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.
Year
Winner
2nd or Reserve Award
3rd or Notes
1924
Lawrence Power
Morva Davies
1925
Pauline Gallagher
1926
Edward Hocking
1927
Arnold Matters
1928
Nance Marley
Florence Erikson
Sydney Holmes
1929
May Craven
1930
Norman Menzies
1931
Adele McKay
1932
Emilie Hooke
Nancy Studley
Etta Bernard Jeanne Teychenne
1933
Newstead Rush
Beatrice Oakley
Joan Jones William Laird
1934
Dennis Dowling
Hinemoa Rosieur
Alan Coad
1935
Nance Osborne
1936
Sylvia Fisher
1937
Joan Jones
1938
Alfredo Luizzi
Mavis Webster
Vera Hickenbotham
1939
Mavis Webster
1940
Joyce Ross
Frances Forbes
Vera Hickenbotham
1941
Amelia Scarce
Kathleen Seabrook
Frank Lasslett Peggy Knibb
1942 –44
not held
1945
John Lanigan
Jean Thompson
Patricia Howard
1946
Maxwell Cohen
Morris Williams
Patricia Howard Robert Simmons
1947
Charles Skase
Keith Neilson
Nita Maughan
1948
Mary Miller
Joan Arnold
Robert Simmons
1949
Betna Pontin
Joan Arnold
Halinka de Tarczynska
1950
David Allen
Nina Foley*
1951
Verona Cappadona
Joyce Simmons*
1952
Violet Harper
Wilma Martin*
1953
Lynette Kierce
Jenifer Eddy* Robert Allman*
1954
Cavell Armstrong
Loris Elms*
* = "Reserve Award"
1955
Leonard Delany
Loris Sutton*
1956
Loris Sutton
Brian Hansford*
1957
Brian Hansford
June Barton*
1958
Robert Bickerstaff
Diana Munn*
1959
Tello Siciliano
June Barton*
1960
June Barton
Roslyn Dunbar*
1961
Janice Hearne
Patricia Connop*
1962
Maureen Howard
Patricia Wooldridge*
1963
Raymond Myers
Valerie Pennefather*
1964
Malvina Major
Imelda Fitzgerald*
1965
Kiri Te Kanawa
Robert Dawe*
[2]
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
Carolyn Vaugh
1973
Jonathan Summers
1974
1975
1976
Judith Henley
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
Christine Ferraro
1983
1984
1985
Roger Lemke
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
Jason Wasley
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Rachelle Durkin
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Nicole Car
2008
2009
John Longmuir
2010
Lee Abrahmsen
2011
Barbara Zavros
2012
Brenton Spiteri
2013
Stacey Alleaume
2014
Kathryn Radcliffe
2015
Fiona Jopson
2016
Panayiota Kalatzis
2017
Max Riebl
2018
Rebecca Rashleigh
2019
Georgia Wilkinson
2020
2021
Naomi Flatman
2022
Austin Haynes
2023
Rachael Joyce
2024
^"Sun Singers". The Sun News-Pictorial. No. 1265. Victoria, Australia. 30 September 1926. p. 8. Retrieved 21 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^Barbara Mackenzie; Findlay Mackenzie. Singers of Australia. Lansdowne. p. 283.
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