Basil A. Turner Prize

An annual award given to two singers on the British Youth Opera course who prove to be outstanding both vocally and professionally.

Dame Felicity Lott with the first recipient, Meeta Raval

Recipients:

2008
Meeta Raval (Magda in La Rondine)

2009
Rhona Mckail (Anne Trulove in The Rake’s Progress)

2010
Susana Gaspar (Mimi in La bohème)
Paul Curievici (Orpheus in Euridice)

2012
Luis Gomes (Jenik in The Bartered Bride)
Louise Kemeny (Little Moon and An Actor in A Night at the Chinese Opera)

2013
Emily Vine (Fido in Paul Bunyan)
Bradley Travis (Count Robinson in The Secret Marriage)

2015
Hazel McBain (Vixen in The Cunning Little Vixen)
Claire Barnett-Jones (Maurya in Riders to the Sea)

2016
Harry Thatcher (Coyle in Owen Wingrave)
Polly Leech (various roles in English Eccentrics)

2017
Timothy Edlin (The Stranger in The Vanished Bridegroom)
Samantha Clarke (Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni)

2018
Natalie Davies (Hermia in The Enchanted Island)
Fredrick Jones (Tom Rakewell in The Rake's Progress)

2019
Liam Bonthrone (Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola)
Andrew Hamilton (various roles in Scoring a Century)