Help Enrich Your Community

Annual Donor Program

Have fun and make new friends while enjoying many fringe benefits! A tax-deductible annual donation of $750 ($1500 per couple) or more provides membership to the GO Maestro Club or makes a recurring monthly donation.

Join us in enriching the community by presenting high-quality opera theater, classical vocal music concerts, meaningful community engagement, and friendly social events in Collier, Lee, and Charlotte counties. We offer five sponsorship levels, allowing devoted patrons and businesses to make tax-deductible donations in support of Gulfshore Opera.
*Kindly be aware that online donations are subject to a 9% processing and credit card fee. To maximize the impact of your gift, we encourage contributions by check or stock.Mail checks to Gulfshore Opera Inc, 9911 Corkscrew Rd., Suite 105, Estero, FL 33928.

Benefits
Include

  • Access to pre-purchase of season tickets with premium seating
  • Recognition in all season programs and online
  • Maestro Club reserved seating section at performances
  • Invitation to our exclusive Season Launch Party in November 2025
  • Meet the Maestro Talks


Additional Perks for $3,000 and above:

  • Exclusive VIP receptions
  • Specialized Concierge Services
  • Invitations to closed dress rehearsals

Friend of GO Benefits

(with a donation of $150 or more)

  • Early access to season tickets with first-choice seating
  • Invitations to pre- and post-performance receptions
  • Opportunities to meet the artists throughout the season
  • Recognition on the Gulfshore Opera website

Benefits
Include

  •  Access to pre-purchase of season tickets with first-choice seating.
  • Recognition in all season programs and on the official Gulfshore Opera website.
  • Concierge ticketing services.
  • Maestro Club reserved seating section.

Mozart level ($3000) and higher perks include:

  • Invitations to VIP receptions.
  • Meet the Maestro Talks.
  • Invitations to closed  dress rehearsals.

Make it
Monthly

Maestro Club Members can easily maintain continuity of giving at an affordable level each month rather than making one larger annual contribution. You can make a tax-deductible monthly donation via bank account or credit card.

Monthly giving is not only easy on the pocketbook, it also helps GO with financial planning by providing a steady monthly income.

Just select monthly under donation frequency OR contact us at 239-529-3925 to set up your recurring monthly donation.

Impressario Circle

Thank you to those who gave Cumulative Gift of $100,000+

Clement J. Deliso Charitable Trust

Paula Davidson

The Fabiano Family

Mary McVay

Michael & Karin Standen

Stephanie Schwetz & Tad Connerton

John & Beverly Wernette

Thank you to Our Members

We rely on the tremendous generosity of our donors to help sustain the company’s artistic excellence and social mission. Thanks to your generosity, Gulfshore Opera promotes community well-being through performances and musical education programs, which strengthen our region’s cultural and economic vitality.

Puccini - $25,000 and UP

Peter & Lee Bewley
Tad Connerton & Stephanie Schwetz
Paula Davidson
Clement Deliso
Mary F. McVay
Michael & Karin Standen
Beverly Wernette

Verdi - $10,000 - $24,999

Jay Chung
Ed & Katherine Dean
Carole Fabiano
Ryan & Meg Rupert
James V. & Joan Talano
Diane & Dan McCaw
Attila & Patricia Molnar
Marge & Phil Odeen
Greg & Kim Shand

Wagner - $5,000 - $9,999

Cheryl Berlon
Richard & Judy Brown
Katherine Caldwell
Linda Coyle & Mark Dreyer
Bill and Lucy Lindsay Fund (Salomon J. Cardenas)
Ralph & Ellen MacNiven
Barry & Eva Sands
Jeremiah & Lorna Shafir

Mozart - $3,000 - $4,999

Warren & Cheryl Alifeld
Ron & Cindy Blythe
Arthur & Hazel Brisker
Elaine Christian
Traute Gentry
Terry & Ena Gleeson
Bob & Pam Karll
Jack & Tina Nicholson
Sylvia Simko
Jim & Miki Yost

Rossini - $1,500 - $2,999

Michael & Susan Adler
Debra Allegretto
Kathy Collier
Dennis & Karen Dunn
Raquel Dunning
Ronald & Geraldine Gale
Randy & Karen Knific
Bob Martilla & Mary Slifka
John & Barbara Morgan
Bob & Verna Prentice
Lindsay Robertson
Raymond & Isabelle Staffeldt
Donna Sterling
Mary Ann Tittle\*
Laura Waller
John Wright & Jim Lawson
Douglas & Joan Zipes

Handel - $750 - $1,499

Hilton Bicknell
Kenneth and Cara Blazier
Dr. Evelyn Bluhm
Thomas Cogburn
John & Patricia Dietzen
Ross & Noreen Edlund
Barbara Finn
Susan Galvin
Jackie Kernaghan
Charles Kerwood
Rick LaCastro
Bruce & Ann Lane
Michael & Natalie Marsalli
Jacke & Arden McCurdy
Michael & Geraldine Merlo
Clarke Narins
Thelma Negley
Selma Nettles
Judith Elizabeth Petrie
Claudia Polzin
Louis and Charlene Rana
Tom & Missy Reedy
Marilyn Romeo
Dorothea Rosner
Andy & Roberta Schwarz
Rick & Carole Scully
Linda Selig
Constantine Tsiros
Karen & Emory Waldrip
Chris & Michelle Westley
Gregory Wojciechowski

Friends of GO - $749 Or Less

Lee & Lia Denson
Paul & Sandra Germscheid
Keith and Irena Hammer
Bill & Dayna Skidmore
Bobbye Raye Womack
John & Sally Fisher
Anne Hicks
Mary Lenhardt
Ed Wahtera
Anthony Zollo

Donations are tax-deductible under Section 501(c) (3), tax ID #47 0989874. Florida Charitable solicitation #CH48511.

Gulfshore Opera, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation organized under Section 170 (b) (1) (A) (vi) of the Internal Revenue Code.