In 1988 , he won the Birgit Nilsson Prize . Heppner was awarded the National Arts Centre Award , a companion award of the Governor General 's Performing Arts Awards in 1995 . He was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1999 , was promoted to Officer in 2002 and Companion in 2008 . He performed at closing ceremonies of two Winter Olympic Games . In Turin in 2006 , he sang the Canadian national anthem . Four years later , in Vancouver , he sang the Olympic Hymn . Both times , he mixed English and French . In June 2016 , Heppner was made a laureate of the Governor General 's Performing Arts Awards , with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Classical Music
In Turin in 2006
2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
Ben Heppner