JANUARY 2021 VIRTUAL CONCERT OPERA BIRMINGHAM OPERA...FROM A SISTAH’S POINT OF VIEW CONTENTS CLICK TITLES BELOW TO JUMP TO THE PAGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OPERA BIRMINGHAM STAFF INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTORS TRIBUTE GIFTS TITLE PAGE PROGRAM AND SPECIAL THANKS MEET THE ARTISTS ADVERTISERS OPERA BIRMINGHAM OPERA...FROM A SISTAH’S POINT OF VIEW THE HILL OPERA CENTER 3601 Sixth Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35222 205-322-6737 www.operabirmingham.org BOARD OF DIRECTORS Patricia Pritchett Wilson Green Teresa B. Percy PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT TREASURER Abbott Jones Rusha Smith Kathryn Ottensmeyer RECORDING SECRETARY CORRESPONDING SECRETARY IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Tom Barnett Dr. F. Cleveland Kinney LIFE MEMBERS Babs Buchanan Dr. Julius E. Linn Jr. Jane M. Hinds Andrew Collins Martha Pezrow Patty McDonald Dr. Daniel Dahl T. Brooks Proctor Patricia T. Scofield Dr. Andrew Duxbury Kenneth O. Simon Dorinda Smith Michael J. Freeman Carol Ann Smith, Esq. Mary K. Jackson Hon. J. Scott Vowell OPERA BIRMINGHAM SOUNDS OF THE SEASON 2020 RETURN TO CONTENTS OPERA BIRMINGHAM STAFF KEITH A. WOLFE-HUGHES GENERAL DIRECTOR LYNNE HUTTON AMY GILBERT RICHARDSON ELEANOR P. WALTER DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND AND PRODUCTION COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CAROLYN PEVEY MARK B. MOORE DANIEL SEIGEL BOOKKEEPER GRAPHIC DESIGNER CHORUSMASTER Opera Birmingham is a member of ABOUT THE OPERA Opera Birmingham, the only professional opera company in northern and central Alabama, was founded as the Birmingham Civic Opera in 1955. OPERA Opera Birmingham presents mainstage productions, as well as a variety AMERICA of concerts and recitals featuring renowned artists such as Angela Brown, MOVING OPERA FORWARD Renee Fleming, Elizabeth Futral, and Nathan Gunn. OPERA BIRMINGHAM OPERA...FROM A SISTAH’S POINT OF VIEW RETURN TO CONTENTS CONTRIBUTORS INDIVIDUAL ANGEL VP Funds Mr. James D. Sokol and The Hon. and Mrs. J. Scott Vowell Ms. Lydia C. Cheney Mrs. Betty Healey* Dr. Andrea and Mr. Goodloe White Won Cho Dorinda and John Smith Keith and Kevin Wolfe-Hughes Chris Chrisenberry Dr. and Mrs. Brian Christine FOUNDER’S CIRCLE OPERA CLUB CIRCLE Malcolm Clark Ms. Jo G. Classé Anonymous Mrs. William M. Acker Mr. and Mrs. John Clemmensen Mr. and Mrs. Brent Uptain Victor and Michelle Adamo Naomi Coffey Terry Adamson Dr. Tania Coric IMPRESARIO CIRCLE Kirk Alford Ms. Anna Cooper Cox Dr. Eduardo Arciniegas Mr. Kelly Allison Lindsey Craig Mr. Tom Barnett Chelsea Anderson Paula Crockard Dr. William Baxley Mrs. John Anderson Joseph Davis Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bone Dr. Rita J. Armitage Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Davis Dr. and Mrs. James A. Briley Mr. and Mrs. John Armstrong Jack Demedicis Ms. Babs Buchanan William and Janet Armstrong Mrs. Catherine T. Dent Mrs. Nanci Chazen Sandra Ash Sean Drummond Dr. Samuel A. (Tad) Cherry III Ms. Lynn Ault Danielle Dunbar Mr. Andrew J. