and
The Chester Ludgin Memorial Fund of Opera New York
2004-2005 Donors
Lead Underwriter ($25,000+)
Premiere Underwriter ($15,000 - $24,999)
Underwriter ($10,000 -
$14,999)
Placido Domingo
Benefactor ($5,000 - $9,999)
Patron ($1,000 - $4,999)
John Fiorito
Melvyn and Irene Krauss
Stephen Phebus and Linda Howes
Samuel Ramey
Nicholas John Stathis
Sponsor ($500 - $999)
Amato Opera Theatre
Angela Boone
Mrs. Patricia A. Corbett
Judith Fredricks
Mary Jennings
Donald M. Ludgin
Dan Merriman
Nancy Shade
Fellow ($250 - $499)
Elisabeth Carron
Eva De Luca
Bruce B. Donnell
Joan M. Dorneman
Spiro Malas
Sherrill and Maria Milnes
Paul Plishka
Linda M. Treigle Pratt
Julius Rudel
John Short and Michelle McFadden
Eva St. John
Evelyn Sachs Steinberg
William Stone
Erik Buck Townsend
Richard Woitach
Friend ($100 - $249)
Robert Paul Abelson and Carol Toscano
Eunice Alberts
Gloria Marinacci Allen
Michael Baratoff and Kathleen Devine
Elaine Bonazzi
Victor Brann
Martin Broms and Barbara Norcia-Broms
Patricia Craig Cassilly
Dominic Cossa
Nicholas Di Virgilio
Jo-Nan Forman
Ernest Gilbert
Allan Glassman and Jeanine Thames
Frank Guarrera
Jerry Hadley
Elena Heimur
Dr. Betty Jones
Van Joyce
Florence Kalvar
Mary Louise
Karen Lundry and Robert MacClay
Jane Marsh
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Melendez
Robert and Julie Meyer
Jeffrey and Beth Ann Mosher
Thomas Paul
Frank Porretta
Mildred M. Posvar
Linda Rein
Regina Resnik
Scott Rudin
Angelika Saleh
Rita Shane and Daniel F. Tritter
Katina Scheid
John Stamford
Meta Ukena
Benita Valente
Robert Van Valkenburg
Sandra Warfield-McCracken
Don Yule
Bill Zakariasen
Contributor ($10 - $99)
David Anderson
Lee Belaver
Kay and Sam Belich
Richard Bond
Jeffrey Buchsbaum
Ruth Hider Bunting
Elizabeth Cangelosi
Catherine Christensen
Joseph Citarella
Mark Cogley
Donal Cooke and Ellen Cook
Jerry Coyle
Michael Devlin
Marc Embree and Jane Bunnell
Ellen Faull
Cynthia Firing and
Alessandro Magno
Lawrence and Ann Florio
Cristina Fontanelli
Judith Forst
Leyna Gabriele
Diane Gallagher
Margaret L. Goodman
Ellen Gordon
Edith Grasso
Herbert Grossman
Carol Gutknecht
Charles Handelman
Irene Callaway Harrower
Irene Harrower
Jenny Hayden and Irwin Densen
Mildred Hohner
Danielle Holmstrom
Diane Johnson and Rudy Langlais
Audre Johnston
Cynthia Kessel
Jennifer Kim
Mary King
Lois Kirschenbaum
William Ledbetter
Rhoda Levine
Brenda Lewis
David Lloyd
Robert Manno
Michael Mariani
Susanne Martinucci
Allen McGill
Yeoryia Megremis
Stefan Minde
Kathleen O'Callaghan
Adam Petroski
E. Meredith Reid
Lou Rodgers
Evelyn Rothstein
Dean Ryan
Jane Sondheimer
Lynn Starling
Ian Strasfogel
Carolina Taitz
Gloria Troy
Ellen C. Wagner
Robert Ward
Webster Young
Special thanks to Bethany Short, Artist, for her portraits of Chester Ludgin
Opera New York would like to
thank the following generous donors of items
for the Silent Auction at the Benefit Cocktail Party on October 8, 2004
Columbia Cutlery
Ronald Maffei
Ellen Cook, Licensed Massage Therapist
Grinnell New York
Fashion Jewelry
260 West 39th St. NYC
Lynn Chase Designs, Fine China
Alessandro Magno
Neuchatel at the Plaza
Gourmet Swiss Chocolate, 212.751.7742
[ The Chester Ludgin American Verdi Baritone Competition 2006]
[Events, Parties, and Snapshots, 2004-05]
