 Rosalind Plowright was awarded an OBE in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to music.She won first prize in the 7th International Singing Competition, Sofia and a SWET award (now "Laurence Olivier Award") in 1979.She was awarded the Prix Fondation Fanny Heldy for her performance as Leonora in the 1984 recording of Verdi's "Il trovatore" with Domingo, Brigitte Fassbaender, Giorgio Zancanaro, Yevgeny Nesterenko and the Choir and Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under Carlo Maria Giulini.