    Lane Hays

    Sara Pinnell - Hedstrom Landscape Architecture

    HES Facilities Management

    Hickory Construction

    Jean Kahl

    Theresa Lee and Jacob Love

    Robert Marquis and Townes Osborn

    Lindsay McDonough

    Steve Mirshak

    Julia and Mike Mullaney

    Rotary Club of Knoxville

    Zane & Teresa Scarlett

    Susan and Paul Siler Foundation

    Dorothy and Caesar Stair

    State of Tennessee

    Theresa Stone

    Alice Torbett

    Susan and AV Verekar

    Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Wilson

    WOW!

    Y-12 Federal Credit Union

  • Carol & Dr. Myrwood C. Besozzi

    Eden McNabb & Chris Bishop

    Sharon Boyce & Jack Woodall

    Dr. Michelle Brewer

    Holden Caperton

    Dr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Conrad

    FirstBank

    Barbara and Charlie Grove

    Grow Knoxville

    Chuck & Terry James

    Patricia Bible, KaTom Restaurant Supply, Inc.

    Vicki Kinser and John Jarnigan

    Michael Kull, Eagle Strategies, LLC

    Joseph and Laura Lenn

    Massey Electric

    Sheena McCall

    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

    Linda Williams and Don Townsend

    Nicole and Bennie Underwood

    Isabelle Welch

  • Akima Club

    Joan and Victor Ashe

    Bank of America

    Jerry and Susan Becker

    Lisa and Dave Bogaty

    Kurt Brandt & Dawn Huff

    Mary Ellen & Steve Brewington

    Market Square Ventures

    Patsy Burdette

    C. Gayle Burnett

    Peter and Sandra Campbell

    Erika Vantyghem and Pete J. Colombo

    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

    Patricia Maffeo & Thomas Fine

    Ralph Cianelli and Rick Fox

    Kathryn Kinnard Freeman

    Nick Wilson and Dustin Gibson

    Charles Goan

    Dr. James Gorney and Dr. Beverly Gibbons

    Kim and Jim Hays

    Vessul Creative

    Cathy Hill

    Chris and Sheila Hill

    Joseph and Eva Huntsman, Southern Orthocare Prosthetics

    Sally & William Johnson

    Paul and Donna Kedrow

    Mary Knepper

    Shan Koehler

    Dr. James E. Lawler

    Jeff and Meghan Markman

    Anne May

    Marga and Jay McBride

    Michael Newbury and Caroline Morrison

    Opera Volunteers International

    Bob Page

    Margie Parrott

    James and Sandy Pease

    Lezah and Burke Pinnell

    Vladimir Protopopescu

    Steedman and Catherine Sarbah

    Jan & Don Simpson

    John & Delores Sorey

    Sun West

    Bill & Mary Walker

    Window Works

    Wortham Family

    Dr. and Mrs. James Yates

  • Lucia Andronescu and Vernon Henry

    Carol Mitchell and Eric Belcher

    Benevity - AOL Giving

    Ruth Ann Brandon

    Orel Brodt

    Charles and Marion Burger

    R. Ted Smith and David Butler

    Ellen Capito and Arthur Coston

    Rick and Bobbi Carlin

    Jim and Nancy Carmon

    Mark Chait

    Mark and Eva Champion

    Douglas and MarΓ­a Teresa Cox

    Gary and Michele Cox

    Martha Culvahouse & Jack Waggett

    Mary Lou Daugherty

    Donna Davis and Ivan Beltz

    Eileen Downey

    Blanche and Larry Dresner

    Joel and Yann Dryer

    Mark and Patricia Eklund

    Michael & Deborah Emery

    Howard and Kristin Farrington

    First Horizon Bank

