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We are sincerely grateful to our many donors who support our work through major gifts, the Patron Program, production syndicates, education, outreach and access programs – thank you.
Patron-in-Chief
Dr Haruhisa Handa
Philip Bacon AO
Hans and Petra Henkell
Dr Lydia and Dr Irvine Hunter
In memory of Elizabeth Maher
Metal Manufactures Pty Limited
Pratt Foundation
Renaissance Tours
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson
Susan and Isaac Wakil Foundation
Mr Geoffrey White OAM and Mrs Sally White OAM
Janelle and Nicole Kidman
David Mortimer AO and Barbara Mortimer
Rachel Verghis and Sigurdur Arngrimsson
Maureen Wheeler AO
Anonymous (1)
David Mortimer AO and Barbara Mortimer
Rachel Verghis and Sigurdur Arngrimsson
Maureen Wheeler AO
Anonymous (1)
Robert Albert AO RFD RD and Elizabeth Albert
Esther and Brian Benjamin
Christine Davis
Graf Family
Jane Hansen AO
Ingrid Kaiser
Nick and Caroline Minogue
Geoffrey Robertson AO
Graeme Robertson
Tim Robertson
Carol Sisson
Anonymous (1)
Tom and Eva Begg
Peter Griffin A.M. & Terry Swann
Iphygenia Kallinikos and in memory of Despina Kallinikos
Judith McKernan
Robert Peck AM and Yvonne von Hartel AM peckvonhartel architects
Lady Potter AC CMRI
Kenneth R Reed AM
John and Diana Smythe Foundation
Judge Robyn Tupman
Cameron Williams
Anonymous (1)
Natalie Aroyan is supported by Roy and Gay Woodward
Nicole Car is supported by Jane Hemstritch
Jacqueline Dark is supported by Juliana and Robert Clemesha
Anna Dowsley is supported by Martin Dickson AM and Susie Dickson
Jane Ede is supported by Tom and Ruth O’Dea
Paul Fitzsimon is supported by Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky and Matthias Schlesewsky
Warwick Fyfe is supported by Lisa Mckern
Rebecca Gulinello is supported by the Patricia H. Reid Endowment
Nicholas Jones is supported by Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky and Matthias Schlesewsky
Jun Yi Ma is supported by John Frost AM
Andrew Moran is supported by Opera Society from the Eleanor Blakemore Bequest
Shanul Sharma is supported by Dr Alison Pert and Rod Sims
Diego Torre is supported by Christine Yip and Paul Brady
Kang Wang is supported by Kay Bryan
Danita Weatherstone is supported by Opera Society from the Eleanor Blakemore Bequest
Major Gifts
We sincerely thank our Wagner Syndicate donors for supporting these new productions and participating directly in the work of Opera Australia.
Wagner Leadership Donors
Philip Bacon AO
Hans and Petra Henkell
Dr Lydia and Dr Irvine Hunter
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson
Maureen Wheeler AO
Wagner Artist Donors
Rosemary Block
Rowena Danziger in memory of Ken Coles
Suzanne Kirkham
Helen and Phil Meddings
MIA Contract Lawyers
Tom and Ruth O’Dea
Peter Reilly OAM & Linton Soderholm
Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky and Matthias Schlesewsky
John and Georgina Story
Leslie C Thiess
Wagner Artisan Donors
Martin and Ursula Armstrong
John Barrer
J. Brownell
John And Jennifer Brukner Family Foundation
Kay Bryan
Christine Davis
Ermes De Zan
Katie and Vic French
Peter Griffin A.M. & Terry Swann
Professor Andrew J A Holland
Jenny and Peter Hordern
Iphygenia Kallinikos and in memory of Despina Kallinikos
John Lamble Foundation
Lisa McKern
Mrs Roslyn Packer AC
Hamish Parker
Robert Peck AM and Yvonne von Hartel AM peckvonhartel architects
Dr Alison Pert and Rod Sims
David and Gillian Ritchie
Judge Robyn Tupman
The Wagner Society in NSW
The Wagner Society in Queensland
Mark Walker
I.S. and H Wilkey
Ray Wilson OAM in memory of James Agapitos OAM
Anonymous (3)
We also thank the following donors who have contributed to the Wagner Syndicate
Father Arthur E. Bridge AM OAM
Jenny and Stephen Charles
Leith Cooper and David Bruce-Steer
Jean Finnegan and Peter Kerr
R.Fiorelli
Dr Daniel Foster
Mr A Gordon
Mr Anthony Jones
Anna-Lisa Klettenberg
Dr Joan M. Lawrence AM
Stephanie Lee
C Lewis
Jennifer K. Marshall
Peter Mason AM and Kate Mason
The late Hon Jane Mathews AO
Desmond B. Misso Esq.
