Welcome to Opera Edwardsville
2023 Season
Opera for Kids:
The Billy Goats Gruff
July 15, 2023
Edwardsville Public Library
Opera Edwardsville
at Edwardsville City Park
September 8, 2023
Edwardsville City Park
2023 LEAD Season SPONSORS
Sponsorships of $5,000+
Lead Season Sponsor
Lead Season Sponsor
Lead Season Sponsor
PRESENTING SPONSORS
Sponsorships of $2,500+
SPONSORS
Sponsorships of $300+
2023 DONORS
OE gratefully acknowledges those donors who have made gifts in 2023 to support our upcoming season.
To show your support for arts in our community, consider making a tax-deductible donation. More information can be found here.
PRESENTING DONOR
Gifts of $2,500+Anonymous
The Schmidt & Barton Family Fund
ARTIST DONOR
Gifts of $1,000+Craig Becker & Richard Schlesinger
Meg & Bart Solon
Bob Wetzel & Brenda Mainer
Betsy Meyer
Mike & Marian Smithson
Rod & Maggi Vaught
Nancy Wilson
PATRON DONOR
Gifts of $500+Bob & Kathryn Biarkis
Elizabeth Edwards
Bob & Mary LaRose
Dolores Levi
SJ & Emily Morrison
Brenda and Greg Roosevelt
Fredna Scroggins
Wanda Salzman
Robert Schuh and Lara Oakley
Joe & Linda Stevens
Rich & Missy Walker
David & Kay Werner
DONOR
Gifts of $300+Rich & Mary Berry
John & Judy Baisch
Belinda & Rick Carstens-Wickham
Cathy Crowder
Jack & Yonsook Enloe
Peg Flach & John Zuelke
Carol Gerdt & John Harvey
Ann & Susan Hume
Michael Lambert & Tim Hutchison
Dr. Janice Joplin
Catherine & Charles Juneau
Mary Ruth Kettenbach
Barb & Tom Kinsella
Cara Lytle
Vera McCoy-Sulentic
Kate & John Motley
Michael & Michelle Mulligan
Suzanne Nevins
Andrew & Maria Schwartzkopf
Robert Semon
Mark Somma
John & Mary Tabash
Dave Thomas
Rachel Tompkins & Cartney James
Jim & Jane Weingartner
S. LaVernn Wilson
Christine Winter
FRIEND
Gifts up to $299Donna and Tom Bardon
Susan Bostwick
Dale & Becky Claussen
Maureen Dietzel
Carol & David Gocken
Mark Halton and Toni Kutchan
David Hanser
Jack Klobnak
Shirley Malench
Alice Nelson
Linda Perry
Lyndia Pezza
SPECIAL THANKS
2023 Season Poster
2023 Season poster features original art by painter Sarah Lorentz
© Opera Edwardsville 2023
Artist’s Biography
Sarah Lorentz creates energetic, striking compositions full of bold brushwork and electric color while also tapping into a specific sense of nostalgia ringing from a childhood in the 1990’s small, Midwestern town. While the subject matter of her work ranges from evocative figurative commentaries to pastoral plein air landscapes, the physicality of material and deliberate remnants of the process belay the same confident hand behind the brush. She has an active presence in the art scene in St Louis where she currently lives and works, teaching courses, attending art fairs, and exhibiting work regularly regionally and nationally.
A Note From the Founder
Welcome to Opera Edwardsville, where the history and charm of Edwardsville meet the power and beauty of Opera.
Our mission is to develop an arts organization for the benefit of Edwardsville, Illinois and the St. Louis Metro-East community with the goals of providing musical excellence, educational outreach, community development, an artistic platform, and cultural enrichment.
Music is an important part of Edwardsville’s history, with a 175-year-old Municipal Band, the iconic Mississippi River Festival, and now Opera Edwardsville. We use a European model to make OE a unique musical experience. Seeing the impact of these model opera festivals both large and small on the communities in which they are rooted inspired the creation of our organization. Through concerts, lectures, recitals, operas, masterclasses, and educational outreach programs, OE exposes audiences to bold artistic ideas, powerful dramas, fascinating history, global perspectives, and beautiful music through the shared experience of live opera.
Sharing the music I love with my hometown is an absolute joy. I am grateful for the support, enthusiasm and momentum behind Opera Edwardsville and consider it a great privilege to be contributing to the arts community in Edwardsville. I am so grateful for the many individuals, organizations, and businesses who support OE.
Thank you,
Chase Hopkins
