Our Donors
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.
Foundation Supporters
- Sisyphus Foundation
- Graeme Wood Foundation
- The Humanity Foundation
- Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Kaye Foundation
- Packer Family 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 Patrons ($5,000+)
- Nena Beretin
- John Claudianos Andrew Goy
- Anonymous (3)
Continuo Fellow Program
Principal Supporters
Norman Gillespie
Dr Douglas Sturkey
Taryn Fiebig Scholar Program
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
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)
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, 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)
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- Emily and Yvonne Chang
- Peter Jopling
- Iphygenia Kallinikos
- Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Kaye Foundation
- Suzanne Kirkham
- Justice François Kunc and Ms Felicity Rourke, in memory of Lidia Kunc
- Metal Manufactures Limited
- Nick and Caroline Minogue
- The Late Margaret Pitt
- Patricia H Reid Endowment
- Margie Seale and David Hardy
- The Late Agnes Sinclair
- Sisyphus Foundation
- Westpac Good2give
- Anonymous (2)
- Karin Keighley
- Jan Marie Muscio
- Prudence and Peter Davenport
- Rebecca Davies
- Ian Dickson and Reg Holloway
- Jennifer Dowling
- The Emalyn Foundation
- The Humanity Foundation
- The Late John Mant
- Barbara Messerle and Edward Curry-Hyde
- Ian and Pam McGaw
- Andrew Peace
- Beverley Price
- Scentre Group
- Anthony and Amanda Gill
- Anonymous (3)
- Carey Beebe
- Guido Belgiorno-Nettis and Michelle Belgiorno
- Jenny Boddington
- Stewart Candlish and Bianca Panizza
- John Claudianos
- The de Soysa Foundation
- John and Irene Garran
- Norman Gillespie
- Andrew Goy
- Ailsa Hocking and Bernie Williams
- Elisabeth Hodson
- Alan Hyland
- Claire Wivell Plater and James Kirby
- Emma Johnston and Mark Probert
- John Kaldor
- Juliet Lockhart
- David Mathlin and Camilla Drover
- Noel & Donna McIntosh and Family
- Helen McMaster
- Cathryn McMillan
- Michael Pain and Lisa Giles
- Dr David and Dr Gillian Ritchie
- Anthony Strachan
- The Stoneglen Foundation Jeanne-Claude Strong
- Annie and Anthony Whealy
- Anonymous (2)
- Andrew Allen and Sarah Nettleton
- Maia Ambegaokar and Joshua Bishop
- Michael Ball
- Abby Bloom and Robert Angyal
- Stephen Booth and Zorica Rapaich
- Henry Burmester and Peter Mason
- Hon J C Campbell KC and Mrs Campbell
- Michael Chesterman in memory of Colleen Chesterman
- Robert and Julie Clarke
- Jean Cockayne
- Max and Joan Connery
- Janet Cooke
- Toula and Nicholas Cowell
- Cowell Mirisklavos Foundation
- Dammery Family Foundation
- Hon Pru Goward AO
- Elizabeth Hallett and Richard White Janway Pty Ltd
- Robin Low
- Peter Lowry AM and Dr Carolyn Lowry OAM
- Alexandra Martin
- Julianne Maxwell
- Kevin and Deidre McCann
- Peter McGrath
- Brendan McPhillips
- Frances Muecke
- Trevor Parkin
- Catherine Playoust and Elliott Gyger
- Prof Andrew Rosenberg
- Beverley Southern
- Kerry Thomas
- Jennifer Thredgold
- Mark Walker
- Yim Family Foundation
- Anonymous (5)
- Janet Nash and Alan Hauserman
- Antoinette Albert
- Gillian Appleton
- Marco Belgiorno-Zegna
- John Biffin
- Keith Brister
- Judy Butlin
- Robert and Carmel Clark