    Becky Fuller & Jack Singleton

    Michael Fuller and Matt Avallone

    Robin Gold

    Kimberly Kleveland Grande

    Cary L. Hammond

    Annemarie DaSilva Harris

    Amy and Nathan Honeycutt

    Susan and John Hubbard

    Leslie Hull

    Larsen and Adrian Jay

    Tommie Rush & Richard Jolley

    John Kelley

    Nieves & Robert Killefer

    Gareth Kindrick

    Elizabeth and Alan Lee

    Sheryl Linck and Garry Conklin

    David MacDonald

    Karen May

    Diane Mitchell

    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

    Mary Kay Sullivan

    Kim Trent

    University of the Cumberlands Friends of Music

    Dr. & Mrs. Don Wheeler

    Kari Yatkowski

    Nathan and Sylvia Zingg

  • Moody Altamimi

    Steve Backiel

    Agneesh Banerjee

    Ron and Linda Battle

    Jeff & Nancy Becker

    Jeff Bell

    Lee Brandt

    Martha W. Breazeale

    Janan Dakak

    Debbie Dalton, Joshua Dalton, & Joyce Dalton

    Bryan and Bridgette Davis

    Mary Lynne & Don Derrington

    Ellen and Leon Dodd

    Susana Esrequis & Ramon Leon

    Sally and George Farmer

    Loreto Ferrada-Nichols

    Maximiliano Ferrari

    Bonne & Jonathan Foulds

    Robert E. Freeman

    Friends of Knox County Public Library

    GE Aerospace Foundation

    Rebekah Gucciardo

    Joseph Guidetti

    Richard & Beverley Hammond

    Kristi James

    Gail Stone Jarvis & John R. Cate

    Susan and Brian Kemp

    Dr. & Mrs. Roy King

    Sam Lazim

    Ilana Lilienthal and Avi Zenatti

    Mark & Peggy Littmann

    Missy & Pete Ludman

    Scott Marler

    Dr. Angela Masini and Mr. Terry Grove

    Martin McBrearty & Rita Cochran

    Laura Metcalf and Corey Miller

    Linda & Joel Morris

    Dr. Brian Murphy and Dr. Caryn Wunderlich

    Jennifer and Bruce Nichols

    Katherin Norton

    Edward and Corinne Patrick

    Sara A. Phillips

    Christine Pienkowski

    Emily and Jim Plemmons

    Lindy Riley

    Dan and Eva Robbins

    John & Kay Rodgers

    Alan and Patricia Rutenberg

    Rachel Safer

    Linda & Culver Schmid

    Andrew and Carol Seamons

    Maureen Searles

    Charles Senn

    Kaitlyn 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

    US Bank

    Alcira Villegas

    Kristen Wallis

    Jacqueline Whittemore & Andrew MacDonald

    Andrea Wright

    Barbara & Hubert Wrushen

    Ross Young

  • Marguerite Albro

    Mary Alford

    Emily Anderson

    Michaela for Tennessee

    Rebecca Barton

    Randi and Dave Boeje

    Bedros and Dara Bozdogan

    Lewis Brewer

    Cathy Briscoe-Graves

    Evie & Jim Brown

    Lisa Campbell

    Lori Ingle and Tommy Charurat

    John and DonnaRose Christakis

    F. Michael Combs

    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

    Steve Drevik

    Michelle Ewbank

    Kenneth and Susan Fittro

    Elena, Ovi, Lara, and Tessa Garlea

    Juan and Amada Gonzalez

    Melissa and Chris Granju

    Sue Groves

    Jason and Carrie Hardy

    Mary & William Horton II

    Dr. Chris & Lynn Hosenfeld, Warehouse Liquors

    Daniel Johnson-Webb

    Peggy and Doug Kahr

    Craig and Pamela Kallio

    Rachel Kirsch

    Jennifer Lamb

    Elizabeth Langille

    Meda Lazarel

