Individual Giving


Tracy Dahl, Daughter of the Regiment, 2003
Tracy Dahl, Daughter of the Regiment, 2003

Consider Giving

Opera is the most expensive live art form. Even a sold out performance covers only a portion of what it costs to produce an opera. Ticket revenues generate about 37% of our entire budget. Government grants & programs add another 30% and so we count on your support to fund the remaining 33%.

Individuals, small and medium businesses and large corporations all play a vital role in helping us produce what you experience in the theatre.


Director's Circle

Gifts of $1000 or more entitle our individual donors to become members of Opera Hamilton's Director's Circle. This special group of patrons receive additional recognition and opportunities, beyond their tax receipt, which increase appropriate to the amount of donation.


Friends of Opera Hamilton

Individual donors are recognized for their tax deductible gifts at levels appropriate to the size of the gift. Starting at as little as $50 all donors are thanked in our programs and website and the benefits grow from there.

Director's Circle Benefits (pdf)Friends Benefits (pdf)

For more information: 905-527-7627 x.221 or x.226

Director's Circle

Diamond ($10,000 – $29,999)
Mr. & Mrs. Alan & Marlies Clark
Dr. Carl & Mrs. Kate Turkstra

Maestro Circle ($6,000 – $9,999)
Angelica Stavnitzky

Platinum ($3,500 – $5,999)
Mr. & Mrs. Albert & Nancy Alexanian
J. Peter & Helene Hunt
Dr. Michael & Mary Romeo
David & Cydney Speers

Gold ($2,100 – $3,499)
Mrs. Lida Alexanian
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas & Kari Beese
Bob & Maggie Carr
Loretta & John Dimen
Mr. & Mrs. Mario Fabris
Bill & Marian Hart
Dr. & Mrs. W.A. Pieczonka
Mrs. Jean Speers

Silver ($1,000 – $2,099)
Ike & Shahnaz Ahmed
Sam & Jessie Albanese
Doug & June Barber
Estelle & Chub Baxter
Laura & Grant Boghosian
Dr. & Mrs. Andrew & Sylvia Boyko
Roger & Lois Brabant
Stephen Bye
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Byl
Gordon & Pat Cameron
Dr. & Mrs. William & Christa Chan
Mr. Sam M. Cino
Gino & Josie Crimeli
Cameron & Jean Crowe
Dennis Darby
Dr. John & Beatrice Deadman
Mrs. Rosario deWit-Farro
Dr. Mohammed Dokainish & Dr. Soraya Erian-Dokainish
Kathy & Peter Ernst
Mr. Craig Fisher
Folkens-Nageler Investments Inc.
Mrs. Ines Freitag
Trevor P. Garwood-Jones
Margaret Genovese
Dr. Peter George & Rev Allison Barrett
Michael Golych
David & Judy Goodings
Art Grierson
Larry & Tanis Hall
Nancy Handrigan & Peter Oleskevich
Dr. Helen Howard-Lock & Dr. Mel Preston
Mr. & Mrs. Rodger Inglis
Paul Jaggard & Ruth Caswell
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Jarrett
Dr. Leslie Laking
Jack Leon
Dr. Harvey & Mona Levenstein
Audrey Litwiller
Nancy Lowell
Dr. Peter & Rev Ann Macdonald
Myra A. Malley & Cameron A. More
Mr. & Mrs. John & Dawn Martens
Dr. Marilyn May & Dr. Paul Richard Saunders
John & Pat McKenna
Les & Nadine McLean
Mr. & Mrs. Don & Pat McTaggart
Dr. Margaret Michalec
Mrs Catherine L. Miller
Mr. Roger D. Moore
Barbara Newham & Douglas Scott
Anne & John North & Ellen Puusepp
Dr. & Mrs. Brian P O'Malley
Dr. & Mrs. R. Paluch
Peter Phoa
Mary M. Pollice
Kathryn Rumbold
Mr. & Mrs. Ron & Nancy Schramm
Herb & Cece Schreiber Family Foundation
James & Louise Stokes
Mrs. Elaine Stoneham
Robert Summers-Gill
Leslie & Julianna Szoke
Mr. & Mrs. Peter & Kathryn Tekker
Peter & Cindy Uffelmann
Drs. J. Weitz & J. Masterson
Ron & Heather Weston
Meg & Jim Young

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