Sips and Serenades
You’re Invited!
Join us for an intimate and elegant evening in support of the opera at the stunning home of Faith Tiberio Dougherty and Daniel F. Dougherty, overlooking the picturesque Matanzas River.
Guests will enjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres and decadent desserts, along with wine, beer, and bubbly, while savoring live performances by The Mikado conductor and baritone Sean Christopher Stork and soprano Ali Molnar. The evening will also feature a curated silent auction.
Tickets are $100 per guest. Space is limited for this celebration and we encourage you to make your reservations today.
With gratitude for your support, $50 of each ticket helps fund this season's productions and programs.
Meet the Performers
ALI MOLNAR
Wisconsin native lyric-soprano Ali Molnar performs with numerous companies in and around the central Florida area in various genres from classical to popular music, including opera and musical theater. She has a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance with an emphasis in opera and musical theater from Capital University in Columbus, OH. Ali has made her unique mark on such roles as Jeannie in The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Kate Monster in Avenue Q, Nimue in Camelot, and The Foreign Woman in The Consul. She has performed with Opera Tampa, Opera Orlando, TheatreWorks Florida, Central Florida Vocal Arts, and Opera del Sol. She has also sung with a number of orchestras including The Villages Philharmonic Orchestra, the Imperial Symphony Orchestra, and the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, where she shared the stage with such iconic performers as Fernando Varela and Andrea Bocelli.
Her performance career also includes featured work at Busch Gardens Tampa along with appearances in benefit concerts throughout Florida. Trained in both voice and dance and enriched by international study in Hungary and Spain, Molnar brings a vibrant, engaging presence to every performance.
SEAN CHRISTOPHER STORK
Sean Christopher Stork has been a valued and versatile collaborator with First Coast Opera, appearing memorably as Papageno in The Magic Flute and Cox in Penelope Ann's Revenge. He will return in a new capacity as conductor for the company’s upcoming production of The Mikado.
A lyric baritone praised for his warm, mellifluous tone and vivid stage presence, Sean has enjoyed an active national career since earning his Vocal Performance degree from Florida State University. His operatic repertoire includes roles such as Marcello (La Bohème), Peter (Hänsel und Gretel), and Major General Stanley (The Pirates of Penzance). Equally at home on the concert stage, he has appeared in works including Carmina Burana and Dona Nobis Pacem with orchestras and chorales throughout the country.
A champion of new music, he has premiered numerous contemporary operatic roles, while also maintaining an active career as a composer, arranger, recording artist, and studio owner. Deeply committed to education and vocal arts advocacy, Stork is also an award-winning barbershop artist, respected vocal coach, adjudicator, and educator who regularly supports youth and university music programs across Florida.
