Lyric Opera 2025-2026 Issue 9 - Madama Butterfly

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 46 VIRTUOSO CIRCLE BENEFACTOR $75,000 to $99,999 David Q. & Mary H. Bell Ross° & Patricia D. Bender Linda Bruske The Chicago Community Trust Eisen Family Foundation Patricia Frank The Guild Board Mazza Foundation Blythe Jaski McGarvie Allan & Elaine Muchin Jerome & Elaine Nerenberg Foundation Susan M. Ruder Bill & Orli Staley Foundation Gene & Jean Stark Virginia Tobiason Anne Zenzer & Dominick DeLuca MAESTRO CIRCLE BENEFACTOR $50,000 to $74,999 Anonymous Donors (2) Dr. & Mrs. Mark Bowen The Brinson Foundation Pamela Crutchfield Decyk Watts Charitable Foundation Nancy Dehmlow Donald & Anne Edwards James & Deborah Fellowes Amanda C. Fox Virginia & Gary Gerst Mr. & Mrs. Charles K. Huebner The Joyce Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Neil T. Kawashima Dr. Katherine Knight Rebecca & Lester Knight Mark & Gale Kozloff Mr. Craig Lancaster & Ms. Charlene T. Handler Marie & Arch McKellar Frank B. Modruson & Lynne C. Shigley Brendan & Suzanne Mulshine Polk Bros. Foundation Alyssa & Burke Raine Alice & John Sabl Peter Scheuermann Barbara & Barre Seid Foundation Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation Ilene & Michael Shaw Charitable Trust Rose L. Shure & Sidney N. Shure Ms. Gay K. Stanek Michael Steinberg & Salme Harju Steinberg Jane Wilson and David Mayhew Stone Charitable Trust Gregory Tabaczynski Cynthia Vahlkamp & Robert Kenyon COMPOSER CIRCLE BENEFACTOR $35,000 to $49,999 Ken & Amy Aldridge Molly & Roman Boed Greg & Mamie Case Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Sue & Melvin Gray James° & Mary Houston Annie & Gregory K. Jones Mr. & Mrs. L. D. Jorndt Julian Oettinger Richard W. Shepro & Lindsay E. Roberts Dr. Ross Slotten & Ted A. Grady Kim° & Miles D. White ARTIST CIRCLE BENEFACTOR $25,000 to $34,999 Anonymous Donors (5) Paul° & Mary Anderson Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. Ron & Peggy Beata Diane° & Michael Beemer Fred & Phoebe Boelter Heidi Heutel Bohn Buehler Family Foundation Pamella Capitanini Cellmer/Neal Foundation Fund Joyce E. Chelberg Mr. & Ms. Douglas Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Cole Arie & Ida Crown Memorial Michael Cushing Anne Megan Davis Ann M. Drake Mr. Charles Droege & Ms. Julie A. Wroblewski Stephen Dunbar Drs. George Dunea & Sally Metzler-Dunea Elaine S. Frank Fund David & Janet° Fox Dr. Jana L. French & Mr. Peter Gotsch Mira Frohnmayer & Sandra Sweet Gary & Denise Gardner John & Sarah Garvey Mary & Lionel Go Maria C. Green & Oswald G. Lewis Dan & Caroline Grossman Mary Ellen Hennessy Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, Joseph M. Kacena Endowed Fund MaryBeth Kretz & Robert Baum Mr. &Mrs. Jonathan B. Lewis, Sr. Jennifer Malpass Robert & Evelyn McCullen Susan M. Miller Music Performance Trust Fund & Film Funds Trust Fund Nicholas & Susan Noyes Martha C. Nussbaum Mr. & Mrs. Lee Oberlander Drs. Olufunmilayo & Christopher Olopade Sheila & David Ormesher Karen Petitte Harvey & Madeleine Plonsker D. Elizabeth Price Betsy & Andy Rosenfield Bonnie R. Ross George Sargent Marsha Serlin & Jerry Sloan Charles & M. R. Shapiro Foundation, Inc. Jennifer L. Stone Arthur Susman & Carole Stone James & Sara TenBroek Cherryl T. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Weinberg Dr. David H. Whitney & Dr. Juliana Chyu Drs. Joan & Russ Zajtchuk PREMIER PATRON $15,000 to $24,999 Anonymous Donors (3) Alexander & Alexander, Attorneys at Law Judith Barnard & Michael Fain Jonathan Becker C. Bekerman, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Merrill E. Blau Mr. & Mrs. John Jay Borland Dr.° & Mrs. Thomas A. Broadie Drs. Walter & Anne-Marie Bruyninckx Rosemarie & Dean L. Buntrock Cabrera Capital Marie Campbell Lawrence & Barbara Cohan Ann Coleman Susan E. Cremin & Paul Dykstra Dan Draper Fred L. Drucker & Hon. Rhoda Sweeney Drucker Richard & Ingrid Dubberke Erika Erich Lafayette J. Ford Ruth Ann M. Gillis & Michael J. McGuinnis Phillip & Norma Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Julian W. Harvey Judith & Mark Hibbard Cynthia° & Ron Holmberg Dr. Nora Jaskowiak & Mr. Matthew Hinerfield The Jentes Family Foundation George Johnson Ronald B. Johnson Robert & Emily King Mr. & Mrs. Keith Kizziah Stephen Kohl & Mark Tilton Victoria Mitchell Kohn Helen & Bernard Kozloff Family Foundation Dr. M.S.W. Lee Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Mages Mr. David Marshall & Dr. Maija Freimanis Gerard & Kathleen Maynard Annual individual and foundation support