The Super of the Year Award is presented annually at the Super Party.
Selected by the San Francisco Opera Company, it goes to the person or
persons who have made outstanding contributions to Supering during the year.

2006
Joan Imbeau, Paul Szczesiul, Susan Anderson-Norby

"There are a few of you out there I haven’t met yet, and I apologize for that. But since 112 of you played the 158 available Super roles this spring and fall, I’ve met quite a few of you. Before I present the Super of the Year Award, I would just like to say that working with all of you this season has been an honor and a privilege. I am constantly amazed by all the hard work you put into these roles. Neither I nor the company can thank you enough.

If it were up to me, you’d all be Super of the Year. But since all your names won’t fit on the plaque, I’ve narrowed it down to these people: Joan Imbeau for her hard work at the Super bake sales and as bookeeper for the Super Committee; Susan Anderson-Norby for being my right-hand woman on back-to-back Super-heavy productions this fall; and Paul Szczesiul for keeping the Committee on track as chairperson and for advising me as I stumbled through my first season. Thank you all!”

- April Busch (remarks made at the Super Party, November 13, 2006)