- John and Angela Compton
- Raoul de Ferranti
- Susanne de Ferranti
- Julie and Bill Dowsley
- David And Jane Duncan
- Suellen Enestrom
- Terry Fahy
- Kay Fell
- Dr Marguerite Foxon
- Valmae Freilich
- John Frew
- Robert Furley
- Matthew Gerber
- Mary-Jane Gething
- Regina Graycar
- Christine Gunn and Bob Robertson
- James M Hardigg
- V Hartstein
- Janet Holmes � Court AC
- Ian Hunt
- Michael and Anna Joel
- Sue Johnston
- Shinji Kakizaki and Paul Arkell
- Mathilde Kearny-Kibble
- Surveying Solutions PL
- Wolf Krueger
- Kerry Landman
- Mary Jane Lawrie
- Diccon and Elizabeth Loxton in memory of Wes Maley
- Chris Maltby
- Chris and Jenny Meaney
- Stephen Mulligan
- Kerry Murphy
- Robyn Nicol
- Paul O'Donnell
- Rod Pobestek
- Dr Trish Richardson in memory of Andy Lloyd James
- Lisbeth Roberts
- Felicite Ross
- Petrina and Michael Slaytor
- Sue Thomson
- Graham and Judy Tribe
- Laurel Tsang
- Ross and Suzanne Tzannes
- Harriet Veitch
- Kay Vernon
- Elizabeth Watson
- Glen and Robina Weir
- Janice White
- Daniel Zucker
- Anonymous (4)
- Glenyss Allen
- Vivienne Bath and Andrew Byrnes
- Henry Brender
- Thérèse Burnett
- Bronwyn and Anthony Carroll
- Lynette Casey
- Ann-Louise Crotty
- Jim Dominguez
- Marie-Louise Dreux
- Elliott Family
- Gabrielle Ewington
- Lesley Finn
- Peter Fletcher
- Dr Marguerite Foxon
- Jean Gifford
- Allan Gill and Dr Andrew Byrne
- Ruth Gough
- Carole A P Grace
- Jillian Graham
- Anita Green
- Anthony Gregg
- Rohan Haslam
- Angela Herscovitch
- Dorothy Hoddinott
- Michael Horsburgh
- Richard and Angela Kirsner
- Nicole Lacy
- Ralph Lane
- Bruce Lane
- Béatrice Lang
- John Linstead
- Alumni Travel
- Meg McDonald
- Gillian McDonald
- Ian Morrison
- Beverley Northey
- Andrew O'Connor
- Roslyn Packer
- Giles Parker
- Ian and Pip Pattison
- Jacqueline Preuss
- David Rolph
- Robert Sanderson
- Ingrid Selene
- Michael Taylor
- Ann and Larry Turner
- Meredith Verge
- A. Wheeler
- Karen Wilson
- Patricia Woolcock
- John Yu
- Anonymous (10)
- Derek Abbott
- John Acton
- Lyn Aldridge
- Geoffrey Alexander
- Carolyn Alken
- Wendy Amigo
- Margaret Anderson
- Helen Andreoni
- Daina Aspin
- David Atmore
- Margrit Bachmann
- Anna Bailleul
- Jeanette Baird
- Jock Baird in memoriam Annette McClure
- Matt Barden
- Jane Barnes
- Emily Barrett
- Alasdair Beck
- Richard Beckett
- Carolyn Behm
- Helen Belcher
- Ian Bennetts
- Susie Bennetts
- Serena Beresford-Wylie
- Carla Bergstrom
- Susan Berry
- Joseph Bertolini
- Angela Bettington
- Anita Beuthien
- Helen Bilenkij
- Julia Blackwood
- Catherine Blake Thomas
- Gabrielle Bookallil
- Kevin Boreham
- Chris Borthwick
- Neil Botham
- Mike Boudry
- Bill Bowtell
- Barra Boydell
- Vicki Brooke
- Lynette Brown
- David Bryant
- Neil and Denise Buchanan
- Karen Bugeia
- William and Margaret Burton
- Christine Butler
- Murray Cameron
- Brian and Judith Campbell
- Mary Jo Capps AM and Lloyd Capps
- John Carmody
- Rose Carter
- Amanda Cartmill
- Lisa Cartwright
- Susan Carveth
- Averill Chase
- Roslyn Cheney
- Andrew Cheng
- Kristen Cherrie
- Roger Cherry
- Colin Nicholson Chesterman
- Jocelyn Chey
- Catherine Cheyne-Macpherson
- Julia Church
- David Churches
- Kate Clancy
- Lindie Clark
- Peter Clayton
- Jenny Clift
- Wendy Cobcroft
- Milton Cohen
- Shelagh Coleman
- Anne Collett
- Paul Compton
