Opera superfan’s estate donates $215,000 to foundation for singers

The estate of Lois Kirschenbaum, an opera fanatic known for collecting autographs backstage at the Metropolitan Opera for more than a half-century, has donated $215,000 to the George and Nora London Foundation for Singers. “Lois’s love and dedication to opera and its artists was absolute,” foundation president John Hauser said in a statement on Monday. “She was a real friend to the foundation, and whenever she was in the audience, we were the center of the New York opera world.”