Support Your Passion!

Every day, we strive to be your resource for opera events and education in the greater Rochester area. Your support enables us to publish the area’s only e-newsletter dedicated to opera, Viva Voce. Our subscribers – several thousand of them – have communicated their high level of satisfaction with our publication, and your financial support will allow us to continue to improve.

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In addition to Viva Voce, your contributions to Opera Guild of Rochester also support:

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• Our popular Bravo Nights, held three times per year at The Little Café. Audiences are thrilled by astounding performances by emerging, local opera singers – free of charge. 

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• Special events, including our August 2023 recital featuring soprano Jessica Moss at Pittsford Community Library.

 

• Lectures at Brighton and Fairport libraries such as, “Bad Girls in Opera” and “Operatic Oddities”.

 

• Beat the Blahs opera film screenings, a great way to enliven a dull winter Sunday.

 

• Underwriting the next generation of talent, including the 2023 Finger Lakes Opera performance of Aida, "Opera Under the Stars" at the Highland Bowl, and other regional opera performances including Syracuse Opera and Glimmerglass.

Now’s Your Time.
Please give generously so that we may continue this good work to keep opera vibrant in Rochester.

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As an Amici, your contribution in any amount is greatly appreciated. All donation levels receive an invitation to the Annual Recital; those listed below will be given priority until a date specified on the invitation, and at the Comprimario level and above may request extra tickets.

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Mail Your Donation:

You may also mail a check to Opera Guild of Rochester, P.O. Box 25613, Rochester, NY 14625.

Please include an email or other address for your tax receipt.

A Note on Tax Receipts:

We are sorry that we are unable to continue President Emerita Agneta Borgstedt's practice of sending a personal thank you note to each contributor. The IRS does not require a charity to give, or the donor to have, a formal acknowledgment from the charity for donations under $250. Your cancelled check or credit card record is sufficient evidence for your donations below this amount if you itemize them. Donations of $250 and above will receive the required acknowledgment from the Opera Guild before January 31ST following the end of the calendar tax year.

 

The invitation to the Annual Recital is our way of showing our appreciation to our donors and we sincerely hope you'll join us at this special event.

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