    Julie & Petros Leinonen

    Jerry and Emily Lenn

    Law Loving

    Carol Lynn

    Melissa and Tom McAdams

    Jen McKean

    Randy & Janice McNally

    Lakenya Middlebrook

    William Moland

    Rebecca Moses

    Robert and Karen Nies

    Grier Novinger

    Reece Brassler and Dasha Ogle

    Stephen & Gloria Palacios

    Lilijana Remec

    Ruth Robinson

    Kimberly Scott

    Betty Sue Sparks

    Christine Stevens

    Mr. & Mrs. James V. Tarlton

    Marilyn Avery Turner

    Robert L. Vann

    Brent and Sheila Watson

    Andrew Wentzel & Karen Nickell

    Lynne Wright

  • Dr. Carol Akerman

    Paul Chwe Minchul An

    Ana & Jeffrey Barker

    Paul Barrette and Susan Martin

    Elaine & Doug Batchelor

    Lisa Bausell

    Elizabeth C. Berg

    Laurence Best

    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

    Michelle Brock

    Virginia and Fred Buffum

    Frances Butler

    Marie Butler

    Anne & Frank Callaway

    Julie Campbell

    Nancy Campbell

    Andrew and Ulla Carr

    Mike & Roxanne Coffey

    Graham and Stacy Cole

    Mary Cole

    Trey & Christy Coleman

    Caroline Cooley

    Ellen Copper

    Frances Craig and Denise Cumming

    Tiffany Crutchfield

    Kim Cunningham

    Dr. Mary Cushman

    Tony & Suzy Deaton

    Irene Dorfinger

    Lucine Drake

    Jack Draper

    Steve & Marylaine Driese

    Christopher Durman

    Mary and Marc Duvivier

    Tom and Jennifer Eberts

    Eric and Nikki Elliott

    Jessica Emert

    Lori Anne Emery

    Joyce Feld and Charles Glisson

    Rio & Marc Frost

    Margaret Frost

    Domi Gager

    Jane George

    Katherine Goodwin

    David Goslee

    Nancy M. Goslee

    Dr. Shelley Griffith

    Jane Gulley

    Arthur and Gail Hafner

    Holly Hambright

    Robert Haralson

    Jacque and Cliff Hawks

    David and Joy Headrick

    Gordon E. Hendrich

    Desislava Henrikson

    Judy Henry

    Barbara F. Hillard

    Dr. Keith Hnilica

    Harriet Hodge

    Julie Hodges

    Felicia Harris Hoehne

    Tenny Hogan

    Stephanie Holyfield

    Ernie W. Hoskins

    Angela Kowalski and Scott Huff

    Rosanna Iosso

    Matt Jagnow

    Anne James

    Tyler Janow

    Judy Jorden

     

    Robin Kenna

    A. B. Kliefoth III, MD

    Andrea Kline

    Kyle Anne Lang

    Anne Lantry

    Sally Leonhard & Ben La Pointe

    Sweet Pea - Dee Lockwood-Hicks

    Liz Logan

    Gregory Lore

    Gregg Lorenzen

    Teresa & George Lucke

    Tamara Lyon

    Gay & Bill Lyons

    Liz Mabey

    William MacGillivray

    JP & Meredith Mackay

    Dr. Paula MacMorran

    Laurie & Mal Macnair

    Kathleen Mahan

    Reinhold and Karen Mann

    Jennifer Marks

    W. Peter Marwede, MD

    Tabitha McCarter

    Damon Beard & Mary McGavock

    Susan McGuire

    Robert McKeehan

    Joy McKenzie-Smith and Brian Russell

    Erica McMannes

    Tom Midyett

    Sylvia Milanez

    Lena and Terry Miller

    Renee Mollenhour

    Lee and Sabrina Moreland

    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

    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

    Wayne & Margaret Ritchie

    Eddie and Julia Rivera

    Steven Roberts

    John R. Rosson, Jr.

