Lyric Opera 2025-2026 Issue 7 - A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 60 Gifts of $1,000 and above contributed in the name of a friend, loved one, or colleague are a unique expression of thoughtfulness. This list includes donors whose gifts or pledges were received by August 8, 2025. °Deceased IN MEMORY OF Carl H. Albright From Cynthia Albright Lieselotte N. Betterman From Kathleen Betterman John R. Blair From Barbara Blair Willard J. Blix and Ursula S. Blix From Petra Blix & Ben Gruber Kay Bucksbaum From Sylvia Neil & Daniel Fischel David Carpenter From Orit Carpenter Peggy Crowe From Sylvia Neil & Daniel Fischel, Lisbeth Stiffel Sir Andrew Davis From Erika Gross, Hiromi Ishikawa, John Nelson, Sara S. Schumann & Steven C. Schumann, Gordon & Carole Segal, Mary & Larry Selander, Jack & Tamra Weiss Allan Drebin From Howard & Judith McCue Lois Dunn From Kathleen Dunn Lyn Corbett Fitzgerald From Kieran, Desmond, & Mark Fitzgerald Maureen Glassberg From Evelyn Alter Chris Goodman From Matthew Roob Howard Gottlieb From Sylvia Neil & Daniel Fischel Barbara Gould From Evelyn Alter Dietrich Gross From Erika Gross, Lisbeth Stiffel Daniel Groteke From Patricia Taplick Jean W. Haider From Donald Haider Edwin E. Hicks From Gregory Tabaczynski Howard E. Jessen & Susanne C. Jessen From the Jessen Family William Laird Kleine-Ahlbrandt From Sheila Hegy Dr. Santos Ko From Carl Palmer George N. Kohler From David Curry Patricia Sawczak Kreider From her loving husband Eldon Kreider Florence D. McMillan From Phoebe McMillan Armida Melone From Bernadette McCarthy David J. Nelson From Dolores Nelson Keith Olson From Irmgard Olson Peer & Sarah Pedersen James & Elizabeth Bramsen Lisandro & Soledad Peña From Jeordano Martinez Ken Pigott From Mariclaire & Lowell Dixon Dr. Phyllis W. Shafron From Andrea & Ethan Lathan Tom Yu-Chern Su From Sylvia Neil & Daniel Fischel Helen D. Wallner From Joseph & Elizabeth Wallner Dr. Alan J. Ward, PHD ABPP From Louella Ward Richard H. Wehman From Lisbeth Stiffel Richard Welcome From Marcia Welcome Timothy M. Wendt From Elizabeth Wendt Kellar Edward T. Zasadil From Larry Simpson IN HONOR OF Michael Black From Irene Pritzker John Coleman From an anonymous donor Lester Crown — on his 100th birthday! From John Byrne Stephen Dunbar From Tom Cleary Audrey Fitzgerald From Michael & Kimberly Moran Sonia Florian From an anonymous donor Mary Galvin From the GGE Foundation Karen Gray-Krehbiel From Ronald & Christina Gidwitz, Penelope Steiner Caroline & Charles Huebne r From Abby Funk Elizabeth Hurley From Harold & Benna Wilde Lori Julian From an anonymous donor Neil Kawashima From Bill & Kathryn Tyree Theodore K.W. Luke From Dorette Luke Phil Lumpkin From Helen Melchior Bill Mason From Marilyn Fites Bill Miller From Gerald Padbury Suzanne Mulshine From Nancy Searle Sylvia Neil From Patrick & Shirley Ryan Sue Niemi From Olga Pierce Susan Oliver From Patrick & Shirley Ryan Sondra Radvanovsky From Karen Clausen Raymond & Harriet Resnick From Bonnie Ross Patrick & Shirley Ryan From Leigh & Henry Bienen Shirley Welsh Ryan From Nancy Searle Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr. From the Harold M. & Adeline S. Morrison Family Foundation Mary Selander From Abby Funk Penelope Steiner From Ginger Griffin, Robert W. Parris & Bradley Renner, Robert Levinson & Laura Sage Lisbeth Stiffel From Abby Funk, R. & Karen Howell, Charles & Caroline Huebner The Woman’s Board From Karen Gray-Krehbiel & John Krehbiel Commemorative gifts