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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
Hans and Petra Henkell
Dr Lydia and Dr Irvine Hunter
Metal Manufactures Pty Limited
Pacific Equity Partners Pty Limited
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson
Susan and Isaac Wakil Foundation
Mr Geoffrey White OAM and Mrs Sally White OAM
For gifts of $50,000+
Philip Bacon AO
Dr Alison Pert and Rod Sims AO
Maureen Wheeler AO
Anonymous (1)
David Mortimer AO and Barbara Mortimer
Anonymous (1)
For gifts of $30,000+
Opera Society
Renaissance Tours
For gifts of $15,000+
Natalie Aroyan is supported by Roy and Gay Woodward
Nicole Car is supported by Jane Hemstritch AO
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
Andrew Moran is supported by Opera Society from the Eleanor Blakemore Bequest
Shanul Sharma is supported by Dr Alison Pert and Rod Sims AO
Diego Torre is supported by Christine Yip and Paul Brady
Kang Wang is supported by Kay Bryan
Dane Lam is supported by Susie Dickson and the late Martin Dickson AM
Danita Weatherstone is supported by Opera Society from the Eleanor Blakemore Bequest
Robert Albert AO RFD RD and Elizabeth Albert
Tom and Eva Begg
Warwick and Lida Bray
Juliana and Robert Clemesha
Malcom and Heather Crompton
Graf Family
Claudia Graham
Peter Griffin AM and Terry Swann
Tom Hayward and Fiona Martin-Weber
Mrs Ingrid Kaiser
Iphygenia Kallinikos and in memory of Despina Kallinikos
Nick and Caroline Minogue
Robert Peck AM and Yvonne von Hartel AM peckvonhartel architects
Lady Potter AC CMRI
Geoffrey Robertson AO
Graeme Robertson
Tim Robertson
Carol Sisson
John and Diana Smythe Foundation
Justice Robyn Tupman
Cameron Williams
The Estate of the late William Denton
Anonymous (2)
For gifts of $10,000+
Richard and Colin Adams
Antoinette Albert
Michael Ball
Jeff and Ann Brady
Margaret and Bernard Coles KC
Professor Glyn Davis AC and Professor Margaret Gardner AC
de Soysa Foundation
John and Rose Downer Foundation
Diane and Edward Federman
Hiroko and Andrew Gwinett
The Hon Justice F Kunc and Ms F Rourke
Marianne and Warren Lesnie
Rosie Lew AM and Family
The McKee Family
Peter Mason AM and Kate Mason
Mrs Margot Melzak OAM
Colin and Rosalyn Nicholson
Ms Jo Phillips David and Gillian Ritchie
Penelope Seidler AM
Deena Shiff and James Gillespie
Gary Singer and Geoffrey Smith
The Stirling Family
Kevin Troy
Michael Troy
Jackie, Priscilla and Ray Waterhouse
Cameron Williams
Anonymous (1)
For gifts of $7,500+
Nance Atkinson Trust
The Hon Bronwyn Bishop AO
Michel-Henri 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
Margaret Gibbs
Pat Harvey and the late Frank Harvey OAM
Dr Judith Kinnear
Suzanne Kirkham
Kloeden Foundation
John Lamble Foundation
Paul Lindwall and Joanne Frederiksen
Helen Meddings in memory of Phil Meddings
Professor Stephen Mulligan
SJD Group Australia
Sue and Bill Wood
Anonymous (1)
For gifts of $4,000+
David and Elizabeth Adams
David and Judith Beal
Susan Bellamy in memory of Alison Bellamy
Rosemary Block
Mrs Jan Bowen AM
Mrs Roslynne Bracher AM
Jannie Brown
Dr Andrew Buchanan
Tony Buzzard and Pam Craig
Pam Caldwell
Leith Cooper and David Bruce-Steer
Jennifer Crivelli
Michael Crouch AC and Shanny Crouch
Sandy Dudgeon
Sue Edwards
Robert Furley and Leon Nicholas
Eric and Tonia Gale
Beatrice Gray
Dr Darryl and Mrs Katherine Hodgkinson
N.E. Irvine
John Kaldor AO and Naomi Milgrom Kaldor AC
Ervin Katz in memory of Judith Katz
Dr S M Kelly
Mr Robert Kenrick
Anna-Lisa Klettenberg
Alex Lewenberg and the estate of the late Halina Lewenberg
Mrs Juliet Lockhart
Dr Mark and Dr Alla Medownick
Patrician Novikoff
Ms Miki Owikawa
Susan Perrin-Kirby
Libby and Peter Plaskitt
Greeba Pritchard
