Canadian Opera Company Capital Campaign
Celebrating 20 Years at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
For 20 years, the Four Seasons Centre has been a place where artists and audiences come together, where extraordinary performances take the stage, and where memorable moments are shared.
Reaching this milestone was made possible by an extraordinary community. From the donors and supporters who helped turn the vision for Canada’s first purpose-built opera house into a reality, to the artists, staff, and volunteers who have filled it with life over the past two decades, countless people have shaped the Four Seasons Centre into the home it is today.
As we celebrate 20 years, we extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has been part of its story.
As of September 1, 2026
Meet Our Donors
Canadian Opera Company Capital Campaign
Canadian Opera Company Capital Campaign
$20,000,000
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
$10,000,000
The Fraser Elliott Foundation
$5,000,000 - $9,999,999
Jerry & Geraldine Heffernan
Hon. Henry N. R. Jackman
The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation
Isadore and Rosalie Sharp
$1,000,000 - $4,999,999
Tony & Anne Arrell
John & Claudine Bailey
CIBC
Gerard & Earlaine Collins
Leslie & Anna Dan
George & Kathy Dembroski
Peter & Shelagh Godsoe
Harris Steel Group
Jackman Foundation
Arthur & Sonia Labatt
Masonite International Corporation
Judy & Wilmot Matthews
Roger D. Moore
E. Louise Morgan
Frances & Tim Price
RBC Foundation
The Rotman Family
Scotiabank Group
Joey & Toby Tanenbaum
W. Garfield Weston Foundation
Jack Whiteside
Xstrata
Anonymous
$500,000 - $999,999
Paul Bernards
The Black Family Foundation
BMO Financial Group
Ms Kimberley M. Bozak
Canadian Opera Volunteer Committee
Joe & Laurissa Canavan
Mr. Philip C. Deck
Kevin & Roger Garland
William A. & Nona Macdonald Heaslip
The Patrick & Barbara Keenan Foundation
Michael & Sonja Koerner
Margaret & Wallace McCain Family Foundation
In memory of John & Ruth McCarthy
Peter & Dolores Naylor
Colleen Sexsmith
Budd Sugarman Foundation
TD Bank Financial Group
Vale Inco Limited
$250,000 - $499,999
Philip & Linda Armstrong
Rudy & Cathy Bratty
The Brookfield Group
CanWest Global Communications Corp.
J. Rob Collins
The Families of Alfredo, Angelo & Antonio De Gasperis
Power Corporation of Canada
The late John A. Cook
Jean Davidson & Paul Spafford
Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan
George A. Fierheller
Donald K. Johnson & Anna McCowan Johnson
Douglas L. Ludwig & Karen J. Rice
Gordon & Bobby MacNeill
The R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation
Peter Munk Charitable Foundation
Donald O'Born & Jane Harvey
Sandra & Jim Pitblado
C. Alexander & Kim Squires
Staff & Artists of the Canadian Opera Company
Jack Whiteside
Mr. & Mrs. L. R. Wilson
Anonymous
$100,000 - $249,999
Carole & Kym Anthony
Mark & Gail Appel
James C. Baillie
Marilyn & Charles Baillie
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Lawrence & Frances Bloomberg
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Walter M. & Lisa Balfour Bowen
David G. Broadhurst
Margaret & Derek Brown
Sharon & Howard Campbell
Walter Carsen, OC
The Chalmers Family
CHC Helicopter Corporation
June & Ian Cockwell
Sydney and Florence Cooper & Family
Irene Pump-Croot & Keith Croot
John & Ruth Crow
Elaine & Michael Davies
Ruth Eileen Day
Deloitte.