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Bailey Mr. Thomas Duncan Drs. Daniel Carl Dahl and Terri Steele Mrs. Lois Baker Mrs. Karen Duncan Dr. Andrew Duxbury Ashley Bates Kristy Dutton Ms. Wanda Elkourie Ms. Sue B. Watkins Mr. and Mrs. Don Edge, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Fred Elsas Mrs. Robert Bauman Drs. Susan and Morgan Eiland Mr. and Mrs. James Emison Deborah Bennett Mrs. Barbara G. Fant Mrs. Walter S. Fletcher Michelle Benton Sonia Fargue Michael J. and MaryAnne Freeman Sandrah Swetkovich-Berglund Rachel S. Ferguson Mr. Christopher Gagliano Mr. Thomas Bloetscher Dr. Will Ferniany Drs. Sandra Gianturco and Dr. Graham Boettcher Dr. and Mrs. Richard Finch William Bradley Nadezhda Bogdan Joe Forbes Mrs. Deane Giles Mr. Nicholas Bouler III Lauren Fowler Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gooldrup Savannah Bracewell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Fox, Jr. Mr. Wilson Green Ms. Carolyn Bradley Robert M. Gambrell, Jr. Ms. Lida Hill Bob and Annette Brady Charles Gaston Mrs. Jane M. Hinds Dr. Tom Broker and Dr. Louise Chow Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gibson Mrs. Mary K. Jackson Lella Bromberg Elizabeth Goodrich Martin Jeiven Mary Brown Deborah Gordon Drs. Amy and John Johnstone Robin Brown Katherine Green Abbott Jones Sean Brown Drs. Gonzalo and Raquel Gurmendi Dr. F. Cleveland Kinney Mrs. Beverly Buccleugh Jack Hall Dr. Julius E. Linn, Jr. Ms. Katherine G. Buchanan Ms. Judith Hayes Hand Mr. and Mrs. John J. McMahon, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. G. William Bugg Emily Hanna Dr. Emily Omura Victoria and Wilton Bunch Mr. Edward Hardin Hobby Presley and Katy Ottensmeyer Di Bush Tallulah Hargrove Teresa B. Percy Ms. Camile Buttrus The Honorable and Mrs. Patricia Pritchett Mr. Jerry Campbell Mrs. Bernard Harwood T. Brooks Proctor Matthew Cantor Mrs. Martha Hastings Mr. and Mrs. C. Lee Reeves Mrs. Anne Carey Mr. and Mrs. William R. Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Steve Reich Mary Alice Carmichael Lindsay Hendley Mrs. George Scofield Ms. Gerda L. Carmichael Mr. Bill Hereford Ms. Carol Ann Smith John Carney Bethany Herrod Don Howarth and Stephen Carter Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Hiett Suzelle Smith Foundation Ms. Margaret Casey George Hight Ms. Rusha C. Smith Mrs. Howard W. Cater Mrs. Ann B. Hillhouse Dr. and Mrs. Chandler Smith Mr. Patrick Cather Dr. and Mrs. Tom Hines Mr. James T. Stephens Ms. Teresa Chandler Takiyah Hood Sam Chappell Dr. Edward and Mildred Allen Taub *In Memoriam OPERA BIRMINGHAM OPERA...FROM A SISTAH’S POINT OF VIEW RETURN TO CONTENTS CONTRIBUTORS INDIVIDUAL Dr. Paul Houghtaling Mrs. Alex W. Newton Mrs. Beth Stukes Jenny J. Hudson Mr. Stephen Niemeyer Ms. Lidia Sztul Dr. Celia Slaughter Huston Mr. John Norris Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Taft Amy Hutchison Carol Nunnelley David Talley Lynne Hutton Mr. Bryan Olson Emma Taylor Stephen Hyde Molly Ottsen Dr. James Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ingram Rev. Msgr. James P. Lang Mr. Samuel Tenenbaum, Jr. Kenneth Jackson Clay Palmer Holly Terrell Dr. Bond Johnson Ms. Barbara Patterson Louise Tharaud Carden Johnston Anne Payton Sarah J. Thomas Gary Johnson Meagan and Darrius Peace Tommy and Penny Thompson Anita Jones Mrs. Beverly Phillips Ms. Diane Tucker Josh Jones Amanda Pigue Mr. Edward R. Uehling Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Joyce Mrs. Barbara Piper Mr. Sidney Vance Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Keith Judi Pochran Nicole Vanden Heuvel Ken Kimmerly Trudy and Cliff Porter Ms. Kendall Waggoner Jaclyn