Henna Mun wins 2024 John Christie Award  

Soprano Henna Mun has been named as the winner of this year’s John Christie Award. The announcement was made from the stage at the Glyndebourne Opera House during Glyndebourne chairman Gus Christie’s traditional last night speech. 

The John Christie Award is given by Glyndebourne in partnership with the Musicians’ Company which has supported the award since it was created in 1965. The award includes a £15,000 scholarship and is designed to support the career of an outstanding young talent in the Glyndebourne Festival company with support for further study. 

Born in Japan and raised in Canada, Henna Mun is currently studying at the Royal College of Music Opera School. Having joined the Glyndebourne Chorus this season she will be singing the role of Phyllis in Glyndebourne’s new commission of The Railway Children by Mark Anthony Turnage for the company’s 2025 autumn season. 

Mun joins a legacy of past winners including Ryland Davies, Sir John Tomlinson, Gerald Finley, Alfie Boe, Matthew Rose, David Butt Philip, Louise Alder, Huw Montague Rendall and James Newby. In addition to the John Christie Award, Mun will receive an invitation to join the Musicians’ Company as a Young Artist. Young Artists typically give performances across the country as well as working with the Company’s Young Artists Outreach Programme, taking music into inner London primary schools.