Jill Denham & Stephen Marshall
Mr. & Mrs. A. Ephraim Diamond
James Doak & Patricia Best
John & Vera Elder
Glen Erikson
Ernst & Young
John & Gay Evans
Anna-Liisa & Graham Farquharson
Catherine G. Fauquier
David & Kristin Ferguson
Fidelity Investments through the Fidelity Foundation
Margaret & Jim Fleck
Lloyd & Gladys Fogler
Margaret & David Fountain
The George & Helen Gardiner Foundation
Irving & Gail Gerstein
The Honourable Alastair & Diana Gillespie
The Ned Goodman Family
Dr. Noelle Grace & The Shohet Family
Ronald & Birgitte Granofsky
The Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation
Douglas & Ruth Grant
John & Judith Grant
James & Joyce Gutmann
George & Irene Hamilton
Hampton Securities Limited
The Hayes Larock Family
The Audrey S. Hellyer Charitable Foundation
Richard & Donna Holbrook
Drs. Walter, Virginia & Walter Joseph Hryshko
Ian O. Ihnatowicz & Marta A. Witer
Imperial Oil
Ronald Kimel & Vanessa LaPerriere
Hermann & Ellen Kircher
J. Hans Kluge
Robin Korthals & Janet Charlton
KPMG Foundation
John B. Lawson
Jack & Catherine Leitch
Wilfred & Anne Lewitt
In honour of Alice Lieberman
Manulife Financial
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
The McLean Foundation
John & Esther McNeil
Trina & Don McQueen
Ted & Julie Medland
The Menkes Family
Melanie Whitehead Mersch
Bruce & Vladka Mitchell
Delia M. Moog
In memory of Clive Bennett Mortimer
National Bank Financial
Christl & Karl Niemuller
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Panasonic Canada Inc.
Peter M. Partridge
PCL Constructors Canada Inc.
The Peterson Family Charitable Foundation
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Rosetta Raso
David Roffey & Karen Walsh
Ted & Loretta Rogers
Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner
Esther & Sam Sarick
William & Meredith Saunderson
Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sherrin
Victor & Rhoda Shields
Ada Slaight
Sobeys
Steve & Sally Stavro Family Foundation
Stevelyn Holdings Ltd.
Sun Life Financial
John & Liz Tory
TSX Group Inc.
Peter & Teresa van Schaik
Joseph Vitale Family
Judith R. Wilder & William P. Wilder
Alfred G. Wirth
Tom & Ruth Woods
Sharon Zuckerman
The Helen & Walter Zwig Family Foundation
Anonymous (7)
$50,000 - $99,999
Clive & Barbara Allen
Ralph M. Barford Foundation
In memory of E. G. (Gib) Bauman
Jalynn H. Bennett
E W. Bickle Foundation
Rob & Teresa Brouwer
The Black Brigade
Stewart & Gina Burton
George & Martha Butterfield
Dr. John H.C. Chiu & Mrs. Yvonne Chiu, C.M.
CIBC Mellon
John & Anne Clark
Max Clarkson Family Foundation
Camilla & Peter Dalglish
Jonathan & Katharine Davidson
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Michael & Honor de Pencier
Alexandra & Camillo di Prata
Gail & Bob Farquharson
Fraser & Margot Fell
Hugh Furneaux & Penny Fine
Blake C. Goldring
Goodmans LLP
Michael & Anne Gough
Dan Hagler & Family
Thomas & Jacqueline Haig
William & Patricia Harris
International Alliance Theatrical Stage Employees Local 58
In appreciation of Inta Kierans
Diane Metcalf King & James Frederick King
Dr. Elizabeth Kocmur
Kolter Property Company Inc.
Gurney Kranz
David Leith & Jacqueline Spayne
Marjorie & Roy Linden
Angelo & Grace Locilento
Sheila & Syd Loftus Family
Jerry & Joan Lozinski
Mr. James S.A. MacDonald & Mrs. Danielle L. MacDonald
The McColl-Early Foundation
John A. McVicker & Bruce W. Thomas
The Mendelson Family Foundation
Franco Mirabelli
William Morneau & Nancy McCain
John & Penny Pepperell
Georgia Prassas
Karen & James Prieur
The late Samuel A. Rea & Wendy J. Thompson
Rob & Penny Richards
Dr. Ralph Shaw & June Shaw
Philip & Maria Smith
Richard & Heather Thomson
Marc Ton-That & Denise Dubeau
William & Phyllis Waters
The Waugh Family
Richard & Suzan Wookey
John & Mary A. Yaremko
George M. Youssef & Susan E. Warren
Anonymous (4)
$25,000 - $49,999
Dr. Larry M. Agranove
Lillias Gringan Allward
Jamie & Patsy Anderson
Bram & Bluma Appel
Anne-Marie H. Applin & Michael R. Applin
Richard J. Balfour
Robert & Mona Bandeen
Schuyler F. E. Bankes & Family
Torunn & David Banks
Lorne & Rosemary Barclay
Karen & Bill Barnett
Dr. Frank Bartoszek & Daniel O’Brien
Alice & Tom Bastedo
Roland & Marie Bertin
Nani & Austin Beutel
Margo H. Bindhardt & Klaus D. Bindhardt
Elizabeth Stewart Black & James A. Black
Black & McDonald
Mr. Robert Blake & Mrs. Susanne White-Blake
Dr. Ruth Bothern & Andrew Smith
Dr. Michael Braudo
Angelo & Elizabeth Breda
David & Constance Briant
Donna Brock
Roel C. Buck & Family
Alice & Grant Burton
Thomas J. Burton
D. S. Celotti & Family
Chair-man Mills, Inc.
