THE FOURTH ANNUAL OPERA NEWS AWARDS AT NEW YORK'S HISTORIC PLAZA HOTEL – NOVEMBER 16, 2008
On November 16, renowned American mezzo soprano SUSAN GRAHAM, 2005 Opera News Award-winner and star of the Met's new production of Berlioz's Damnation of Faust, and celebrated American baritone THOMAS HAMPSON, 2007 Opera News Award-winner and star of the Met's upcoming new production of Massenet's Thaïs, co-hosted the Fourth Annual Opera News Awards at New York's Historic Plaza Hotel. Photos by Dario Acosta

Front Row: Placido Domingo, Patricia Racette, Susan S. Braddock, Sherrill Milnes, Renee Fleming, Nathalie Dessay, Marilyn Horne, John Adams
Back Row: Garrison Keillor, Alan Gilbert, F. Paul Drisoall, Marian Seldes, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson