2019 - 2020 Season
Thank You To Our Family of Supporters
Berkshire Opera Festival would like to express our most sincere appreciation to the individuals and institutions below who have generously provided financial support this season to help sustain BOF and allow our young company to continue to produce operatic programming at the highest artistic level.
Gifts received between 8/14/2019 and 8/28/2020 are reflected below.
If you are a current donor and would prefer to be credited differently from what is currently listed on this page (including the option to be listed anonymously), please email a request to Company & Development Manager Meghan Van Alstyne: mvalstyne@berkshireoperafestival.org.
DIAMOND CIRCLE ($50,000 and above)
William Briggs and Donald Usher
Clara Londoner
PLATINUM CIRCLE ($25,000-49,999)
Adrian and Christine Slywotzky
GOLD CIRCLE ($10,000-24,999)
Lester and Ilene Bliwise
Theresa Cerezola
The Feigenbaum Foundation
Thomas M. Fynan, MD and William F. Loutrel
Judith Goldsmith
John K. O'Brien and Jamie Lehrer
Drs. Eduardo Plantilla and Lina Plantilla
SILVER CIRCLE ($5,000-9,999)
R. Martin Chavez, In Honor of André Courville
Your Cause LLC, Guardian Life Insurance, at the request of Theresa Cerezola
Paul Clark and Carol Parrish
The Barrow Foundation, at the request of Marvin Seline
Richard and Carol Seltzer
Raymond and Yong Kwok
AMBASSADOR ($2,500-4,999)
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Noreen Doyle
Brian Garman
Patrick Riordan
Jewish Communal Fund, at the request of Sari Scheer and Samuel Kopel
Stephen Weiner and Donald G. Cornuet
BENEFACTOR ($1,000-2,499)
Ms. Liliana Bachrach
Don and Maggie Buchwald
Ira and Margaret Deutsch
Thor Eckert
Joseph and Patricia Finkelstein
Philip and Kay Garman
Frederick and Sally Harris
Susan Herrmann
Jim and Joan Hunter
Montgomery and Jane Iredale
David C. Kneuss
William and Judith Loy
Barbara McCullough
Terence McInerney
Donald and Ann Morrison
The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation
Price Chopper's Golub Foundation
Cris C. Raymond
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, at the request of Michael Riordan
Dr. Jeffrey and Karen Ross
Charles and Jan Schwager
Morgan Stanley Gift Fund
The Ronald and Mary Kay Teel Charitable Fund
James and Georgette Verdin
Michael J. White, MD and Richard LeBeau
Robert Merli and Soo Sung Wong-Merli
SPONSOR ($500-999)
Dr. Roy and Judith Aaron
Adams Community Bank
Joseph Alexiou
Ms. Patricia Begrowicz
Howard Bliwise
Matthew Bliwise
Charles Corcoran
Lynn Cunningham and Kevin Ray
Scott and Ellen Hand
Erica Hennings, In Honor of Jonathon Loy
Bataya Kahane
Fidelity Charitable, at the request of the Michael Emont and Margo Rappoport Fund
Fidelity Charitable, at the request of the Phyllis A. and Harvey Klein Charitable Fund
Elaine and Fred Panitz, In Honor of Jonathon Loy
George Stinson and Richard Riskin
Norma Strassler
Carl and Claudia Shuster, In Honor of Jonathon Loy
Jonathan Swartz
Mathew Talbot, In Honor of Jonathon Loy
SUPPORTER ($250-499)
Carol Hill Albert and Charles Rich
John and Maureen Allan
Bob Anstine
Irene D. Aquino and Ronald Nickerson