Frank & Irene Chau
Frank & Jennie Ciccolini
Dorota & Greg Cidylo
Murray & Katherine Corlett
Bea & Purdy Crawford
Susan Crocker & John Hunkin
Brian J. Dawson
Louise & Bill Dimma
Steven D. Donohoe
Francine & Bernard Dorval
In memory of Arthur Wesley Downe
The Duboc Family
Vreni & Marc Ducommun
The Dynamic Fund Foundation
Stanley & Genia Elkind
Joseph Fantl & Moira Bartram
William Fearn & Claudia Rogers
Rupert & Lindsay Field-Marsham
M. Patricia Fischer
David & Elizabeth Forster
Robert & Julia Foster
Dr. Manfred Frenkel
Andy & Wanda Giancamilli
Mary & Lionel Goffart
The Hon. William C. Graham & Mrs. Catherine Graham
Guild Electric Limited
Henry & Manuela Hackenspiel
In memory of Eva M. Haddad
S. R. Harcourt Vernon
Dr. W. P. Hayman & Dr. M. L. Myers
Linda Haynes & Martin Connell
Mrs. Mary Campbell Hecht
Mr. & Mrs. W. Lawrence Heisey
Jacques & Elizabeth Helbronner
Tom Higgins
The Patrick Hodgson Family Foundation
Richard & Martha Hogarth
Roy Hogg & Ann Jervis
Michiel Horn & Cornelia Schuh
John & Daisy Hort
Hurley Corporation
Michael & Linda Hutcheon
The Charles H. Ivey Foundation
Dr. Peter Janetos
The Jarislowsky Foundation
Dr. Laurence D. Jewell
Dr. Josh Josephson & Family
Bernhard & Hannelore Kaeser
May & Fred Karp
Elaine & Jimmy Kay
Sheryl & David Kerr
Gary Smith Klein & Joan Wakely
Joseph Kerzner & Lisa Koeper
Richard J. Kostoff
The S. E. Lam Family Foundation
Elizabeth & Goulding Lambert
Marion Lambert
Hon. Justice Dennis Lane & Sandra Lane
Harold & Larraine Langer
Joy Levine
Michelle and Michael Levy Family Foundation
Colleen and Bill Lindley & Elizabeth Lindley
Robert & Jean Liss
London Opera Guild
Amy & John Macfarlane
Jed MacKay
Peter F. MacKenzie
The Honourable Barbara J. McDougall PC, OC
Nancy & John McFadyen
Paul & Jean McGrath
Colin McGregor Mailer & David Stanley-Porter
Joyce & Darcy McKeough
McMillan Binch Mendelson LLP
Mark and Andrea McQueen & Family
Carol Mitchell & Richard Venn
Mary Mogford & Tom Campbell
Alice Janet Morgan
Rosalind Morrow
Nancy & Larry Murray
Dr. John & Pamela Newall
Janet & Gordon Nixon
Dean C. Noack & Paul G. Cherry
Dorothy Novotny-Brandenburg
Joyce & Benson Orenstein
Steven Page & Carolyn Ricketts
Ralph Palmisano Family
Dr. & Mrs. William M. Park
Douglas L. Parker
Roger and Maureen Parkinson
The Pivnick Family Foundation
Polaris Realty (Canada) Limited
Mary Jean Potter
Margrit & Tony Rahilly
Carol & Morton Rapp
Kenneth F. Read & Gilles Longchamps
In memory of Barbara Anne Robertson
Sidney Robinson & Linda Currie
Dr. Michael & Mary Romeo
Janet M. Roscoe
Barrie Rose & Family
Gretchen & Donald Ross
Helen & Kenneth Rotenberg
Maxwell L. Rotstein & Nancy-Gay Rotstein
Mrs. Monina & Miss Christine Rudin
Cookie & Stephen Sandler
Judy & Hy Sarick
Katalin Schäfer
Jean Nathanson Shawn
Sandra Simpson
Jane & Stephen Smith
Judy & Hume Smith
Dr. Joseph K. So
Ellen & John Spears
The Stratton Trust
Lilly Offenbach Strauss & Nathan Strauss, Q.C.