- Janice Conley
- Meredith Conran
- Jennifer Coombs
- Loretta Coombs
- Clive Cooper
- Robert Cordukes
- Graeme Coss
- Esther Cossman
- Lucy Costas
- Sidney Cox
- Nicola Craddock
- Rita Crews
- Jennifer Crivelli
- Murray Crosswell
- Desmond Crowley
- Jennet Cunnington
- Peter Dadak
- Lola Davidson
- Joy Day
- Peter de Jager
- Marie Deverill
- Dr Robert Dingley
- Tania Disney
- Candice Docker
- Agnes Dodds
- Anne Donaldson
- Megan Donnelley
- Kerrie Donoghue
- Fiona Douglas
- Janet Doust
- Golde Dudell
- Sandy Dudgeon
- Philippa Duflou
- Margaret Duguid
- Nita Durham
- Hugh Durrant-Whyte
- James Easton
- Katherine Eccles
- Rowena Eddy
- Michael Edwards
- Patsy Elliott
- Roger Elliott
- Sophie Emtage
- Ian Ernst
- Norman Etherington
- Mary Evans
- Louise Fenley
- Jennifer Ferguson
- Stuart Ferguson
- Lorraine Fildes
- James Finnis
- Diana Fisher
- Josephine Fisher
- Margaret Fittock
- Geoffrey Fitzhardinge
- Janet Flint
- Ka Him Michael Fong
- Kerith Fowles
- Catherine Fox
- Tamara Fraser
- Noel French
- Marie Freyne
- Peter Fuller
- Fiona Gale
- Denys Garden
- John Gardiner
- Jeannine Garnett
- Richard Gastineau-Hills
- Judith Genzo
- Robert Gertler
- Devleena Ghosh
- Kay Gibbons
- Judith Gibson
- James Gillespie
- Patricia Glanville-Miller
- Sally L Glover
- Barbara Goldstein
- Alvaro Gonzalez-Lavagnini
- Kitta Good
- Selwyn Gotlieb
- John Graham
- Richard Grant
- Casey Green
- Mindy Green
- Jennifer Greenstreet
- Jennifer Gribble
- John Griffin
- Lisa Gropp
- Alan Gunther
- Lynette M Gurr
- Bev Hackett
- Paul Hager
- Peter Hale
- Peter Hales
- Henrik Halkier
- Gillian Halliday
- Bernice Hand
- Carolyn Hanna
- Kathleen Hannay
- Neil and Pamela Hardie
- Louise Harkness
- John Harrison
- Stephanie Harrisson
- Richard Hartley
- Rachel Hawkeswood
- Michael Hayes
- Nicholas Hayes
- Esther Hayter
- Glenda Haywood
- Elisabeth Heard
- Agnes Heffernan
- Roger Henning
- Jennifer Hershon
- Maria Hinds
- Mary Holley
- Philippa Hook
- Ros Horin
- Nick Horn
- Barbara Howard
- David Howard
- Carolyn Howells
- Eloise Howse
- John Hughes
- Warwick Hunter
- Louis Hurley
- Claudia Hyles
- Robert and Margaret Jackson
- Judy Jaensch
- Jacqueline Jago
- Peter James
- Punia Jeffery
- Ruth Jeremy
- Karen Johnson
- Elizabeth Johnston
- Clive Jones
- Gar Jones
- Helen Jones
- Fiona Joneshart
- Beate Josephi
- Stephen Jovanovich
- Gaynor Kaad
- Daniel Kaan
- Andrew Kaldor
- Shekhar Kalra
- Alexander Katsman
- Cynthia Kaye
- David Kelly
- Maria Kelly
- Cath Kench
- Jillian Kennedy
- Patricia Kennedy
- Christine Kenworthy
- Greg Kerr
- Rosemary King
- Ayse Kiran
- Sue Kirby
- Allison Kirkman
- Kim Kirkman
- Peter Kirkpatrick
- Jim Kitay
- William Knight
- Pramesh Kovoor
- Roslyn Laird
- Alexandra Lavau
- Amanda Laverie
- Mark Lennox
- Vivian Lewin
- Nassier Lim
- Sandra Lim
- Karl Lindeson
- Melody Lord
- Jan Lumsden
- Terry Lustig
- Sue Lyons
- Heather MacDonald
- Amrit MacIntyre
- Dorothy Mackerras
- David Mackintosh
- Colin MacLeod
- Louise Madelaine
- Pamela Makey
- John Maneschi
- Christine Margaret
- Paul Markey
- Anthea Markowiak
- Susan Marshall
- Ellen Marshbaum
- Paul Mason
- Phillip Mathieson
- Jill Matthews
- Peter Mayer
- Michael McAlary
- Richard McDonald
- Scott McDonald
- Ann McFarlane
- Lynette McIntyre
- Marjory Mckay
- Elspeth Mclachlan
