Help build the future of opera in New Orleans through your planned gift.
When you include the New Orleans Opera Association in your estate plans, you play a significant role in the continued success of top quality opera and opera education for generations to come. We are happy to assist you in identifying gift options that suit your financial and philanthropic goals – from a simple bequest in your will to a charitable trust or endowed fund.
Planned giving makes great art possible and helps sustain the activities of the Opera Association now and into the future. We thank the current Legacy Society members and invite you to join their ranks by notifying the Development Office that you have provided for the Opera Association in your estate plans. You can also request more information about the many kinds of gift options and underwriting opportunities you may choose to support.
Planned giving instruments can include:
- Outright charitable gifts
- Gifts of appreciated property
- Bequests
- Revocable trusts
- Life insurance
- Retirement benefits
- Charitable remainder trusts
JOIN US!
Please consider joining the Legacy Society to help ensure the continued tradition of producing grand opera in America’s first city of opera.
Legacy Society Members as of January 2021
Anonymous (2)
Drs. Stephen J. & Miriam R. Bensman
Mr. & Mrs. J. Scott Chotin Jr.
Dr. Patricia Cook
Dr. Maria J. Falco
Mr. Emmet Geary Jr.
Ms. Jacqueline Mae Goldberg
Mr. Dwayne O. Littauer
Robert and Lauren Lyall
Louise and Ted Martin
Drs. Emel Songu and Ranney Mize
Dr. Andrew Orestano
Meredith Hathorn Penick
Xenia Krinitzky Roff
Alma A. Slatten
Philip & Eleanor Straub
Mrs. Norton L. Wisdom (Susan)
Ms. Debby Hirsch Wood
MAJOR PLANNED GIFTS 2008-2021
Bequests & Endowed Funds
Garic K. Barranger
The Estate of Abby Ray Catledge, in memory of her father Bryne Lucas Ray
Rose Annette Chisesi
Norma Jean Gross
Lois and H. Lloyd Hawkins Jr.
Albert and Rea Hendler
Gerald Kendal
Victor Leglise
The Estate of Guillermo Náñez-Falcón
Mary Nell Porter Nolan
The Theresa Bittenbring Marque & John Henry Marque Fund
Rachel Sainton
William H. Sholes
Lynette Askin Stillwell
James G. Viavant
Jerry Walker Zachary