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Eva & Marc Stern
Eva and Marc Stern have been involved in nearly every aspect of LA Opera over many years.
Chairman of the company’s board of directors from 2002 to 2021, and now serving as honorary chairman, Marc Stern has been the driving force in bringing many of the world’s most influential artists to Los Angeles. The Sterns have been involved in nearly every aspect of LA Opera over many years, championing more than 15 ambitious projects including the 2010 Ring cycle, numerous new productions, and DVD releases of La Traviata (with Renée Fleming) and the double Grammy Award-winning Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (with Audra McDonald and Patti LuPone). Through the Eva and Marc Stern Principal Artists Fund, which they established in 2017, they have underwritten performances of major stars including Angel Blue, Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, Rod Gilfry, Susan Graham, Domingo Hindoyan, Isabel Leonard, Ana María Martínez, Audra McDonald and Rachel Willis-Sørensen. The Sterns were the co-chairs of Plácido Domingo’s 30th anniversary celebration at LA Opera and the underwriters of his 50th anniversary celebration at the Metropolitan Opera.
Marc Stern is chairman of The TCW Group, Inc., a Los Angeles-based asset management firm. He is involved in numerous philanthropic activities, including serving on the boards of the Metropolitan Opera, the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Committee and the California Institute of Technology. He is also a minority owner of the Milwaukee Brewers.
Eva Stern is a clinical social worker and philanthropist, supporting Southern California youth through the combination of education and the arts. A board member of the Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools, in 2006 she led the effort to establish the Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School. She also serves on the President’s Council at CSU Los Angeles, on the board of The Blue Ribbon, and is a past chair of InsideOUT Writers, a creative writing program for youth in juvenile hall.