- Patricia McLagan
- Megan McMurchy
- Dianne McWilliam
- Lillian Melick
- Louise Melville
- Herbert Menka
- Isabella Messina
- Dirk Meure
- Christine Middleton
- Renata Migus
- Louise Miller
- Dr Jacqueline Milne
- Simon Milton
- David Mitchell
- Robert Mitchell
- Denise Moore
- Janice Morgan
- Ruth Morgan
- Adrian Morris
- Judy Morton
- Gae Mulvogue
- Alasdair Murrie-West
- Liz Musgrove
- Susan Myatt
- Dr Anne T A Myers
- Liliana Navarro
- Diana Neale
- Christopher Nelson
- Helen Neville
- Jonathan Nicholson
- Ann Nixon
- Charles Nixon
- Ted Nixon
- Amanda Noakes
- Therese Nolan-Brown
- Kora Nowak
- Mary Nunn
- Jennifer O’Brien
- Trudi O'Neil
- Kate O'Neill
- Kathleen Olive
- Nicholas Olson
- Elizabeth Olsson
- Mary Osullivan
- Louise Owen
- Paul Owens
- Deborah Palmer
- George Park
- Meredith Park
- Claire Parkhill
- Douglas Paterson
- Pip Pattison
- Fiona Payne
- Trevor Peacock
- Patricia Pearsej
- Elisabeth Peet
- Christina Pender
- Lynette Petruccelli
- Anne Phelan
- Kim Phu
- Elisabeth Pidd
- Laura Power
- Sue Preston
- Robert Pullar
- David Rafferty
- Valina Rainer
- Gillian Rawlings
- Angus Rea
- Cristina Regiani
- Krythia Reid
- Edward Reis
- Alexander Richards
- John and Heather Rickard
- Luis Riebl
- Stanley Ritchie
- Helen Roberts
- Anthony Robinson
- Gillian Robinson
- Peter Roennfeldt
- Penny Rogers
- Naomi Roseth
- Ana Maria Ross
- Sally Ross
- Catherine Rostron
- Shefali Rovik
- Raechelle Rubinstein
- Elizabeth Ruthven
- Diane Sandrejko
- Stephen Sasse
- Betty Schlesinger
- Kurt Schranzer
- Susan Schroeder
- Helen Scott
- Euan Scott-Bell
- Elaine Searle
- Patricia Short
- Marta Skrbis
- Joan Smiley
- David Smith
- Jane Smith
- Jennifer Smith
- George Somjen
- Rodney Spaz
- Richard Spencer
- Ernestine Spiegel
- Alice Spizzo
- Lee Squires
- Dalia Stanley
- Elizabeth Staraj
- Elissa Stathis
- Helene Stead
- Barbara Steller
- Jeffrey Stewart
- Matthew Yates and Phillipa Stewart
- Helen Still
- Marie-Louise Stokes
- Margaret Strobl
- Alasdair Stuart
- Jennifer Sutton
- Liz Swain
- Fahmi Talib
- Clive Tapsell
- Inna Tatarinova
- Barbara Taylor
- Bronwyn Taylor
- Charlotte Taylor
- Donna TaylorLinda Taylor
Paul Thom
Fiona Thompson
Helen Thomson
Caroline Thornton
Dominic Thorsen
Frances Tilly
Laura Tingle
John Toogood
Kaye Trainor
Susan Treloar
Paul Trunoff
Mark Tucker
Margaret Tung
Vaughan Turnbull
Greg Turner
Ivana Turner
Jennifer and David Turner
Linda Upfold
David Vance
Peter Vaughan-Reid
Margaret Vickers
Judy Vines
Xiao Yun Wang
Alison Wannan
Christine Watts
Diana Weston
Judith Wheeldon
Roslyn Wheeler
Suzanne Whereat
Dr Peter White
Richard White
David Whitehouse
Graeme Wiffen
Joan Wilcox
Annette Williams
Vera Williamson
Anthony Willis
Susan Wills
Geoffrey Windon
David Wood
Richard Wood
Peter Woolf
Carolyn Wright
Eric WU
Damian Young
George Zaharias
Joy Zhang
Abraham Zulaikha
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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
- Stewart Candlish and Bianca Panizza
- Helen Meddings in memory of Phil Meddings
- Andrew O'Connor
- Trevor Parkin
- Beverley Price
- Anonymous (5)
We also thank the estates of
- The Late Timothy Brian Carey
- The Late John Mant
- The Late Margaret Pitt
- The Late Agnes Sinclair
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.
