The American Friends of the Donizetti Opera Festival supports young american artists, singers and conductors to deepen their studies on the Donizetti legacy and the bel canto. This activity is consistenly offered with the support of the artists, members of our board of artists, and through the contribution of the Donizetti Opera Festival, a unique festival that takes place every year in the city of Bergamo, Italy.
Aranzazu Escudero de Zuloaga Chairman / President
Daniel B. Gallagher
Treasurer
John Allison
Virginia Drabbe-Seeman
Fabio Finotti
Riccardo Frizza
Leslie Armstrong David Black Franca Cavallaro Michael DeMarco Verena Dobnik Virginia H. Drabbe-Seemann David Ebershoff
Nicolas Giusti
Cristina Guglielmi
George Hall
George Loomis
Richard Martet
Jonathan Pell
Roger Pines
Fred Plotkin
Gene Scheer
Christina Scheppelmann
David Shengold
Michael Solomon
Brad Trexell
Barry Tucker
Sondra Radvanovsky Chairman
Carlos Álvarez Daniela Barcellona Jamie Barton Romina Basso Harolyn Blackwell Rockwell Blake Lawrence Brownlee Javier Camarena James Conlon Diana Damrau Mariella Devia Lisette Oropesa Luca Pisaroni Matthew Polenzani Jessica Pratt Samuel Ramey Davinia Rodríguez
Speranza Scappucci
Nadine Sierra
Frederica von Stade
Pretty Yende
Massimo Boffelli Director, Fondazione Teatro Donizetti
Riccardo Frizza Music Director
Francesco Micheli Artistic Director
Andrea Compagnucci Marketing Manager
Floriana Tessitore Head of Press Office
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE DONIZETTI OPERA FESTIVAL © 2024
686 Park Avenue, New York • NY 10065 - USA • AFDOF is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization • EIN 84-3534175