Joseph M. Biber
Catherine Braun, In Honor of Vira Slywotzky
Mr. Scott Butler
David Carey
Julie Cassiday and Leyla Rouhi
John and Lee Cheek
Susan Clifton, In Honor of Don Usher
Hillary Cohen
Linda Conway
Jo E. Cooper
Claudia d'Alessandro and David Reed, In Honor of Phyllis Curtin
Gerald and Joan Dreher
Marcia and Tess Fardella
Joan Flesch
Alan R. Fridkin
Ralph and Audrey Friedner
Herb Ginsburg
Dr. Harvey Klein
Charles J. Lemmen
Jean-Pierre Linder and Jill Resnick
Paul and Evelyn Margus
Jonathon C. Marshall
Jacqueline and Jaan Metsma
Burton Miller, In honor of Jane Braur
Alice Nathan and Irving Marks
Laura O’Shaughnessy
Ms. Pamela Reznick
OLLI (Osher Lifelong Institute at Berkshire Community College)
Fidelity Charitable, at the request of the C.C. Cave & Peter Rothstein Charitable Fund
JoAnn and Mark Rollins
Jewish Communal Fund, at the request of Milton Rubin
Sari Scheer and Samuel Kopel
Gary Schieneman and Susan Fisher
Jonathan Swartz
Louis Talbot
Dr. Kate Thomas
David Trubek
Arthur and Pamela Turton
Myra Tweedy
Chester and Madeline Vogel
Peter J. Wender
Michael and Cheryl Zaccaro
Audrey Zucker
FRIEND ($1-249)
Harold and Denyse Adler
Elliot and Helen Adler
Jack and Marilyn Allahand
Marc Alon Embree
Ashley Armstrong
Meredith Arwady Kahrl
Susan P. Bachelder, In Memory of Julia Bachelder
Janet Bailey
Fred Baker and Lisa Powers
Frank Barrie
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, at the request of Benjamin Luxon
Kathy A. Bennett
Robert and Shelley Berend
Patricia Bergowicz
Irene Bernstein-Pechemez
John C. Berrett
Elliott Bird
Eva Blachere
Walter and Hildi Black
Christopher and Karen Blair
Maxine Blake and Lois Rice
Monica Bliss
Stephanie Blythe
Andy Pamela Breslin
Ms. Sally Brooke
John R. Brooks II and Michelle S. Brooks
Malcom and Louise Brown
Gretchen Browne
Russell and Susan Burns
Phyllis Buster Doroshow
Karin G. Butler
Phyllis J. Campbell
Joel and Susan Cartun
Paul Cashman
Dorothy Cerezola, In Honor of Theresa Cerezola
Ms. Margaret Chapman
Myron Chefetz and Patricia Feldman
Robert and Kathy Clausen
Jeffrey and Beth Cohen
Mrs. Linda Coll
Kathleen M. Connor
Peter Contuzzi
Paula M. Cooke, In Honor of David Cooke
Carol Corden, In Honor of Theresa Cerezola
Rita Cuker
Frank and Carol Curran
John H. Davies
Raymond J. DeAngelo and Martin Rosen
Elayne Dix
Stephen and Ruth Dube
Cori Ellison
Sandra Enfield
Joan Esposito
Paula Farbman
Patricia and Myron Feldman
Fidelity Charitable, at the request of Kim Kaufman
Diane Finklesteine
Peter and Nancy Finn
Roz Forman
Judith Fox
Gena Frank, In Memory of Phyllis Curtin
Frank Garretson
Christine Gevert
Jacques and Wilma Geyer
Pamela Giles
Jennifer Golanics, In Honor of Mary Clare McAlee
Andrew Gold and Dori Katz
Warren Goodman
Marshall Lapidus and Suzanne Gordon
Mary Anne and John Grammer
Sharon M. Gregory
Charles and Phyllis Gronberg
Jane A. Gross
Paul Gurwitz
Mr. David Hagerty
Brian Hailes and Monica Sinclair
Anvernette B. Hanna
Jean Hansen
Amy Helsel
Thomas and Clarita Herrera-Argyros, MD
Rev. Frances Hills
Sandra H. Hutton
Gary J. Jaskula
Irene Kamaroff
Elliot and Adrienne Katz
MerrieLynn Keegan
John Kingsley
Katharine Kinsolving
