Emily Blanch

The 2007 winner sings a winning aria

Victoria Wallace

Sings Saint-Saens

Helen Sherman

The Sydney mezzo-soprano sings Mozart

Natalie Aroyan

The soprano (Foster Award winner) responds to her audience

Mary-Jean O'Doherty

A young Finalist absorbed in Rachmaninov

Jeffrey Black

Comperes the Concert

Maestro Bonynge on the Podium

At the Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music

James Homann

2007 Opera Awards winner entertains the audience while the judges deliberate

Jeffrey Black

Sings Rigoletto

Emily Blanch & Maestro Bonynge

With the Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra

Maestro Bonynge, the Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra & Jeffrey Black

Acknoweldges the audience

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia

His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffrey AC CVO (Rtd) addresses the audience

Professor Kuribayashi

Speaks on behalf of sponsor Dr Handa

Anson Austin OAM

The National Adjudicator speaks

Five Finalists on stage

The singers await the final result

Emily Blanch

The winner receives accolades from the Governor-General His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC (Rtd)

Emily Blanch

The happy winner sneaks a peak at her supporters in the audience

The Mathy Winner

Emily speaks from the lectern

Roland Gridiger

The Competition's CEO addresses the guests at the post-Concert party

Five Finalists

The singers shine in red and black at the post-concert party

Emily with Professor Kuribayashi

An adjudicator celebrates with the winner

The Governor-General and the singers

Some words of congratulations from the ASC Patron-in-Chief

Emily and Maestro Bonynge

The winner and her conductor enjoy a relaxed moment after the Concert

Five Finalists

All for one and one for five!

The Governor-General and Maestro Bonynge

After the Concert