List of Sun Aria winners

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The Sun Aria singing contest began in 1924 as a new segment of the annual contests conducted since 1891 by the South Street Society of Ballarat, Victoria. The prize, initially of 23 guineas, was for "an aria from Grand Opera, to be sung in English" [1] presented by The Sun News-Pictorial , a Melbourne newspaper. The South Street Society became The Royal South Street Society in 1962, the sponsor became the Herald-Sun [ when? ] and the contest became the Melbourne Sun Aria,[ when? ] perhaps to differentiate it from the Geelong, Bendigo, and Sydney Sun Arias, listed below.

Contents

YearWinner2nd
or
Reserve Award
3rd
or
Notes
1924Lawrence PowerMorva Davies
1925Pauline Gallagher
1926Edward Hocking
1927Arnold Matters
1928Nance MarleyFlorence EriksonSydney Holmes
1929May Craven
1930Norman Menzies
1931Adele McKay
1932Emilie HookeNancy StudleyEtta Bernard
Jeanne Teychenne
1933Newstead RushBeatrice OakleyJoan Jones
William Laird
1934Dennis DowlingHinemoa RosieurAlan Coad
1935Nance Osborne
1936Sylvia Fisher
1937Joan Jones
1938Alfredo LuizziMavis WebsterVera Hickenbotham
1939Mavis Webster
1940Joyce RossFrances ForbesVera Hickenbotham
1941Amelia ScarceKathleen SeabrookFrank Lasslett
Peggy Knibb
1942
–44
not held
1945John LaniganJean ThompsonPatricia Howard
1946Maxwell CohenMorris WilliamsPatricia Howard
Robert Simmons
1947Charles SkaseKeith NeilsonNita Maughan
1948Mary MillerJoan ArnoldRobert Simmons
1949Betna PontinJoan ArnoldHalinka de Tarczynska
1950David AllenNina Foley*
1951Verona CappadonaJoyce Simmons*
1952Violet HarperWilma Martin*
1953Lynette KierceJenifer Eddy*
Robert Allman*
1954Cavell ArmstrongLoris Elms** = "Reserve Award"
1955Leonard DelanyLoris Sutton*
1956Loris SuttonBrian Hansford*
1957Brian HansfordJune Barton*
1958Robert BickerstaffDiana Munn*
1959Tello SicilianoJune Barton*
1960June BartonRoslyn Dunbar*
1961Janice HearnePatricia Connop*
1962Maureen HowardPatricia Wooldridge*
1963Raymond MyersValerie Pennefather*
1964Malvina MajorImelda Fitzgerald*
1965 Kiri Te Kanawa Robert Dawe* [2]
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972Carolyn Vaugh
1973 Jonathan Summers
1974
1975
1976Judith Henley
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982Christine Ferraro
1983
1984
1985Roger Lemke
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993Jason Wasley
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000Rachelle Durkin
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

Other Sun Arias

Sun Aria (Geelong)

'Comunn-na-Feinne is a Scots Gaelic association, founded in Geelong in 1856 [3] The Sun-Pictorial sponsored an Aria Prize in conjunction with Geelong's festival in 1925 [4] and subsequently. The last contest was in 1933.

YearWinner2nd3rd
1925Arnold AshworthWilliam CadzonOlwer Marshall
May Daley
1926William A. BossenceMaisie RamsayColin J. Thomson
1927Lorna MillerMay DaleyFlorence Pryor
1928Marjorie LawrenceAlice WellsErnest Wilson
1929Ernest Wilsonnotknown
1930Florence EriksonNorman MenziesM. Cumming
1931Myra HardenackEulalie MooreHarold Murphy
1932Anne HarveyCharles E. LomasLola Edwards
1933Ailsa McKenzieJohn DudleyRene Craig
Mary Lilley

Sun Aria (Bendigo)

The newspaper offered similar prizes for the Bendigo musical, literary, and elocutionary competitions held in May 1925 and every year thereafter to 1936. Results 1925–1930 have not been found, despite looking everywhere .

YearWinner2nd3rd
1925
–30
notknown
1931Kathleen CarrollMonica MillerGodfrey Beckwith
1932Margaret ButlerNance OsborneJoan Jones
Iris Turner
1933Jeanne TeychenneCharles E. LomasWilliam Howling
1934Margaret BlackLena Worland
Gladys Richards
1935Freda NorthcoteMolly HislopMarion Daniels
William Laird
Miss S Richards

Sun Aria (City of Sydney)

The newspaper offered two prizes (female and male) from 1933 to 1941, none held 1942–1945 and a single prize thereafter. The contest became a section of the Sydney Eisteddfod in 1949. [5] Notable prizewinners include Joan Sutherland in 1949 and June Gough, better known as June Bronhill, in 1950.

YearWinnerMale /
Notes
YearWinnerMale /
Notes
1936Catherine WilliamsArthur Broadhurst
1937notheld
1933Ruby ZlotkowskiNorman Barnes1938Mildred WalkerNeville Beavis
1934Merle AmblerRobert Nicholson1939Marie RyanRaymond Nilsson
1935Phyllis ThompsonColin Chapman1940Nancy BuchananHugh Godfrey
1941Edna McClellandAllan Ferris1946Rosina Raisbeck
1942notheld1947Eleanor Houston
1943notheld1948Florence Taylor
1944notheld1949 Joan Sutherland
1945notheld1950June Goughaka June Bronhill
1951Angelina Arena1956Russell Cooper
1952Marjorie Conley1957Kevin Mills
1953Tessa Schell1958Heather McMillan
1954Jean Brunning1959Elaine Blight
1955Heather Begg1960Roslyn Dunbar
1961Robert Colman1966
1962Valerie Morgan1967
1963Jan Bartlett1968
1964Pettine-Ann Croul1969
1965Serge Baigildin1970

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