OUR
DONORS
Pinchgut Opera exists so that we may touch lives, and to see our audiences transcend the everyday through the power of music and the beauty of the human voice. We exist also, because of the generosity of our incredible family of donors.
We would like to sincerely thank everyone who has supported us over the past year through our Donor Circles, Annual Giving Campaign and special projects. We would also like to convey our heartfelt thanks to those who generously donated the value of their tickets to postponed events.
This list is current as of 26 March 2024.
PATRON
FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS
Sisyphus Foundation, Graeme Wood Foundation, The Humanity Foundation, Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Kaye Foundation
LIFE PATRON
Liz Nielsen
LEGACY PATRON
The Late Jeremy Davis AM
MAESTRO CIRCLE
Our Maestro Circle is a circle of giving that allows for a deep connection to Erin Helyard and supports his vision for Pinchgut Opera and our commitment to artistic excellence.
Leading Patron ($10,000+)
Justice François Kunc and Ms Felicity Rourke, in memory of Lidia Kunc
FARINELLI CIRCLE
This program allows Pinchgut to continue to secure some of the world’s greatest singers and also to encourage and nurture the next generation of Australian singing talent.
Leading Patron ($10,000+)
Emily & Yvonne Chang
Supporting Patron ($5,000+)
Nena Beretin, John Claudianos Andrew Goy, Anonymous (3)
CONTINUO FELLOW PROGRAM
Principal Supporter
Norman Gillespie
Dr Douglas Sturkey
In honour of the significant legacy Taryn Fiebig has created through her inspiring body of work, Pinchgut Opera has established the Taryn Fiebig Scholar program for an emerging Australian opera singer of special potential.
Foundation Partner
Sisyphus Foundation
$2,000 and above
Australian Philanthropic Services Foundation, Emily and Yvonne Chang, Toula & Nicholas Cowell, Ian Dickson and Reg Holloway, Humanity Foundation, Dr Glynis Johns, Justice François Kunc and Ms Felicity Rourke, Ian and Pamela McGaw, Helen Meddings, Barbara Messerle and Edward Curry-Hyde, Nicholas and Caroline Minogue, Frances Muecke, Trevor Parkin, Shane & Danielle Simpson, Dr Mark Walker, Graeme Wood Foundation, Hon J Campbell QC & Mrs Campbell Anonymous (2)
$1,999 and below
John Allard, Vivien Ball, Susie Bennetts, Diana Berger, Jennifer Blackman, Andrew Blanckensee, Mairead Browne, Craig Campbell, Wendy Cobcroft, Mr. Donald Denoon, Candice Docker, The Elliott Family, Ross and Mary Louise Fernley, The Hon. Mary Finn, Richard Fisher AM & Diana Fisher, Michael Fong, Deborah Fox, Dr Marguerite Foxon, Sally Glover, Alvaro Gonzalez, Mindy Green and Steve McDonald, Maryllis Green-Armytage, Gavan Griffith AO, Edmund Griffith, Christine Gunn, Ailsa Hocking and Dr Bernard Williams, Roslyn Howell, John Hughes, Margaret and Peter Janssens, Beate Josephi, Kains Family, Lilly Krienbuhl, Kerry Landman, Bruce Lane, Alexandra Lavau, Melody Lord, Sue McLay, Stephen Morey, Bill and Helen Naylor, Nicky Nixon, Amanda Noakes, Miki Oikawa, Dagmar Elizabeth Pidd, Alex Oonagh Redmond, David Sciascia, Stephen Shanasy, Michael Sharpe, Wendy Sharpe, Lindsay Silbert, Hywel Sims, David Skewes, R. Slattery and A. Collette, Ruth Spence-Stone, Phillipa Stewart and Matthew Yates, Catherine Storey, Leslie C Thiess, Greg Turner, Barry Walsh, Fidye Westgarth, Anonymous (13)
PINCHGUT AT HOME
We'd like to thank the following generous donors who have supported filming our productions for Pinchgut At Home. This allows us to preserve the unique live experience of a Pinchgut Opera production and ensure that audiences around the world can share in the delights of our music for decades to come.
Monika Kwiatkowski, Patricia H Reid Endowment Fund, Michael Malone, Emily & Yvonne Chang, Iphy Kallinikos, Anonymous (2).
