In August, the Corbett Foundation announced it was closing shop, ending one of the city’s most generous streams of philanthropy. It turns out that there was still one more gift in the hopper.
On Tuesday, The University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music’s J. Ralph Corbett Distinguished Chair of Opera received the final award of $1 million, a gift that will provide additional support for scholarships, touring productions, an archive and partial support of the named professorship currently held by Robin Guarino.
CCM’s Opera Department is one of the nation’s finest. Two of its recent graduates were winners in the Metropolitan Opera’s national auditions, and its alumni perform in theaters all over the world.
Robin Guarino is one of the most sought-after directors and has staged productions at the Metropolitan Opera, Indiana University, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, San Francisco Opera and Brooklyn Academy of Music.
This article appears in Nov 5-11, 2014.