Colin and Rosalyn Nicholson
Timothy and Eva Pascoe
The Richard Wagner Society (Victoria)
Garry Richards
Murray Sandland
Lynne Sherwood
Ms Heidi Shott and Mr John D Shott
Libby Smith
Diana Warnock and the late Bill Warnock
Jill Wran
Anonymous (7)
We sincerely thank our syndicate donors for supporting new productions and participating directly in the work of Opera Australia
La Juive
Principal Patron Philip Bacon AO
Christine Bishop and Audrey Blunden
Rosemary Block
Embassy of France in Australia
Tom Hayward and Fiona Martin-Weber
Iphygenia Kallinikos and in memory of Despina Kallinikos
Dr Robert Mitchell
Colin and Rosalyn Nicholson
Penelope Seidler AM
Rachel Verghis and Sigurdur Arngrimsson
The Tales of Hoffmann
Principal Patron Philip Bacon AO
Ballandry (Peter Griffin Family) Fund
Rosemary Block
Tom Hayward and Fiona Martin-Weber
Dr Robert Mitchell
Colin and Rosalyn Nicholson
Robert Peck AM and Yvonne von Hartel AM
Penelope Seidler AM
Victoria Taylor
Il Trovatore
Principal Patron Philip Bacon AO
Juliana and Robert Clemesha
Ingrid Kaiser
Dr Robert Mitchell
Victoria Taylor
Anonymous (1)
The Patron Program
Michael Ball
John And Jennifer Brukner Family Foundation
Richard Campbell
Roxane Clayton
Margaret and Bernard Coles QC
Malcolm and Heather Crompton
Professor Glyn Davis AC and Professor Margaret Gardner AC
The Denton Family Trust
John and Rose Downer Foundation
Diane and Edward Federman
Margaret Gibbs
Hiroko and Andrew Gwinnett
Peter and Melissa Hebbard
Kloeden Foundation
The Hon Justice F Kunc and Ms F Rourke
Marianne and Warren Lesnie
Rosie Lew AM and Family
Alex Lewenberg and the estate of the late Halina Lewenberg
Peter Mason AM and Kate Mason
Peter and Pamela McKee
Mrs Margot Melzak OAM
Ms Jo Phillips
David and Gillian Ritchie
Penelope Seidler AM
Deena Shiff & James Gillespie
The Stirling Family
Mr Kevin Troy
Michael Troy
Anonymous (1)
Nance Atkinson Trust
The Hon Bronwyn Bishop AO
M H Carriol AM and Julie Carriol OAM
Joan Connery OAM and Max Connery OAM
Mary Davidson and the late Frederick Davidson AM
Suellen Enestrom
Mr Gerhard and Mrs Monica Flechsig
Pat Harvey and the late Frank Harvey
Mrs Cynthia Jackson AM and the late Dr Edward Jackson AM
Dr Judith Kinnear
Suzanne Kirkham
John Lamble Foundation
Paul Lindwall and Joanne Frederiksen
Professor Stephen Mulligan
Thomas Timothy Murphy
Gary Singer and Geoffrey Smith
SJD Group Australia
Lyn Williams AM
Sue and Bill Wood
Anonymous (1)
David and Elizabeth Adams
Richard and Colin Adams
David and Judith Beal
Nicole Berger
Ellen Borda
Mrs Jan Bowen AM
The Boyarsky Family Trust
Mrs Roslynne Bracher AM
Jannie Brown
Dr Andrew Buchanan
Pam Caldwell
Mrs Hazel Chait
Caroline and Robert Clemente
John C Conde AO
Leith Cooper and David Bruce-Steer
Jennifer Crivelli
Malcolm and Heather Crompton
Michael Crouch AC and Shanny Crouch
Mrs Joan Darling
Catherine Davies
John and Ros Dowling
Sandy and Phil Dudgeon
Charles Edmonds and Bernadette Slater
Professor Jenny Edwards
Chris and Judy Fullerton
Robert Furley and Leon Nicholas
Eric and Tonia Gale
Alexander Gosling and Wirat Sukprem
Beatrice Gray
John and Jo Grigg
Neil Hendry and Jean-Claude Niederer Fund