OUR DONORS
JUPITER - $20,000 AND ABOVE
Emily and Yvonne Chang
Sisyphus Foundation
Iphygenia Kallinikos
Suzanne Kirkham
Monika Kwiatkowski
Metal Manufactures Limited
Nick & Caroline Minogue
Patricia H Reid Endowment
Margie Seale and David Hardy
Anonymous (2)
THEODORA - $10,000 TO $19,999
Virginia Braden
Edward Curry-Hyde and Barbara Messerle
Rebecca Davies
Prudence and Peter Davenport
Karin Keighley
The Emalyn Foundation
Justice François Kunc and Felicity Rourke, in memory of Lidia Kunc
Michael Malone
Pamela and Ian McGaw
Cathryn McMillan
Jan Marie Muscio
Andrew Peace
Dr David and Dr Gillian Ritchie
The late Agnes Sinclair
Anonymous (1)
DIANA - $5,000 TO $9,999
The Stoneglen Foundation
Karen McLeod Adair and Anthony Adair
Carey Beebe
Margaret and the late Edward Billson
Jenny Boddington
John Claudianos
The de Soysa Foundation
Jennifer Dowling
Richard Fisher
John and Irene Garran
Tony Gill
Dr Andrew Goy
Dr Elisabeth Hodson
Alan Hyland
Emma Johnston and Mark Probert
Peter Jopling
Marian Purvis
Anthony Strachan
Jean-Claude Strong
Westpac Matching Gifts Program
Anne and Anthony Whealy
Cameron Williams
Noel & Donna McIntosh and Family
Anonymous (2)
ORFEO - $2,000 TO $4,999
The Cowell Mirisklavos Foundation
Yim Family Foundation
Maia Ambegaokar and Joshua Bishop
Michael Ball
Marco Belgiorno-Zegna
Stephen Booth & Zorica Rapaich
Henry Burmester and Peter Mason
Hon J Campbell KC & Campbell
Claire Wivell Plater and James Kirby
Janet Cooke
Toula and Nicholas Cowell
Richard and Anita Dammery
Alan Hauserman and Janet Nash
Dr Ailsa Hocking and Dr Bernard Willams
Dr John Hughes
Mary Jane Lawrie
Alexandra Martin
Julianne Maxwell
Christopher McCabe
Kevin and Deidre McCann
Peter McGrath
Helen McMaster
Frances Muecke
Dr Benjamin Namdarian
Catherine Playoust and Elliott Gyger
Dr Andrew Rosenberg
Robert Stewart
Alden Toevs and Judith Wolf
Dr Mark Walker
Anonymous (1)
GRISELDA - $1,000 TO $1,999
Antoinette Albert
Gillian Appleton
John Biffin
Ellen Borda
Jan Bowen
Michael Chesterman, in memory of Colleen Chesterman
Robert And Carmel Clark
Jean Cockayne
Angela Compton
Max and Joan Connery
Elizabeth Conti
Raoul De Ferranti
Jim Dominguez
Ann Douglas
Julie and Bill Dowsley
Suellen Enestrom
Kay Fell
Dr Marguerite Foxon
Valmae Freilich
Diana and John Frew
Robert Furley
Peter Garnick and Jillian Graham
Matthew Gerber
Mary-Jane Gething AO
The Hon. Pru Goward
The Hon. Don Harwin
Lyndsey and Peter Hawkins
Jennifer Hershon
Sue Johnston
Shinji Kakizaki and Paul Arkell
Wolf Krueger
Mary Jane Lawrie
Diccon And Elizabeth Loxton
Chris Maltby
Dr Ann McFarlane
Dr Brendan McPhillips
Dr Kerry Murphy
Andrew Naylor
Paul O'Donnell
Trevor Parkin
Hope and John Pitman
Rod Pobestek
Lisbeth Roberts
Dr Felicite Ross
Natalie Shea
Petrina And Michael Slaytor
Beverley Southern
Sue Thomson
Jennifer Thredgold
Graham and Judy Tribe
Laurel Tsang
Suzanne and Ross Tzannes AM
Dr Elizabeth Watson
Janice White
E. Peronelle Windeyer
Daniel Zucker
Anonymous (4)
JUDITHA - $501 TO $999
Priscilla Adey
Glenyss Allen
Reginald Barrett
Vivienne Bath and Andrew Byrnes
Jonathan Blackwell
Judy Butlin
Lynette Casey
Michael And Colleen Chesterman
Susanne de Ferranti
Marie-Louise Dreux
Gabrielle Ewington
Prof Peter Fletcher
Phi Fotheringham
Allan Gill
Carole A. P. Gracek
Anthony Gregg
Wendy and Andrew Hamlin
Rohan Haslam
Ruth Higgins
Dorothy Hoddinott
V Holthouse
Dr Michael Horsburgh
Michael and Anna Joel
Stefan Kane
Mathilde Kearny-Kibble
Julia King
Richard and Angela Kirsner
Nicole Lacy
In memory of Wes Maley
Christopher Matthies and Graham Parsons
Helen Meddings
Herbert Menka
Dr David Millons
Dr Robert Mitchell
Andrew O'Connor
Giles Parker
Joanna Parkes
Dr Pip Pattison
Ian Pike
Gail Rich
Stanley Ritchie
David Rolph
John Rourke
Robert Sanderson
Greg and Wendy See
Ingrid Selene
Ann and Larry Turner
Joanna Weir
GC & R Weir
Annabel Wheeler
Patricia White
Dr Peter White
Karen and Bruce Wilson
Anonymous (12)
PIGMALION - $500 and Under
Rob Adamson
Andrew Allen
Barbara Ames
Martin Armstrong
