The Singer of the Year Competition is proudly supported by the Robert Salzer Foundation.
The 2024 Singer Of The Year Finals Concert will be held at MLC, Kew (map) at 2:30pm on Sunday 22nd September.
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and the finalists will be Esther Counsel, Ben Glover and Lisette Bolton,
Singer of the Year 2023
The 2023 finalists left to right Alessia Pintabona, Naomi Flatman and Lisette Bolton pose with our MD David Ashton-Smith.
The 2023 competition produced some wonderful performances from the competitors at the elimination heats at Federation Estate and an outstanding finale with the auditorium at the North Ringwood Uniting Church resounding to the songs and arias of our SOTY finalists. The SOTY winner on this occasion was mezzo-soprano – Naomi Flatman.
We congratulate all the finalists on their performances and look forward to having them perform with the choir as guest soloists in future. The choir’s thanks go to the distinguished adjudicator Margaret Arnold and the finalist’s talented accompanist – Phillipa Safey.
History
The inaugural Singer of the Year Competition was held 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.
- 2023 – Naomi Flatman (Lyric Mezzo Soprano)
- 2022 – Shania Eliassen (Soprano)
- 2021 – Samantha Hargeaves (Soprano)
- 2020 – Gabrielle Penney (Soprano)
- 2019 – Chloe Harris (Mezzo Soprano)
- 2018 – Stephen Marsh (Baritone)
- 2017 – Bronte Zemlic (Mezzo Soprano)
- 2016 – Kate Amos (Soprano)
- 2015 – Michael Lampard (Baritone)
- 2014 – Jeremy Kleeman (Bass/Baritone)
- 2013 – Stacey Alleaume (Soprano)
- 2012 – Lee Abrahmsen (Soprano)
- 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)
