THE PAST RECIPIENTS ARE LISTED:

DATE	NAME	COMMENT
2009	John M. Tischio	As president for more than twenty years, he has guided the New England Opera Club to a most successful organization.
2008	Janis Mancini del Sesto	Fifteen Years of Successful Opera as General Manager of the Boston Lyric Opera Company
2007	Randolp J. Fuller	A generous opera patron and scholar who founded the OPERA BOSTON company
2006	Stephen Lord	A nationally renown opera conductor, Maestro Lord was Music Director of the Boston Lyric Opera for many years.
2005	Jeffrey Rink	This talented symphonic conductor is acclaimed for his inovated productions of concert operas.
2004	Sarah Caldwell	Music's Wonder Woman, she founded and was Artistic Director of the Opera Company of Boston
2003	Sharon Daniels	Opera diva and director, she is now Director of the Opera Institue at Boston University.
2002	Bradley Pennington	Founder and Artistic Director of the Boston Bel Canto Opera Company.
2001	Roland Hayes	A posthumous award to the first African American male to win universal acclaim as a concert artist.
2000	Jan Curtis	A promising contralto, who is making an extraordinary and successful effort to overcome an unfortunate handicap.
1999	D'Anna Fortunato	This charming mezzo-soprano has delighted audiences with her many appearances in operas and recitals.
1998	Norman Kelley	In roles from Wagner to Kurka, he was a tenor often featured by both the Metroplitan Opera and New York City opera companies.
1997	William Miranda	A knowledgeable and innovative opera teacher, he founded and is president emeritus of the New England Opera Club.
1996	Scott Brumit	Founder and General Manager of the Longwood Opera Company, he often participates in their productions.
1995	Robert Honeysucker	His beautiful baritone voice has enhanced many opera productions in the Boston area and around the country.
1994	Susan Stone	She created the "Brown Bag Opera",--an inovative program to introduce opera to children.
1993	Richard Conrad	The founder, artistic director and featured vocalist at the Boston Academy of Music.
1992	John Balme	A past music director and conductor of the Boston Lyric Opera Company.
1991	Patricia Craig	Her performing career spans more than three decades of major roles in the leading opera houses of the world. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1978.
1991	Richard Cassilly	The husband of soprano Patricia Craig, he was a world-famous Wagnerian tenor and voice teacher.
1990	Ron Della Chiesa	He is a knowlegable radio host for all styles of music and the voice of the Boston Symphony Orchestra broadcasts.
1989	Ernest Triplett	He founded and performed in the Associated Artist Opera group, a predecessor to the Boston Lyric Opera Company.
1988	John Moriarty	Legendary director of the New England Conservatory opera program, he is revered by generations of aspiring singers.
1987	Eleanor Steber	Winning the 1940 Met Auditions award, she had a long and distinguished career.
1986	Donald Gramm	A bass-baritone who appeared in many productions of both the New York City and the Boston Opera Companies.
1985	Phyllis Curtin	This celebrated soprano of the New York City Opera was the dean of the Boston University opera department.
1984	Boris Goldovsky	A pianist and opera producer, he enhaced for many years the intermission features of the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts.
1983	Schuyler Chapin	An entrepeneur in the music industry, he was General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera from 1971 to 1975.
1982	Eunice Alberts	This famous contralto from Boston made her New York City Opera debut in "The Crucible" in 1961.

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