Derrick Heywood and Lola Baumgart
Nora Hinchen and John Flint OAM
Dr Darryl and Mrs Katherine Hodgkinson
N. E. Irvine
Dr Alastair Jackson AM
John Kaldor AO and Naomi Milgrom Kaldor AC
Ervin and Judith Katz
Mr Robert Kenrick
Anna-Lisa Klettenberg
The Estate of Doris Selina Levy
Tony and Helen Lewis
Mrs Juliet Lockhart
Mr Ashley Lucas
Helen and Michael Markiewicz
The Alexandra and Lloyd Martin Family Foundation
Drs Mark and Alla Medownick
Dr Paul Nisselle AM
Patricia Novikoff
Ms Miki Oikawa
Susan Perrin-Kirby
Libby and Peter Plaskitt
Greeba Pritchard
Bruce and Ruth Rodell
Bruce Rosenberg
Jacqueline Rowlands
Mr John Sheahan QC
Dr Michael Slaytor
Margot Smith
James and Alice Spigelman
Antony Sukkar AM and Josephine Sukkar AM
Victoria Taylor
Mrs Alma Toohey
Ms Gabby Walters
Jackie, Priscilla and Ray Waterhouse
Claire and Elizabeth Weis Fund
Anne White
Anonymous (2)
Jeannette Abrahams
Julie and Tony Adamo Family
The Aldridge Family Endowment
Prof Noel and Sylvia Alpins
Dr Ben Anderson
Sidney and Lynn Anderson
Rosalind Baker
Jenny Barnes
Ross and Ann Barnetson
Tony Barnett
Dedicated to John Stuart Beaton
In memory of Margaret and James Beattie
Laurie Bebbington and Elizabeth O'Keeffe
Professor Warren Bebbington AM
Dr William Brooks and Alasdair Beck
Dr Jane Beeby
Dr Simon Bell and Dr Jennifer Coghlan-Bell
Gita Bellin
Minnie Biggs
Barbara Brady
Ms Jane Brodribb
Dr Roderick Brooks
Dr William Brooks and Alasdair Beck
Diana Burleigh
Ita Buttrose AC, OBE
Tony Buzzard and Pam Craig
Dr Andrew Byrne and Mr Allan Gill
Hugh and Hilary Cairns
Elise Callander
Emily Chang
Jan and Andrew Cheetham
Dr Janice Cheng
Terry Chesher
Mrs Margot Chinneck
Ms Linda Chung
Mrs Pauline Cleary
Philip and Margaret Crane
Dr Peter Craswell
Tatiana Crockett
Mr Charles P Curran AC and Mrs Eva Curran
Mary Curtis and Richard Mann
Marie Dalziel
Ernest Dawes OBE OAM and Nola Dawes
Bronwyn Devine
Sue and Jim Dominguez CBE AM
Dr William Downey
Dr Marie Dreux
Dana Dupere
Melody and Jonathan Feder
Sabina and David Full
Mrs Diane Gallery
Anne and Justin Gardener
Philip George and Jan Anderson
Fleur Gibbs
Mrs Beth Giudice and in memory of Hon. Geoff Giudice AO
George and Kay Gordon
Hon Pru Goward in memory of Zipporah Goward
C.M.Gray
Alan and Marion Grundy
Mrs Jean Hadges
Hugh Hallard
Wendy and Andrew Hamlin
Louis J Hamon OAM
Dr Laurence Harewood
M. D. Harper
Judy Hastings
Alan Hauserman and Janet Nash
Peter and Barbara Hennings
Jennifer Hershon
Roger E. Hewitt
Dr and Mrs R F Hicks
John David Hobbs
In memory of Beryl Hooley
Mrs Penny Hunstead
Monarch Investments Group
John Samuel Jessup
Dr Michael Joel AM and Mrs Anna Joel
Sam Johnson
Anne and Bruce Judd
Mrs Mathilde Kearny-Kibble
Dr S M Kelly
Margaret Kimber
James and Diana Kimpton
In Memory of Dr Suzanne Korbel
Peter Lazar AM
Catherine and Yick Him Lee
Stephanie Lee
Richard and Elizabeth Longes
Peter Lowry OAM and Carolyn Lowry OAM
Geoffrey Magney
Jennifer K. Marshall
John Mason OAM and Margaret Mason
Dr R C Mason
Graham Matheson
Susan McCarthy
Kay and Wayne McDonald
Peter and Avril McGrath
Patricia and George McGregor
Dr Bryan Mendelson AM and Mrs Debora Mendelson