Martha Klein
Gary and Rita Kobran
Michael Kornfield
Fidelity Charitable at the request of the Kosto Family Charitable Fund
Renee Kotler
Valerie Krall and Ralph Lieberman
Ms. Joan Kravetz
Michael Lacalamita
Norman and Susan Ladov
Enrico and Cookie Lamet
Edith Lasner, In Memory of Bud Ackerman
Dr. Robert B. Lee
Lucy Lehrer
Rochelle Leinwand and Morton Taubin
Karl Lescarbeau
Jennifer Lester
Howard and Judith Levin
Pamela Levit
Gerald and Andrea Levy
Marion R. Lipson Trust, In Memory of Bud Ackerman
Leonard and Elaine Lipton
Dr.Benjamin Liptzin and Liz Scnider
Thomas Litwack
Jonathon Loy and Christopher Riggleman
Benjamin Luxon and Susan Crofut
Richard Mackey
Henry Maimin
Dr. Ronald and Iris Maitland
Barbara E. Mandler
Kathleen Marion
Marie L. Martinau, In Honor of Theresa Cerezola
Gary and Catherine Mayne
Jackie and Malcolm Mazow
Leslie Mazza
Peter McCallion, In Memory of Robert Dandridge
Jainee McCarroll
Brigitte D. McDonald
Hugh and Camilla McFadden
Meghan McGrath
Julien and Abigail McKee
Jane W. Meisel
Don Mele
Ronald Milch
Rosanne Mistretta
Jenna Moffat
Michael Moran, In Memory of Francis and Marcella Moran
David and Betsy Morgan
Kathleen Moynihan
Robert and Leslie Murray
Ronald and Diane Neff
David Neigher
Djordje Nesic
Marijo Newman
Ronald J. Nickerson and Irene Aquino
Fred and Andrea Novin
Sheila Orenstein
Stephen and Constance Pajeski
John Paulson
Marcel Perez-Pirio and Eric Perry
Roy and Jean Perkinson
Nancy S. Pigman
Dr. Peter Podol
Florian Ptak
Elaine Radiss
Joel and Eliabeth Radsken
Kurt Rausch
Charles and Julie Reich
Judith Reichert
Norman and Marcia Resnick
Rosamond H. Rice
Christopher and Tracey Richards
Karen Richards
Karen Riley and Ryan Coons
Phyllis Rivlin
Abigail Rollins and Matthew Whiton
Joshua Rosen
Aaron and Barbara Rosenzweig, In Honor of the Rosenzweig family
David Ross and Stephanie Susens
Donald and Alice Roth
Kathy Saranpa
Alain and Joan Sasson
Christine Saurel
Paul Schack
Francis Schell
Faye and Roger Schneier
Schwab Charitable
Kathryn Ambrose Sereno
Gloria Shapiro
Karen Shreefter
Michael and Arlene Shreefter
Dr. Carole Siegel
Marc Silver, In Memory of Bud Ackerman
Roberta Silman
Marc Silver
Laurea Simonds
Robert and Carla Skidmore
Judith Slagoff
Elliot and Judith Slotnick
Christopher Smeall
Sally M. Soluri
Myron Sosnow
Tom and Maureen Steiner
Mario and Eileen Steinvurzel
Lawrence Strauss and Francine Weinberg Strauss
Andrew Sun
Eric Tarlow
Thomas and Madeline Tiktin
Jeannine Tonetti
Robin Tost
Michael and Nancy Vale
Peter and Patricia Van Pelt
Lisken Van Pelt Dus
Susan Vaughn
Mary Verdi
Joseph and Patricia Vitacco
Barbara Waldinger
Chris Weber
Meghan E. Van Alstyne
Alan Weisman
Rhea and Kenneth Werner
Marjorie Wexler
Ellen Whittaker
Mark and Hope M. Wigmore
Andrea Wilson
John Wofford
Joel and Frances Wolk
Meredith Woodend
Anna B. Zaffanella
Madeline Zawel
Suha Zia
GIFTS-IN-KIND AND SPECIAL THANKS
Asia Barong
The Berkshire Atheneum
The Barrington B&B
Berkshire Museum
Berkshire Theatre Group
Vincent Brewer
Kenneth Campbell
Claudia D'Alessandro
Kay Garman
Seth Keyes
Ed Szwyd
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Andrea Yu Photography