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Our Patrons
We are profoundly grateful to our Patron family who have supported our work through generous donations for over 40 years, since the Patron Program began. Every curtain that rises is because of our devoted supporters – thank you.
Patron-in-Chief
Dr Haruhisa Handa
The Patron Program
For gifts of $100,000+
Jane Hansen AO
Metal Manufactures PTY Limited
Andrew Sisson AO & Tracey Sisson
Maureen Wheeler AO
Susan & Isaac Wakil Foundation
Geoffrey White OAM & Mrs Sally White OAM
For gifts of $50,000+
Philip Bacon AO
Hans and Petra Henkell
Dr. Alison Pert & Rod Sims AO
Opera Society
Anonymous (1)
For gifts of $15,000+
Nicole Car is supported by Jane Hemstritch AO
Samantha Clarke is supported by Sue Edwards in memory of Ted Edwards
Jane Ede is supported by Tom and Ruth O’Dea
Paul Fitzsimon is supported by Ina Bornkessel-Schesewsky and Matthias Schlesewsky
Nicholas Jones is supported by Ina Bornkessel-Schesewsky and Matthias Schlesewsky
Warwick Fyfe is supported by Lisa Mckern
Anna Dowsley is supported Susie Dickson and the late Martin Dickson AM
Michael Lampard is supported by Opera society from the Eleanor Blakemore Bequest
Esther Song is supported by Opera Society from the Eleanor Blakemore Bequest
Young Woo Kim is supported by Jennifer Crivelli
Tom and Eva Begg
Warwick and Lida Bray
Juliana and Robert Clemesha
Malcolm and Heather Crompton
de Soysa Foundation
The Estate of the late William Denton
Graf Family
Peter Griffin AM and Terry Swann
Mrs Ingrid Kaiser
Robert Marriot and Katie Lahey AM
Fiona Martin-Weber and Tom Hayward
Nick and Caroline Minogue
Dr Robert Mitchell
Robert Peck AM and Yvonne con Hartel AM peckvonhartel architects
Peter Reilly OAM and Linton Soderholm
Geoffrey Robertson AO
Graeme Robertson
Tim Robertson
Mrs Penelope Seidler AM
Deena Shiff and James Gillespie
Carol Sisson
John and Diana Smythe Foundation
Justice Robyn Tupman
Turnbull Foundation
Roy and Gay Woodward
Anonymous (1)
For gifts of $10,000+
Richard & Colin Adams
Antoinette Albert
Michael Ball
Ren Barlow
Patrick John Barrer
Christine Bishop
Greta Bradman
Barbara Brady
Margaret and Bernard Coles KC
Joan Connery OAM and Max Connery OAM
John and Rose Downer Foundation
Diane and Edward Federman
Ms Jehane Ghabrial
Dr Peter and Mrs Melissa Hebbard
Suzanne Kirkham
The Hon Justice F Kunc and Ms F Rourke
Peter Laver AM
Marianne and Warren Lesnie
Rosie Lew AM and Family
The McKee Family
Peter Mason AM and Kate Mason
Mrs Margot Melzac OAM
Professor Stephen Mulligan
Mrs Jo Phillips
Trish and Richard Ryan AO
Partha & Priya Sarathy
Gary Singer and Geoffrey Smith
Ellen K Stoddart
Kevin Troy
Michael Troy
Christine Yip and Paul Brady
Carla Zampatti Foundation
For gifts of $7,500+
Nance Atkinson Trust
The Hon Bronwyn Bishop AO
Michel-Henri Carriol AM and Julie Carriol OAM
Suellen Enestrom
Hiroko and Andrew Gwinnett
Pat Harvey and the Late Frank Harvey OAM
John Kaldor AO
Mr Robert Kenrick
Dr Judith Kinnear
Kloeden Foundation
Paul Lindwall and Joanne Frederiksen
Peter Lowry OAM and Carolyn Lowry OAM
Helen Meddings in memory of Phil Meddings
Dr Judy Ranka
David and Gillian Ritchie
SJD Group Australia
Sue and Bill Wood
Anonymous (1)
For gifts of $4,000+
David and Elizabeth Adams