Mrs Isobel Morgan OAM
Mr Adrian Morris and Dr Eileen Chanin
Dr Stephen Morris
Barry P Murphy
Professor G C O'Brien and Dr I E O'Brien
Mrs Joan Osborn
Timothy and Eva Pascoe
Mrs Patsy Patten
G Pearson
Dr Kevin Pedemont
G Pearson
D E Pidd
Mr Ian Plater
Mr Peter Charles Prior CLJ
Dr Judy Ranka
Rowan and Susie Russell
Margaret Sammut
Mrs Mitzi Saunders
Aubrey G Schrader
Sparky Foundation
Lynne Sherwood
Mrs H Showniruk
Michael and Melissa Slattery
Libby Smith
Dr Lourdes and Spencer White Family – StudioW Woolloomooloo
Ross Steele AM
Mr Adam Stent
In Memory of Beryl Stephens
Tony and Barbara Stolarek
Jo Strutt
Richard and Caroline Travers
Margaret Tremewen
Peter Tremewen
Laurel Tsang
Suzanne and Ross Tzannes AM
Professor Emeritus Barbara van Ernst AM
Mark Walker
John S Walton AM
The Shirley Ward Foundation
Louise and Suzanne Waterhouse
Derek Watt and Cathy Brown-Watt
David Wayne
A Wilmers and R Pal
Robert and Diana Wilson
Ray Wilson OAM in memory of James Agapitos OAM
Dr Kun-Gay Yap and Dr Kuldip Kaur
Anonymous (29)
We also thank our loyal supporters for their recent donations
Mrs. Janette Abrat
Ms Nailia Alimova
Rae and David Allen
Simone Arnott
Trisha and Garry Ash
Lyn Bailey and Family
Dr Kym Bannister and Professor Brenda Wilson
Jim and Chris Barker
Ian Barnett
Lindsay Benaud
Mr Alfredo Bovier OAM
Dr and Mrs D J Brown
Alexandra Buchner
Janice Carey
Michael and Kate Chambers
The Cheung Family
Marilyn Christiansen
Robert and Carmel Clark
Barbara and Alan Crawford
Breen Creighton and Elsbeth Hadenfeldt
Donald Crombie AM
Jaya and Bish Dutta
Kay Fell
Frances Garrick
Mr Richard Gastineau-Hills
Prof. Ian Gough AM & Dr Ruth Gough
Gillian Gould
Dr Anne Gray AM
V. Hartstein
Ms Clare Harty
Mr Alistair Hay and Dr Jennifer Miller
Dorothy Hoddinott AO
Jackie Katz
Cynthia Kaye
Wolf Krueger
Ms Eugenia Langley JP
John A. Lauder
Primrose Lentin
Miss Gai Lucas
The Honourable Kirsty Macmillan SC
Penelope and John McBain
Dr Ann McFarlane
Mr Tim McFarlane AM & Caroline McFarlane OAM
Dr Mary-Ann McQuestin
Kim Harding
Desmond B. Misso Esq.
Prof Ingrid Moses AO
Anne Neil in memory of Murray Neil
Michael and Janet Neustein
Iain Nicolson
Professor Mike O'Connor AM
Opera & Arts Support Group Inc
Ms Clare Owen and Mr Scott Jeanneret
George Pappas AO and Jillian M Pappas
Payne Family Charitable Fund
Cathy Penney
Dr Robert Pickles
Mr David Price
Ronald. B. Raines
Ernest Rapee
Robin Rodgers
Trudie Rogers
Paul and Gay Rosen
Olivia Ross
Trish and Richard Ryan AO
Murray Sandland
Andrew and Georgina Schnaider
John and Thea Scott
The Shephard Family
Margaret Sikora
Dr John Sime
Nev Simpson
Brendan Sowry
Dr Vladan Starcevic
Ruth Stratton
Douglas Sturkey CVO, AM
Dr Charles Su and Dr Emily Lo
Sandi and John Szangolies
Prof Hugh Taylor AC and A/ Prof Liz Taylor AM
Dr Tara Obeyesekere and Mr Russell Taylor
Ms Daniela Torsh
Carolyn, Drew, Oliver and Isabella Townsend
Doug and Shelly Turek
Vera Vargassoff
Richard Wardman
Catherine Williams
Peter and Margaret Wolfe
Anonymous (110)
Opera Australia Capital Fund
Thank you to our supporters of the Capital Fund
Last updated on 25 July 2022
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