• UAB Callahan Eye Hospital and Clinic and UAB Medicine

• Marty Jeiven

• Dr. and Mrs. Fred Elsas

• Opera America’s Opera Grants for Women Composers program supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation

The Music Workshop at the Seagle Festival in August 2022 was supported by:    William Baxley, Wanda Elkourie, William and Susan Field, Mary Field, Margaret Jones, Lois A. Gaeta, Deane Giles, Tracey G. Riese, Scott and Nicki Sturgill, Heyward Hosch, Terrie Percy, and the Maynard Cooper Charitable Foundation.

In honor of Marianna Mott Newirth: John Manginelli, Steven Schreiber, and Securitech Group, Inc.

• Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education

• The Caring Foundation of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama (Education Sponsor)

• Lois A. Gaeta – In honor of Andrew S. Duxbury, MD, for his vision of comprehensive patient care. In memory of David R. Baker.

• The IPC Foundation

• F. Cleveland Kinney

• Dr. and Mrs. Fred Elsas

• The Honorable Inge P. Johnson and Mr. William T. Johnson, Jr.

• Miller Gorrie Legacy Fund

This production is funded, in part, by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Alabama State Council on the Arts, Regions, The Hugh Kaul Foundation, Robert R. Meyer Foundation, Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust and the Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation. Individual production sponsors include William Baxley, Lisa Maher, Ninon and Richard Parker, and Deborah Wood Medenica.

Please join us to bring this inspiring story to life!

Sponsors facilitate every aspect of breathing life into a production, including scenery, costumes, props, and all the singers and creative talent needed to put on an opera production. Touch, along with future Opera Birmingham productions, will include additional resources to aid accessibility for audience members, as well as singers. ASL and tactile interpreters, listening and descriptive devices will bring a vital new level of benefit to our community.

Sponsorship Opportunities include:

Orchestra Sponsorship $ 10,000

Stage Director Sponsorship $ 7,500

Musical Conductor Sponsorship $ 7,500

Artists Sponsorships $ 5,000 each (nine available)

Accessibility Advocate: $1,000

Benefits available for each level of sponsorship, and can be tailored to suit your preferences.

Every gift, at any level, is greatly appreciated. Please contact Lynne Hutton for more information. Email lynne@operabirmingham.org or call (205) 322-6737.