2025 Claire Booth – soprano
2024 Nicky Spence – tenor
2023 Anna Dennis – soprano
2021 Jennifer Johnston – mezzo soprano
2020 Natalya Romaniw – soprano
2019 Nina Stemme – soprano
2018 Allan Clayton – tenor
2017 Karita Mattila – soprano 
2016 Roderick Williams – baritone
2015 Christian Gerhaher – baritone
2014 Joyce DiDonato – mezzo soprano
2013 Sarah Connolly – mezzo soprano
2012 Toby Spence – tenor
2011 Susan Bickley – mezzo soprano
2010 Philip Langridge – tenor
2009 Susan Bullock – soprano
2008 John Tomlinson – bass
2007 John Mark Ainsley – tenor
2006 Joyce DiDonato – mezzo soprano
2005 Ben Heppner – tenor
2004 Susan Chilcott – soprano
2003 Lisa Saffer – soprano
2002 Violeta Urmana – mezzo soprano
2001 Gerald Finley – bass-baritone
2000 David Daniels – countertenor
1999 John Tomlinson – bass
1998 Joan Rodgers – soprano
1997 Bryn Terfel – bass-baritone
1996 Anthony Michaels-Moore – baritone
1995 Simon Keenlyside – baritone
1994 Galina Gorchakova – soprano
1993 Julia Varady – soprano
1992 John Tomlinson – bass
1991 Anne Sofie von Otter – mezzo soprano
1990 Philip Langridge – tenor