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The Finalists for 2011 |
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Stacey Alleaume Siobhan Stagg Hannah Dahlenburg (profiles)
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The Winner for 2011 Siobhan Stagg (profile) |
The winner of the Singer of the Year Contest (Siobhan Stagg) received $5,000; Second place(Stacey Alleaume) received $2,500; and third place (Hannah Dahlenburg) received $1,500. This is all due to very generous sponsorship from The Opus 50 Charitable Trust, The Robert Salzer Foundation, and Henkell Brothers. The adjudicator this year was Ian Cousins and Janet Perkins the accompanist. The Dorothy Andrewartha Perpetual Annual Encouragement Award of $1,000 was awarded to Paul Biencourt. Dorothy Abdrewartha dedicated her life to work for major charities and in particular young people. She was a member of Save the Children Fund and other charities. She passed away in August 2008 at 92 years of age. | |
History
The inaugural Singer of the Year Competition was in 1993 and since then it has become one of Australia's leading Performance competitions. It is one of the few competitions which emphasise performance as a key criteria. Previous winners have gone on to grace the national and international opera and concert stages.
Heats are held over two nights, with three contestants chosen to perform at the final in September, sharing the stage with the internationally-acclaimed Melbourne Welsh Male Choir.
Previous winners of this prestigious competition:
2011 - Siobhan Stagg (Soprano)
2010 - Barbara Zavros (Soprano)
2009 - Samuel Dundas (Baritone)
2008 - Jacqueline Porter (Soprano)
2007 - Adrian Tamburini (Baritone)
2006 - Suzanne Shakespeare (Coloratura-Soprano)
2005 - Lauren Oldham (Soprano)
2004 - Mark Fowler (Tenor)
2003 - Lisa Anne Robinson (Soprano)
2002 - Michelle Cook (Soprano)
2001 - Amanda Forbes (Soprano)
2000 - John Bode (Tenor)
1999 - Alexandra Sherman (Mezzo-Soprano)
1998 - Leslie Martin (Soprano)
1997 - Kim Wheeler (Soprano)
1996 - Antoinette Halloran (Soprano)
1995 - Sally-Anne Russell (Mezzo-Soprano)
1994 - Paul Blewett (Baritone)
1993 - Paul Batey (Tenor)