Behind every performance is a community of supporters who believe in what we do. From training the stars of tomorrow, to restoring lost musical masterpieces, and bringing festivals to new audiences, your generosity funds the moments that stay with people long after the curtain falls. Find out how you can get involved and help us create something extraordinary.
Providing exceptional training and professional opportunities for emerging opera artists across a two-year journey.
Your donation can support a gifted singer through Mascarade Opera's intensive two-year flagship programme, or our one-year Talent Pathway for younger voices.
Every contribution helps fund world-class training, accommodation, and a living stipend — giving exceptional artists the freedom to focus entirely on their craft.
To find out more or discuss a named gift, please contact Jennifer Cormack, Director of Development:
A donation of €120,000 will support a named scholarship for two years.
A donation of €45,000 will support one year of the Talent Pathway Programme for younger singers.
Bringing world-class opera and ballet to new audiences through breathtaking performances.
Since 2017, the New Generation Festival has united the finest talents in opera and across the arts in breathtaking locations around the world.
In June 2027, we celebrate our tenth anniversary with a landmark series of performances in Florence and beyond.
Places are limited — to find out more and reserve yours, contact Jennifer Cormack, Director of Development:
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For the time being, you can support the cultural life of Florence for residents and visitors alike by sponsoring concerts
Support the cultural life of Florence for residents and visitors alike by sponsoring concerts throughout the year, giving talented young artists the opportunity to develop their performance skills.
A donation of €24,000 would support an annual cycle of 9 concerts presented in the Palazzo Corsini al Prato.
Restoring Florence's rich musical heritage while giving today's musicians a repertoire rooted in the city's extraordinary cultural past.
The New Generation Foundation offers a rare opportunity — not simply to support the arts, but to shape cultural history. Your generosity will help rediscover, revive, and restore the music of the Medici, bringing centuries of beauty back to life through world-class research, training, and performance.
To find out more about how you can be part of this extraordinary project, contact Jennifer Cormack, Director of Development:
A gift of €40,000 would provide full scholarships for 40 young singers to attend the Florence Choral Course, removing financial barriers for talented young artists.
A gift of €20,000 would support the new Choir of the Basilica of Santo Spirito for one year.
Behind every performance is a community that makes it possible. As a Friend, you help sustain our productions while enjoying a closer relationship with the artists: tickets for our concert series, invitations to our receptions, and behind the scenes visits and tours.
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As a Friend of the Foundation, you'll enjoy free tickets for you and a guest to all Mascarade Opera and Vox Medicea concerts in Florence.
You'll also be invited to our receptions, receive priority booking for gala dinners, and be recognised as a supporter of the Foundation in our programme and on our website.
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If you are under 35, you can enjoy all the benefits of being a Friend of the Foundation for an annual donation of just €200.
Meet like minded people and build your network while enjoying concerts at the Palazzo Corsini al Prato and at landmark venues across Florence.
Every donation helps support the performing arts in Florence, supporting gifted emerging artists, the creation of new productions, and the restoration of Renaissance masterpieces. You can donate by cheque or by bank transfer. You can make tax-efficient donations in the following ways.
For more information on ways to give and for residents of other countries please contact Jennifer Cormack, Director of Development at jc@newgenerationfoundation.com.
Support a gifted performer through our Mascarade Opera programme, covering their full two-year training, accommodation, and living stipend. Your named scholarship will launch a career and create a lasting legacy. Alternatively, we offer younger singers a stepping-stone onto further study via our one-year Talent Pathway.
A donation of €120,000 will support a named scholarship fort wo years.
A donation of €45,000 will support one year of the Talent Pathway Programme for younger singers.
Provide talented young artists with the opportunity to develop their performance skills and support the cultural life of Florence for residents and visitors alike by supporting concerts throughout the year.
A donation of €24,000 would support an annual cycle of 9 concerts presented in the Palazzo Corsini al Prato.
Alternatively a donation of €8,000 would support a season of concerts, staged in either autumn, winter or spring.
You can make tax-deductible donations to support MascaradeOpera in the following ways.
US taxpayers can donate via CAF America.
CAF America Donor Advised Gift in USD ($) - FondazioneMascarade Opera
UK taxpayers can donate via the Classic Concerts Trusts
Classic Concerts Trust in GBP (£) - Mascarade Opera
Italian taxpayers can donate directly to the FondazioneMascarade Opera.
PayPal in EUR (€) - Fondazione Mascarade Opera
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The Foundation is delighted to celebrate the philanthropy of its most generous supporters by commissioning a cycle of ten portraits, painted by Jamie Coreth and displayed on the walls of the Foundation's grand Salone dei Concerti.
Reserved for patrons who support the Foundation at the highest level, a place in the Portrait Cycle is a place in history — immortalised in distinguished company.
Since graduating from both the Florence Academy of Art and Charles Cecil Studios, Jamie Coreth has become one of today's most celebrated young painters. Coreth won the Young Artist Award at the BP Portrait Award and has had several works exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London, most recently his much-admired portrait of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Inspired by the humanist themes of the Renaissance, Coreth's cycle will draw on Ovid's Metamorphoses to symbolise the transformative power of the arts.
Donors who sit for the cycle will be known as "Portrait Companions" and have the option of attaching their name to a scholarship.
The portraits are a gift to the Foundation from the sitters, and the donation structure is eligible for tax benefits — please contact us for details specific to your circumstances.
For further information, please contact: jc@newgenerationfoundation.com
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A donation of €120,000 will support a named scholarship for two years.
A donation of €45,000 will support one year of the Talent Pathway Programme for younger singers.
Principe Filippo Corsini & Family
HRH The Duke of Kent
Mikhail Bakhtiarov and
Svetlana Besfamilnaya
Maria Manetti Shrem
Jim and Lynne Walton,
The Reschio Estate
The Vivien and Peter Beckwith Young Musicians’ Trust
Nic and Henrietta Fiddian-Green
Jennifer Hodgson
Stefan and Kerry Linn
Dominic West and Catherine FitzGerald
Jacques Der Megreditchian
Bona Frescobaldi
Virginia & Richard Gabbertas
Ailene Hunter
The Robert Turnbull Piano Foundation
Clara & Percy Weatherall
Russ & Linda Carr
Claudia & Marc Groothaert
Sonia & Berj Kalaidjian
Alessandro and Marjorie Layden-Ghinelli
Steinway & Sons
Alatia & David Bach
Angela Brandys
Charles & Caroline Pridgeon
Sir David Scholey
Charles Klein
Alexandra Munroe
Katherine Zock
Sir Richard Aikens
Kim D. Leeper and
Elaine Giedrys-Leeper
Katherine D Schimmel
And all those who wish to remain anonymous
Anonymous in the name of ‘Afghan Connection’
Florian Amereller and Margarita Andrade
Adam Baghdadi
Sarah and Jonathan Bayliss
Sarah and Anthony Bolton
Jean Michel Broun
Michael Dent
Jacques Der Megreditchian & family
Peter Fane
Nicholas Gaisman
The Duchess of Richmond
The Granville Family
Jennifer Hodgson
Lady Tessa Keswick
Patrick Kinmonth
Peter Lammer
Michael Lewis
The Hon. Michael Marks
Alan May
Simon Prior-Palmer
Ray Prudo and family
Catherine & Clive Richardson-Vassallo
Sybil Robson-Orr and Matthew Orr
Ramin Sabi
Jean Salata and Melanie Pong
Jonathan Small and Marcus Askew
William Wells
Christopher White
The New Generation Foundation
Palazzo Corsini al Prato
Florence, Italy
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