Stantec Consulting Ltd.
Françoise Sutton
Carol Swallow
Kathryn J. Thornton
Marvin & Esther Tile
The Tinnerman Family
Riki Turofsky & Charles Petersen
Mr. & Mrs. Henry and Ann Louise Vehovec
Diane Walker & Robert Bell
Margaret J. Walter & Donald P. Walter
Philip & Diana Weinstein
George Whalen
Florence & Mickey Winberg
The Rose & Ray Wolfe Family Foundation
Wilf & Helen Ziegler
Adam Zimmerman
Susan Zorzi
Anonymous (9)
Canadian Opera House Corporation
Canadian Opera House Corporation
Board of Directors
Officers
Arthur R. A. Scace, C.M., President and Chief Executive Officer
Richard Bradshaw, General Director and Chief Operating Officer
Robert Lamb, Vice-President
Roy D. Hogg, Treasurer
J. Rob Collins, Secretary
Janice Oliver, Executive Director
Wendy McDowall, Director, Capital Campaign
Lindy Cowan, Director, Finance
Members
David C. Ferguson
Michael J. Gough
Gerald R. Heffernan
Wolf H. Hengst
Hon. Barbara McDougall
Georgia Prassas
Paul B. Spafford
Staff
Janice Oliver, Executive Director
Maggie Russell, Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director
COHC Building Committee
COHC Building Committee
Tom Anselmi
Alfred Caron
J. Rob Collins, Chair
Sydney Cooper, P. Eng
Lindy Cowan
A. E. (Eph) Diamond
Gerald R. Heffernan
Roy D. Hogg
Robert Lamb
Janice Oliver
Norman (Bud) Purves
Arthur R. A. Scace, C.M.
Scott Wiggins
Canadian Opera Company Campaign Cabinet
Canadian Opera Company Campaign Cabinet
Isadore Sharp, Honorary Chair
Peter C. Godsoe, O.C., Co-chair
Gerald R. Heffernan, O.C., Co-chair
Arthur R. A. Space, C.M., Co-chair
H. Anthony Arrell
Jalynn Bennett
Earlaine Collins
John W. Crow
Philip C. Deck
George S. Dembroski
George A. Fierheller
Krystyna Hoeg
Hon. Henry N. R. Jackman
Shelly L. Jamieson
Donald K. Johnson
Hon. Barbara McDougall
W. Darcy McKeough
C. A. (Charlie) Pielsticker
David E. Roffey
Andrew G. Seace
In memory of
John A. Cook
R. Fraser Elliot
Capital Campaign Staff 2002 - 2006
Capital Campaign Staff 2002 - 2006
Wendy McDowall, Director, Capital Campaign
Nadine Collins, Research Manager
Danielle D'Souza, Research Officer
Jolaine Frizzell, Capital Campaign Assistant
Ann Hatch, Major Gifts Officer
Sarah Jarvis, Special Event Co-ordinator
Ali Kashani, Manager, Public Phase
Julie Kim, Capital Campaign Assistant
Robbie Luster, Database Co-ordinator
Shadi Mogadime, Public Phase Consultant
Grant Murphy, Capital Campaign Assistant
Tenny Nigoghossian, Director of Major Gifts
Dawn Marie Schlegel, Donor Relations Manager
Ingrid Sim, Co-ordinator
Martha Spears, Development Officer
Karl Wieler, Administrative Specialist