David and Judith Beal
Professor Warren Bebbington AM
Rosemary Block
Ms Jan Bowen AM
Mrs Roslynne Bracher AM
Nigel and Sheena Broughton
Jannie Brown
Dr and Mrs D J Brown
Dr Andrew Buchanan
Ausrine Bukauskaite
Tony Buzzard and Pan Craig
Pam Caldwell
Leanne Clark
Leith Cooper and David Bruce-Steer
Tatiana Crockett
Michael Crouch AC and Shanny Crouch
Professor Glyn Davis AC and Professor Margaret Gardner AC
Sandy Dudgeon
Dr Iain Dunlop and Ms Susi Tegen
Dorothy and Gael Fraser
Eric and Tonia Gale
Mrs Diane Gallery
Mr Phillip George
Mrs Kathy Glass
Beatrice Gray
Dr Peter and Mrs Melissa Hebbard
Dr Darryl and Mrs Katherine Hodgkinson
Hupert Family Foundation
N.E Irvine
Mrs Mathilde Kearny-Kibble
Anna-Lisa Klettenberg
Stephanie Lee
Alex Lewenberg and the estate of the late Halina Lewenberg
Dr Mark and Dr Alla Medownick
Patricia Novikoff
Miki Oikawa and Andrew Gun
Susan Perrin-Kirby
Greeba Pritchard
Dr Mark Renehan
Mitzi Saunders
Mr John Sheahan KC
Dr Michael Slaytor
Cheryl Spoor
Victoria Taylor
Jesse and Justin Strauch in memory of Claire Weis
Ms Alma Toohey
Jackie, Priscilla and Ray Waterhouse
A D White
Anonymous (7)
For gifts of $2,000+
Jeannette Abrahams
The Aldridge Family Endowment
Prof Noel Alpins AM and Mrs Sylvia Alpins
Lesley Alway and Paul Hewison
Dr Ben Anderson
Mrs Sidney and Mr Lynn Anderson
Jenny Barnes
Tony Barnett
Ms Laurie Bebbington and Elizabeth O'Keeffe
Dr Jane Beeby
Dr Simon Bell and Dr Jennifer Coghlan-Bell
Susan Bellamy in memory of Alison Bellamy
Minnie Kent Biggs
Caroline Brain
Mary-Jane Brodribb
Dr William Brooks and Alasdair Beck
Hugh and Hilary Cairns
Emily Chang
Dr Janice Cheng
Terry Chesher
Margot Chinneck
Ms Linda Chung
David Churches
John C Conde AO
P.F and M.J Crane
Dr Peter Craswell
Charles Curran AC
Mary Davidson
Sue and Jim Dominguez CBE AM
June Donsworth
Dr Marie-Louise Dreux
Dana Dupere
Charles Edmonds and Bernadette Slater
Bruce and Joyce Edwards
Professor Jenny Edwards
Mr David and Mrs Sue Ellyard
Terry Fahy
Melody and Jonathan Feder
Mrs Jennifer Ferns
Freilich Prescribed Private Fund
Chris and Judy Fullerton
Robert Furley and Leon Nicholas
Mrs Fleur Gibbs
George Gordon and Jennifer Gordon
Hon Pru Goward in memory of Zipporah Goward
Catherine Gray
Lyn Gray and Peter Hesky
Hugh Hallard
Wendy and Andrew Hamlin
Mary Harman
M. D. Harper
Peter and Barbara Hennings
Jennifer Hershon
Dr and Mrs R F Hicks
Nora Hinchen and John Flint OAM
John David Hobbs
Monarch Investments Group
John Jessup
Mrs Anna Joel
Dr Glynis Johns
Sam Johnson
Anne and Bruce Judd
Dr Kun-Gay Yap and Dr Kuldip Kaur
Edward Korbel in memory of Dr Suzanne Korbel
Tony and Helen Lewis
Mr Ashley Lucas
Geoffrey Magney
Jennifer K. Marshall
John Mason OAM and Margaret Mason
Peter and Avril McGrath
Patricia and George McGregor
Dr. Gorana Milosevic
Mrs Isobel Morgan OAM
Adrian Morris and Eileen Chanin
Barry P Murphy
Thomas Timothy Murphy
Alan Hauserman and Janet Nash
Mr Jean-Claude Niederer and Mr Neil Hendry
Dr Paul Nisselle AM
A Wilmers and R Pal
G Pearson
Dr Kevin Pedemont
Jennifer and Phillip Perry
Mr Ian Plater
Mr Peter Charles Prior CLJ
Garry Richards
Bruce and Ruth Rodell
Rowan and Susie Russell
Dhanish Semar
Michael and Melissa Slattery
Brendan Sowry
Ross Steele AM
Dr Richard Travers OAM and Mrs Caroline Travers OAM