    Pete Rowlett

    Mr. Robert & Dr. Suzanne Rybczynski

    Stephen Salters

    Leslie Sampson

    Keith J Sauter

    Susane Schneider

    Brenda Seip

    Stephanie Senogles

    Jennifer Shaver

    David & Ruth Silseth

    Meredith Slemp

    Gibson Smith

    Sherri & Mark Smith

    Mary Smith

    Leslie & Wayne Smith

    Nataliya Smolentseva

    Philip Spampinato

    Samuel Steele

    Laura Stingaciu

    Gregg Taylor

    Sandra Thomas

    Sherrie and Kevin Thompson

    Kimberly Porsche & Scott Thoms

    Cheri and Michael Torano

    Rochelle Veum

    Jan Buxton Wade

    Tom Wade

    David and Becky Walker

    Lisa and Will Wallace

    John and Janie Wendelken

    Timothy Wheeler

    Jim and Debby Williams

    Juli Williams

    Amanda Jean Wilson

    John Winbigler

    Todd Young

    Diana Zeltner

  • Joseph Accurso

    Julia Adcock

    Yaired Aguilar

    Stephen Alfieri

    Laura Anderson

    Robin Anderson

    Laurissa Backlin

    Katherine Baer

    Laura Barron

    Rebecca Beall

    Carrie Bearden

    Erin Bidwell

    Thomas Bishofberger

    David Bivens

    Patricia Bledsoe

    Toma Bodea

    Ligia Boundy

    Evans Bowen

    Richard Boyer

    Courtney Bridges

    Riley Bronaugh

    Jayne Brown

    Von Bruce

    Jerone Buchanan

    James Buettner

    Robert Buhrow

    William Burke

    Marilyn Burkhart

    Tracy Cagle

    Michael Canan

    Bart Carey

    Amanda Carter

    Rachel Cascarelli

    Rachel Chamness

    Carolyn Chase

    Tommy Chekelelee

    Reilly Chisholm

    Madeline Clapier

    Rachel Clauss

    Mary & Frank Coffey

    Grayson Cole

    Ron Cornell

    Jennifer Corum

    Sharyn Cowley

    Laura & Kenneth Cox

    Philip Crye

    Ann Cunningham

    Lindsay Cunningham

    Nissa Dahlin-Brown

    Ginny Davis

    Mr. & Mrs. David Deibler

    Raeshelle Delvalle

    LuAnne DeMeo

    Kelley Deuso

    Gina Di Salvo & Jeffrey Tinley

    Keturah Doucet

    Therese Doucet

    Sara Drake

    Alex Drinnen

    Dana & Michael Dubrule

    Jennifer Duncan-Morin

    Dave Dupper

    Miranda Epperson

    Deborah Etheredge

    Barbara A Eubank

    Laurence Evans

    Brooke Everett & Matt Foster

    Catherine Faber

    Margaret Faerber

    Michael Fanikos

    Linda Fernandez

    Leaman Fields

    Mary Firkin

    Patricia Fitzhugh

    Robin Flanagan

    Selene Legorreta Flores

    Seneca Foote

    Elizabeth Ford

    Ylliana Franco

    Cathy & Bobby Franklin

    Mark Galbaugh

    Julia Gause

    Sarah Geitner

    John Gill

    Ken Godwin

    Frank and Christina Graffeo

    Robin Graham

    Alida Graves

    David Greer

    Kay Griggs-Wright

    Charles Groves

    Gentle Halstenson

    Michael Han

    Keefe Hansen

    Lee Harle

    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

    Meghan Jagnow

    Tonya Jamois

    Michael Jenkins

    Jeremy Jennings

    Kari Jessop

    Edie Johnson and Jason Overall

    Joseph and Kimberly Johnson

    Bill Jones

    Anna Kauffman

    William Kelly

    Andre Kerstens

    Amy King

    Josie King

    Terry King

    Steve Kitts

    Jerry Knight

    Donald Knipp

    Kerri Kor

    Brian and Linda Kouril

    Kroger

    Herbert Kupfer

    Jill Lagerberg

    Heaven Lanagan

    Kimberly Landers

    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

    Tamara McNulty

    Jason Mead

    Steven Mears

    Alice Mercer

    Angela Merriman

    Kata Miklos

    Rachel Miller

    Marsha and Arthur Mitchell

    Janice Mitchell

    Robert Modesitt

    Diana Moyer

    Wendy Munn

    Pat Murphy

    Mr. & Mrs. William Myers

    Beatrice Mac Cabe

    Ramona Nedelcu

    Kristine Negron

    Melissa Oliver

    Mary Oster

    Kristina Parks

    Patricia Parrott

    Cameron Pate

    Jane Phillips

    Carrie Niceley Pittenger

    Janet Pope

    Marcia and William Power

    Bob Prather

    Kerry Price

    Toni Price

    J Jerome Prinston

    Torre Puckett

    Ashley Raby

    Lorraine Ray

    Cheri Reznicek

    Danielle Rich

    Roger Riedel

    Yvonne Riehm

    Leah Roberts

    Sonia Roberts

    Josh Robinette

    Dustin Robinson

    Kyle Robinson

    Meaghan Robinson

    Elizabeth Rose

    Wesley Rouse

    India Sachitano

    Jeanmarie Salie

    William Sapp

    Ben Savage

    James Schindler

    William Schlein

    Adrienne Schwarte

    Anna Seel

    Lydia Seidlitz

    Bryan Self

    Deborah Sershon

    Amy Shafer

    Elizabeth Shelton

    Dean Shiflett

    Edward Shultz

    Joyce Simms

    Tammi & Tyvi Small

    David Smith

    Jason Smith

    Layton Smith

    Lisa Smith

    Cindy Spangler

    Daniel Spillman

    Joel Stachowicz

    Sandra & Michael Stanley

    Garrett and Silessa Stroud

    Samantha Studebaker

    Eric Sundstrom

    Semih Sunkar

    Melissa and William Sykes

    Daniel Taddie

    Drs. Jack and Beth Talmadge

    Kathy Tedford

    Hannah Thomas

    Rachel Thompson

    Kelli Tidwell

    Margaret Toon

    Maria Torres

    Laura and David Trout

    Courtnay Underwood

    Johnny Urban

    MaryAnn Venable

    David and Robin Venner

    Patti Vergerio

    Leslie Versen

    Giovanna Vidoli

    Georgiana Vines

    Tanya Vodila

    Sarah Vuljoin

    Lynn Walter

    Kimberly Warren

    Julienne Weathers

    Dr. Miriam Weinstein

    Karen and Harvey White

    Kayla White

    Caitlin Whiting

    Joan and Richard Whiting

    Jonathan Wing

    Russ Wise

    Kevin Ye

    George Yodice

    Taehun Yoon

    Susan Young

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