Carol Austin
Margrit Bachmann
Anna-Rosa Baker
Francesca Barresi
Her Excellency Margaret Beazley
Wendy Becher
Sandra Beesley
Dr Helen Belcher
Andrew Bell
Anita Beuthien
Neville Blythman
Jenny Boddington
Dr Frances Bonner
Aneva Borthwick
Neil Botham
David Boyce
Catherine Brenner
Emeritus Professor Mairead Browne
Cherrie Buckwalter
Russell Burgess
Brian and Judith Campbell
Lloyd and Mary Jo Capps AM
Yue Chen
Roslyn Cheney
Catherine Cheyne-Macpherson
Del and Peter Clayton
Lucy Clements
Wendy Cobcroft
Dr Milton Cohen
Lisa Colley
Anne Collins
Esther Cossman
Nicola Craddock
Simon Cripps Clark
Anne Cusick
Stefan Czyniewski
Nunzio D'Angelo
Tony D'Arbon
Rose Dennis
Dr Bruno Di Biase
Dr Robert Dingley
Trisha Dixon
Barbara Jane Doolan
Sandy Dudgeon
Katherine Eccles
Sarah Elliott Murray
Dr Beverley Firth
Josephine Fisher
Margaret Fittock
Julia Fleming
Ka Him Michael Fong
Ivan Foo
Maurice Fuller
Carla Gageler
Fiona Gale
Richard Gastineau-Hills
Jean Gifford
Dr Norman Gillespie
Ray Gillies
Patricia Glanville-Miller
Sally Glover
Tonia Godhard
Alvaro Gonzalez Lavagnini
Dr Ruth Gough
Peter Grant
Rosemary Greaves
Mindy Green
The Stoneglen Foundation
Katrina Groshinski
Peter Hale
James Hamilton
Neil And Pamela Hardie
Glenda Haywood
Erin Helyard
Angela Herscovitch
Jane and Michael Hibbert
Giselle Hoarau
David Howard
Peter Ivanoff
Robert And Margaret Jackson
Peter James
Ruth Jeremy
Jenifer Jones
Fiona Joneshart
Beate Josephi
Stephen Jovanovich
Melissa Kennedy
Greg Kerr
Bede Kervin
Ayse Kiran
Jim Kitay
William Knight
Jack Knudson
Roslyn Laird
Kerry Landman
Bruce Lane
Mr. Kevin Lane
Ralph Lane
Béatrice Lang
Virginia Lankshear
Patricia Laubinger
Meredith Lawrence
Barbara Leser
Sandra Lim
Karl Lindeson
Merran Loewenthal
Robin Low
Brian Lucas
Sylvia Luikens
Pamela Lumb
Graham And Pamela MacDonald
Peter Maiden
Stephen Marriott
Susan Marshall
Ellen Marshbaum
Dr Jill Matthews
Laura McDonald
Judith McKenna
Vincent Megaw
Lillian Melick
Susan Melick
Jeffrey & Anna Mellefont
Gillian Mickan
Louise Miller
Dr Jacqueline Milne
Gillian Moon
Janice Morgan
Katharine Morgan
Jane Morris
Gae Mulvogue
Justine Munsie
Liz Musgrove
Dr Anne Myers
Cate Nagy
Christopher Nelson
Dr Jennifer Nicholls
Patricia Novikoff
Henry O’Connor
Trudi O'Neil
Elizabeth Oomens
Diane Openshaw
William Owens
Meredith Park
Christina Pender
Elisabeth Pidd
John Pitman
Julie Powell
Ian Reddoch
Gregory Reinhardt
Mark Richmond & Justine Beaumont
Mary Ridgway
Catherine Riedel
Mathias Rogala-Koczorowski
Dr John Rogers
Dr Meredith Rogers
Penny Rogers
Jessie Ruan
Gary Russ
Elizabeth Ruthven
Warren Salomon
Edward Sandrejko
Mitzi Saunders
Nea Saunders
Pamela Shaw
Dr Ana Singer
Simon Smith
Marta Spes-Skrbis
Dalia Stanley
Helene Stead
Philippa Stewart
Jaine Stockler
Alasdair Stuart
Dr Douglas Sturkey
Heather Sullivan
Dr Charlotte Taylor
Linda Taylor
Anne Thomas
Liz Thompson
Michael Thompson
Frances Tilly
Dr Susan Treloar
Greg Turner
Jennifer and David Turner
Wendy Warren
Helene Wechsler
Heather Weir
Peter Wheatley
IS & H Wilkey
Kate Williams
Dr Margot Woods
Patricia Woolcock
Anonymous (36)
BEQUESTS
Share your lasting passion for Pinchgut Opera by making a gift to the Company in your Will. Your generosity will ensure that future generations will experience the pleasure and inspiration that Pinchgut has given you.
We thank the following people who have pledged to leave a legacy for Pinchgut Opera
Gillian Appleton
Trevor Parkin
Beverley Price
Anonymous (3).
We also thank the estates of
The late Timothy Brian Carey
The late John Mant
Partners
Pinchgut Opera is extremely grateful to receive support from the organisations below. The assistance they provide is vital to our ability to continue and strive for excellence.
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we work and perform, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation – the first storytellers and singers of songs.
We pay our respects to their elders past and present.
CONTACT
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