Kirkpatrick Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Powell Brenda Wagner Donald Klem Susan Pretnar Mr. and Mrs. Bryson Waldo Frances J. Knox Mathalia Price Daniel Walker Warren Laird Mr. and Mrs. Rick Price Mr. Peter Walsh and Ms. Linda Vernon Clarence D. Lamon, Jr. and Clifton Quinn Eleanor and Whitten Walter Carolyn Evans Mr. Raymond Quintero Scott and Kelley Walton Frances Lawlor Joyce Ratliff Mr. and Mrs. James Warnock Dr. and Mrs. Thomas LeCroy Mrs. James Reddinger Daryl Washington Ms. Joyce Lehmeyer Sally Reilly Ms. Cornelia W. Watts Mrs. Kirsten Leonard Ferris Irene Reising Ms. Aimee Weaver Ms. Julie Levinson-Gabis Edward and Joan Reisinger Ms. Martha Weber Mrs. Carolyn W. Long Mr. James Robinett Stephen West Sherry B. Loper Mr. Keith Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Westfall Melissa Ludlum Ms. Janet Rooney Mrs. Joanne W. Weston Mr. Henry S. Lynn, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rossmeisl, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James White III Dr. Walter L. Maddox Mrs. Emily Rushing Elizabeth White Jill Mange Andrew Russell Mr. John T. Wideman Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Mann Mr. H. Brant Sanders Mr. Evan Williams Mrs. Patti Manning Janice Sandy Susan Wirt Ms. Lauren Marino Mr. Kenneth Sansom Terri Wittmeier Mr. Roger Marlin Liz Saunders Lee Woehle Michael Maus Dr. Stephen G. Schaeffer Eric Wolff Clay McCollum Winston Schepps Mark Womack and Mark McCoy Daniel Seigel Millinee Bannister Womack Wanda McCutcheon Ms. Ferne R. Seigel Joy Wood Ms. Dorothy McDaniel Mr. and Mrs. Scott Selman Mr. Stanley Woodall Patty McDonald Waid and Babbie Shelton Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Yoder Christine McLaughlin Mr. Larry Short Ms. Janis T. Zeanah James Mcmullan Ames Smith Ms. Faye McWhorter George H. Smith Ms. Deborah Medenica Mr. and Mrs. David Smith Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mooney Ms. Catherine H. Smith Kimberly Moore Mr. Phillip Smith and Dr. and Mrs. Paul Mosteller Mrs. Beverly Von Der Pool Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Mueninghoff Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sprague Mrs. Anita Mure Timothy Stettheimer Cynthia Mwenja Anna Steul Daniel Neer Ann Steves Ms. Soody Nelson Leon Storie Stanley M. Nelson Frederick Stroup click to give OPERA BIRMINGHAM OPERA...FROM A SISTAH’S POINT OF VIEW RETURN TO CONTENTS CONTRIBUTORS CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT Alabama State Council on the Arts The Huisking Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Jemison Investment Company Bradley Arant Jones Family Fund Bush Hills Music Club Maynard Cooper Charitable Foundation The Caring Foundation of Medical Properties Trust Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Andrew W. Morris and Ingeborg M. Johnson Fund The Daniel Foundation Opera America Day Family Foundation Poarch Band of Creek Indians Dunn-French Foundation UAB Health System The Estate of Wilma Geels Viva Health aka Triton Health Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation VP Funds HERO Foundation WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A SIMPLE WAY TO HELP OPERA BIRMINGHAM AND RECEIVE TAX BENEFITS IN RETURN? If you are 70 ½ or older, you are able to reduce taxes by making a Qualified Charitable Distribution from your IRA. 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