Elizabeth Connell Prize
The Elizabeth Connell Prize was established in 2014 under the umbrella of the Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Foundation. The late South African dramatic soprano left a legacy to create a prize in her name for the aspiring dramatic sopranos of the world. The inaugural final was held in Sydney, Australia in September 2014.
2025 Elizabeth Connell Prize - Cecilia Lund Tomter (3rd) - Hore mit Sinn from Gotterdammerung.
2025 Elizabeth Connell Prize Finalist - Johanna Will - Pace, pace mio Dio from La forza del Destino
2025 Elizabeth Connell Prize Finalist - Breony Bearman - Es gibt ein Reich from Ariadne auf Naxos
2025 Elizabeth Connell Prize Finalist - Taylor Haines - Pleurez mes yeux from Le Cid
2025 Elizabeth Connell Prize - Edith Grossman (2nd) - O ma lyre immortelle from Sapho
2025 Elizabeth Connell Prize Winner - Lauren Margison - Divinites du styx from Alceste
2025 Elizabeth Connell Prize Winner, Lauren Margison - Do not utter a word from Vanessa
2024 Elizabeth Connell Prize - Esther Tonea - Tatiana's Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin
2024 Elizabeth Connell Prize - Hedvig Haugerud - Les Grecs ont disparu from Les troyens by Berlioz
2024 Elizabeth Connell Prize - Melissa Zgouridi - Weiche, Wotan, weiche! from Das Rheingold.
2024 Elizabeth Connell Prize - Madison Horman - Un bel di vedremo from Madama Butterfly by Puccini
2024 Elizabeth Connell Prize - Yuliya Pogrebnyak - Al dolce guidami...Coppia iniqua from Anna Bolena
2024 Elizabeth Connell Prize Winner, Eliza Boom - Mein elemer from Arabella by Richard Strauss
Final of the 2023 Elizabeth Connell Prize International Singing Competition
2021 Elizabeth Connell Prize Award Winner - Oksana Sekerina - Pace Pace mio Dio
2021 Elizabeth Connell Prize Award Winner - Sigrid Bøe (Norway) Tu puniscimi from Luisa Miller
2021 Elizabeth Connell Prize Award Winner - Nina Maria Fischer (Germany) Elsa's Dream - Lohengrin
2021 Elizabeth Connell Prize Award Winner - Mikayla Sager - Tacea la notte - Il trovatore
2021 Elizabeth Connell Prize Award Winner - Claire Barnett-Jones singing Waltraute.
2021 Elizabeth Connell Prize Award Winner - Leah Gunter from South Africa - Ecco L'orrido campo
2021 Elizabeth Connell Prize Award Winner - Lauren Fagen - Addio, del Passato from La traviata
2021 Elizabeth Connell Prize Award Winner - Yulia Shavarina (Russian Federation) Fenena's Aria
KIANDRA HOWARTH (Australia) 3rd 2019 Elizabeth Connell Prize. Senza Mamma, Suor Angelica - Puccini.
KSENIIA GALITSKAIA (Russian Federation) 2019 Elizabeth Connell Prize. Kuma's Arioso by Tchaikovsky
FELICIA MOORE (USA) - 2019 Elizabeth Connell Prize. Es gibt ein Reich by R. Strauss
SONJA ŠARIĆ 2nd Prize 2019 Elizabeth Connell Prize. Tacea la notte placida, by Verdi
KSENIIA GALITSKAIA. 2019 Elizabeth Connell Prize. Leise Leise, Der Freischütz, von Weber
FELICIA MOORE - 2019 Elizabeth Connell Prize. L'altra notte in fondo al mare, Mefistofele, Boito
KIANDRA HOWARTH - 3rd 2019 Elizabeth Connell Prize. Das war sehr gut, Arabella, R Strauss
SONJA ŠARIĆ - 2nd Prize 2019 Elizabeth Connell Prize - Casta Diva, Norma, Bellini