Peter Tremewen
Laura Tremewen
Suzanne and Ross Tzannes AM
Mark Walker
John S Walton AM
Louise and Suzanne Waterhouse
Derek Watt and Cathy Brown-Watt
David Wayne
Spencer White Family
Robert and Diana Wilson
Ray Wilson OAM in memory of James Agapitos OAM
Anonymous (13)
We also thank our loyal supporters for their donations
For gifts of $200+
Fiona Allan
David and Rae Allen
Mrs Simone Arnott
William Barnard
Ms Glen Barnwell
David and Judith Beal
Anita Beuthien
Kaye Blaiklock
Judith Boag
Gabrielle Bookallil
Francis Breen
Gisela Bulach
Christine Burson
Pam Caldwell
Violet Carrapetta
Andrew Catsaras
Donald Clark
Leanne Clark
Robert Clark
Mr Albert Clarke
Carmel Clifford
Wendy Cobcroft
Anneke Coleman
Margaret Connell
Adrian Connelly
Geoffrey Constable
Carol Cooper
Esther Cossman
Jennifer Crivelli
Mr Ian Cull
Charles Curran AC
Rebecca Cuschieri
Jan Davis
Janet Doust
Dr Marie-Louise Dreux
Stephanus du Plooy
Karen Dundas
Paul Eagar
Gavin Edwards
Professor Jenny Edwards
Margaret Enfield
Michele Esplin
Elizabeth Evatt
Dr Marilyn Fenwick
Alex Fischl
Elizabeth Forbes
Freilich Prescribed Private Fund
Eric and Tonia Gale
Frances Garrick
Mr Richard Gastineau-Hills
Mary-Jane Gething
Liz Gibson
Rita Gibson
Prof. Ian Gough AM & Dr Ruth Gough
Carole Grace
Grace Family
Dr Anne Gray AM
Pauline Griffin
Paul Groh
Simon Hall
Norman Harris
Patricia Harvey
Don Harwin
Diane Harwood
Rohan Haslam
Dr Peter and Mrs Melissa Hebbard
Avril Hetherington
Lybus Hillman
Maria Hinds
Dorothy Hoddinott AO
Dr R.M Hollings
Angela Hooke
In memory of Beryl Hooley
Clive Hope
Peter and Jenny Hordern
Allan Hough
Merrick Howes
Xiao Huang
Dr Anthea Hyslop
Gary Jensen
Ruth Jeremy
Mrs Mathilde Kearny-Kibble
Philip Keenan
Richard Kell
Margaret Kidd
Anna-Lisa Klettenberg
Lewis Klipin
Lois Knight
Shelley Knight
Nicholas Korner
Suzanne Krauskopf
Thomas Kudelka
Sue Lane
Mr and Mrs W&B Leakey
Peter Lemon
Primrose Lentin
Tony and Helen Lewis
Daniel Madeddu
Peter Manson
Christine McCormack
Susan Mcgrath-champ
Sue McLay
Kathleen McMahon
Ross McPhail
Dianne McWilliam
Charles Mendel
Inara Merrick
Michael and Julie Monaghan
Evelyn Murphy
Iain Nicolson
Liz Nield
Helen Oakes
Anthony Oliver
Leone Oliver
Klaus Oppenheimer
Dr Robert Pickles
Peter Randall
Kenneth R Reed AM
Paul and Mary Reid
Michael Renzella
Susan Reye
Jonquil Ritter
Michael Robbins in memory of his darling wife Jan
Trudie Rogers
Katrina Rolley
William Rutledge
Aileen Ryan
Cassandra Rycroft
Maria Victoria Salinas
Rae Saxton
Mary Schultz
Margot Smith
Judith Sneyd
George Souris
David Spicer
Noel Staunton
Anthony Steward
Margaret Swinbourne
James Tait
Jean Taylor
Peter Thompson
Adjunct Allocicle Professor Gerald Thurnwald AM
Karin Tiedemann
Laura Tingle
Vera Vargassoff
Hans-Peter Wabenhorst
Mark Walker
Aidan Walsh
Richard Wardman
David Wayne
Mary Webster
Zofia Weremczuk
A D White
Peter White
Mrs Elizabeth Whitney
Catherine Williams
Eddie Wong
Jenny Woods
Rod Woolley
David Zrobek
Anonymous (42)
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Last updated on 3 July 2025
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Rebecca Oxenbould
Philanthropy Manager (NSW)
+61 2 9318 8302
rebecca.oxenbould@opera.org.au
Melissa Stark
Philanthropy Manager (VIC)
+61 3 9685 3706
melissa.stark@opera.org.au