Dr Judy Ranka
Drm Mark Renehan
Bruce Rosenberg
Jacqueline Rowlands
Mr John Sheahan KC
Dr Michael Slaytor
Claire and Elizabeth Weis Fund
Mrs Alma Toohey
Jackie, Priscilla and Ray Waterhouse
Ray Wilson OAM in memory of James Agapitos OAM
Anonymous (4)
For gifts of $2,000+
Jeannette Abrahams
Professor Noel and Mrs Sylvia Alpins
Lesley Alway and Paul Hewison
Dr Ben Anderson
Rosalind Baker
Jenny Barnes
Tony Barnett
Jeanette Beaumont in memory of Beryl Stephens
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
Nicole Berger
Minnie Biggs
Caroline Brain
Mary-Jane Brodribb
Mrs Hazel Chait
Emily Chang
Dr Janice Cheng
Terry Chesher
Mrs Margot Chinneck
Ms Linda Chung
David Churches
Ms Leanne Clarke
Roxane Clayton
John C Conde AO
P.F. and M.J. Crane
Dr Peter Craswell
Charlse Curran AC
Mrs Joan Darling
Dr William Downey
Dr Marie-Louise Dreux
Dana Dupere
Charles Edmonds and Bernadette Slater
Professor Jenny Edwards
Melody and Jonathan Feder
Mrs Jennifer Ferns
Chis and Judy Fullerton
Mrs Diane Gallery
Mr Phillip George
Mrs Fluer Gibbs
George and Jennifer Gordon
Hon Pru Goward in memory of Zipporah Goward
C.M. Gray
Mrs Jean Hadges
Hugh Hollard
Wendy and Andrew Hamlin
Dr Laurence Harewood
Mary Harman
M.D. Harper
Peter and Melissa Hebbard
Peter and Barbara Hennings
Jennifer Hershon
Dr and Mrs R F Hicks
Nora Hinchen and John Flint OAM
John David Hobbs
Peter and Jenny Hordern
Monarch Investments Group
John Jessup
Dr Michael Joel AM and Mrs Anna Joel
Sam Johnson
Anne and Bruce Judd
Dr Kun-Gay Yap and Dr Kuldip Kaur
Mrs Mathilde Kearny-Kibble
Edward Korbel in memory of Dr Suzanne Korbel
Stephanie Lee
Tony and Helen Lewis
Peter Lowry OAM and Carolyn Lowry OAM
Geoffrey Magney
Jennifer K. Marshall
John Mason OAM and Margaret Mason
Susan McCarthy
Peter and Avril McGrath
Patricia and George McGregor
Mrs Isobel Morgan OAM
Adrian Morris and Eileen Chanin
Barry P Murphy
Thomas Timothy Murphy
Alan Hauserman and Janet Nash
Dr Paul Nisselle AM
Professor Greg O'Brien and Dr Ilma O'Brien
Timothy and Eva Pascoe
Mrs Patsy Patten
G Pearson
Dr Kevin Pedermont
Ms Jennifer Perry
Mr Ian Plater
Mr Peter Charles Prior CLJ
Paul and Mary Reid
Garry Richards
Bruce and Ruth Rodell
Rowan and Susie Russell
Trish and Richard Ryan AO
Mrs Mitzi Saunders
Lynne Sherwood
Michael and Melissa Slattery
Brendan Sowry
Cheryl Spoor
Dr Susie Sritharan
Ross Steele AM
Tony and Barbara Stolarek
Richard and Caroline Travers
Peter Tremewen
Margaret Tremewen
Suzanne and Ross Tzannes AM
Mark Walker
The Shirley Ward Foundation
Louise and Suzanne Waterhouse
Derek Watt and Cathy Brown-Watt
David Wayne
Mrs Brenda Willard
Robert and Diana Wilson
Anonymous (16)
Production Syndicates
Our Syndicate members enable us to take on visionary artistic projects that challenge our artists and develop the operatic repertoire.
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 Story AO 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)
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
Richard Campbell
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)
We also thank our loyal supporters for their donations
For gifts of $500+
Simone Arnott
Dr Kym Bannister and Professor Brenda Wilson
Dr and Mrs D J Brown
Marilyn Christiansen
Donald Crombie AM
Kay Fell
Frances Garrick
Gillian Gould
Dr Anne Gray AM
Dorothy Hoddinott AO
Jackie Katz
Wolf Krueger
John A. Lauder
Dr Ann McFarlane
Michael and Janet Neustein
Ronald. B. Raines
Dr John Sime
Ruth Stratton
Ms Daniela Torsh
Doug and Shelly Turek
Vera Vargassoff
Catherine A Williams
Anonymous (110)
Opera Australia Capital Fund
Thank you to our supporters of the Capital Fund
Last updated on 6 December 2023
Contact Us
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