Val Davia
Val Davia Val Davia grew up in an Italian-American household where her mom continuously played Enrico Caruso, Rise Stevens, and other opera greats. Val didn’t appreciate the art form at the time; in fact, [...]
Sarah Hopfenbeck, M.D.
Sarah Hopfenbeck, M.D. Sarah still remembers the moment opera became a passion: “I was in high school, and my family attended a performance of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermore at the Santa Fe Opera. Ashley Putnam was singing the title [...]
Mike Kraft
Mike Kraft Like many of his Opera Steamboat board member colleagues, Mike’s musical tastes go beyond the opera genre. Mike and his wife, Cindy, enjoy twice yearly visits to New York City for “dinner [...]
Melissa Hampton
Melissa Hampton Melissa remembers exactly when her love affair with classical music began. “All 4th graders in Hillsborough County, Florida, went on a fall field trip to the Tampa Philharmonic. The program wrapped up [...]
Kathy Kiser-Miller
Kathy Kiser-Miller Kathy is quick to recall her earliest and most impressionable experience in the arts. “In elementary school, our school district had a program where students would be bussed to downtown Dayton, Ohio [...]
Jack Dysart
Jack Dysart It was Jack’s Aunt Rosemary, a mezzo-soprano, who introduced him to opera and the vocal arts. “She sang light opera in St. Louis during the summer season and often performed at family [...]
Dale Lipschultz
Dale Lipschultz It may be a toss-up which Opera Steamboat board member has seen more operas in a lifetime—since passion for the art form is part of the gig! But Dale and husband Art [...]
Charlotte Cannon
Charlotte Cannon Charlotte was born in the UK, the fourth of five children. She remembers spending a lot of quality time with her dad, listening to Wagner’s Ring Cycle. “My father would tell me [...]
Bob Boyd
Bob Boyd Bob’s earliest operatic memory was in St Louis, when his parents took him to an open-air performance of Victor Herbert’s Babes in Toyland. Those toy soldiers, the music, the drama—it all [...]
Jenny Maxwell
Jenny Maxwell Jenny’s love of music evolved organically during her growing up years thanks to a mix of taking music lessons, singing in choirs (and along to the radio with friends), and attending musicals [...]