role, that of Doctor Schön/Jack the Ripper in Alban Berg's Lulu. His last major role was in Melbourne on 14 December 2007, as Leporello in Don Giovanni, a role with which he had become strongly associated. His final performance was in Sydney on 24 October 2008, a week after he turned 70, as Jaroslav Prus in Janáček's The Makropoulos Secret, in a production directed by Neil Armfield. After the performance, he was presented with the Opera Australia Trophy. Adrian Collette, CEO of Opera Australia, said: "John Pringle is one of the artists on which our company has been built. He has been there almost from the beginning and has stuck with us through thick and thin, a great actor, a magnificent singer and, above all, a real ensemble player loved and admired by colleagues and audiences alike." Honours John Pringle was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1988. In 2004 he won the Helpmann Award for Best Male Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera (Alban Berg's Lulu). In 2007 he won a Green Room Award for his performance as Leporello in Mozart's Don Giovanni, against such competition as Teddy Tahu Rhodes, who sang the title role in the same performances. References Sources Opera Australia Opera Australia The Dictionary of Performing Arts in Australia 1938 births Living people Australian operatic baritones Australian male singers Members of the Order of Australia