Opera Index Distinguished Achievement Awardees

Sherrill Milnes (1982)
Zinka Milanov (1983)
Leonie Rysanek(1985)
Samuel Ramey (1986)
Roberta Peters (1987)
Marilyn Horne (1988)
Licia Albanese (1989)
Jarmila Novotna (1990)
Alfredo Kraus (1991)
Lucine Amara & Jerome Hines (1992)
Birgit Nilsson & Alfred Hubay (1992)
Renata Scotto (1994)
Rose Bampton & Theodor Uppman (1995)
Anna Moffo (1997)
Grace Bumbry (1998)
Martina Arroyo (1999)
George Jellinek (2000)
Deborah Voigt (2001)
Jon Vickers (2002)
Regina Resnik (2003)
Sherrill Milnes (2004)
James Morris (2005)
Catherine Malfitano (2006)
Jessye Norman (2007)
Aprile Millo (2008)
Julius Rudel (2009)
Patrice Munsel (2010)
Shirley Verrett & George Shirley (2011)
Eve Queler (2012)
Eric Owens (2013)
Rosalind Elias (2014)
Susan Graham (2015)
Dolora Zajick (2016)
Tito Capobianco (2017)
Mignon Dunn (2018)
Diana Soviero (2019)
Joyce DiDonato & Elinor Ross (2020)
James Morris (2023)
Matthew Polenzani (2024)