Opera Club
Celebrating Voice
What's Inside the Opera Club?
Members Benefits
The 2025-26 Severance Season includes many presentations featuring vocal music. When you join the Opera Club, you’ll enjoy special benefits designed just for opera lovers.
By making a special donation of $2,500 or more, you can become a member and enjoy exclusive invitations, opportunities to engage with guest vocalists, premium concert tickets, and more.
Join The Cleveland Orchestra’s Opera Club and come together with fellow music lovers to celebrate voice.
Our Season of Vocal Music
All Benefits
$2,500
- Invitation to Opera Club Season Launch
- Invitation to an open rehearsal for a vocal program
- Invitation to a meet and greet with vocal artists before or after a performance
- Invitation to Opera Closing Night Celebration
- Recognition in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival Book and online.
$5,000
- Invitation to an Opera House Party with members of the opera cast
- Invitation to meet and greets with guest vocal artists
- Invitation to The Cleveland Orchestra’s New York tour, Jan 19–22, 2026
- Opportunity to sponsor a performance by The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
$10,000
- All previous benefits, plus:
- Opportunity to sponsor a select vocal artist or opera cast member
- Opportunity for a curated experience and to engage with your vocal artist*
- Recognition on printed materials and website concert page
- Two tickets in prime location with parking pass
$25,000
- All previous benefits, plus:
- Opportunity to sponsor select vocal soloists or principal opera cast member 2025–26 Season Artists: Limmie Pulliam, Asmik Grigorian, Tamara Wilson, Malin Byström
- Opportunity for a curated experience and to engage with your vocal artist*
- Four tickets in prime location with parking passes to one performance
*Subject to artist availability
Donations to the Opera Club do not qualify for annual fund donor benefits.
Please note that tickets and parking passes are not provided complimentary for donors who give their Opera Club gifts through their Donor Advised Fund or IRA distributions.
Thank you to our Supporters!
We appreciate the following Opera Club members for their support of vocal music at The Cleveland Orchestra
Ted and Donna Connolly
Ms. Viia R. Beechler
Mel Berger and Jane Haylor
Robin Dunn Blossom
Mitchell and Caroline Borrow
David and Julie Borsani
Ted and Donna Connolly
Judith and George W. Diehl
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Fellowes
Dr. Michael Frank and Patricia A.* Snyder
Iris and Tom Harvie
Robert and Linda Jenkins
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Kern
Camille and Dennis LaBarre
Mrs. Susan D. LaPine
Jan R. Lewis
Dr. Alan and Mrs. Joni Lichtin
Ms. Cathy Lincoln
In honor of Emma Skoff Lincoln
Alex and Carol Machaskee
Ms. Nancy L. Meacham
Loretta J. Mester and George J. Mailath
Deborah L. Neale
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest A. Norman III
Mr. and Mrs. John Olejko
Mr. David A. Osage and Ms. Claudia C. Woods
Dr. Roland S. Philip and Dr. Linda M. Sandhaus
David Reimer and Raffaele DiLallo
James and Marguerite Rigby
Mr. D. Keith* and Mrs. Margaret B. Robinson
Frank Rosenwein
Richard B. and Cheryl A. Schmitz
Ms. Beverly J. Schneider
Astri Seidenfeld
Drs. Charles Kent Smith and Patricia Moore Smith
Ms. Linda L. Wilmot
Tony and Diane Wynshaw-Boris
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