This award represents the greatest honor our nation bestows in opera. The 2009 recipients are John Adams, Frank Corsaro, Marilyn Horne, Lotfi Mansouri, and Julius Rudel.

You can now order or download the NEA Opera Honors Awards Presentation booklet created for the November 14, 2009, ceremony.

November 13-22 is National Opera week, celebrating the vitality of opera in America.

                                               
                                               The 2009 NEA Opera Honors are presented in partnership with

National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal agency
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