International Opera Awards
The International Opera Awards was founded by Harry Hyman, a UK businessman and supporter of opera, and John Allison, Editor of Opera Magazine.
The aim of the event is to promote excellence in opera and to promote international opera. Whilst there are a number of individual awards given to opera productions and opera singers by a number of broader artistic awards there is no dedicated awards event for opera itself.
Bursaries will also be awarded for emerging artists within the sector. The Opera Awards Foundation has been set up to support aspiring talent within the opera community and a percentage of the proceeds from the awards will go to this Foundation. There are 20 different categories of awards which artists can be nominated for, with a shortlist of finalists being announced before the event.
The inaugural international Opera Awards were held in London at The Hilton Hotel on Monday 22 April 2013.[1] The 2015 awards will take place at the Savoy Hotel in London, on 26 April 2015.
Award winners
| Year | Award | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 2014[2] | ||
| 2014 | Accessibility | Teatro Sociale di Como |
| 2014 | Anniversary Production (Britten) | Peter Grimes on the beach (Aldeburgh Festival) |
| 2014 | Anniversary Production (Verdi) | Verdi trilogy – La battaglia di Legnano, I due Foscari, I Lombardi (Hamburg Staatsoper) |
| 2014 | Anniversary Production (Wagner) | Parsifal (Vlaamse Opera) |
| 2014 | CD (Complete Opera) | Otello (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Resound) |
| 2014 | CD (Operatic Recital) | Ann Hallenberg – Hidden Handel (Naïve) |
| 2014 | Chorus | Bayreuth Festival |
| 2014 | Conductor | Kirill Petrenko |
| 2014 | Designer | Paul Brown |
| 2014 | Director | Barrie Kosky |
| 2014 | DVD | David et Jonathas (Bel Air Classiques) |
| 2014 | Female Singer | Diana Damrau |
| 2014 | Festival | Aix-en-Provence Festival |
| 2014 | Lifetime Achievement | Gerard Mortier |
| 2014 | Male Singer | Stuart Skelton |
| 2014 | New Production | Norma, p. Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier (Salzburg Festival) |
| 2014 | Opera Company | Oper Zürich |
| 2014 | Philanthropist/Sponsor | Edgar Foster Daniels |
| 2014 | Readers’ Award | Joseph Calleja |
| 2014 | Rediscovered Work | Cristina, regina di Svezia (Foroni), Wexford Festival |
| 2014 | World Premiere | The Merchant of Venice (André Tchaikowsky), Bregenz Festival |
| 2014 | Young Singer | Jamie Barton |
| 2013[3] | ||
| 2013 | Accessibility | Metropolitan Opera |
| 2013 | CD (Complete Opera) | Alessandro (Handel), c. George Petrou (Decca) |
| 2013 | CD (Operatic Recital) | Christian Gerhaher: Romantic Arias (Sony) |
| 2013 | Chorus | Cape Town Opera |
| 2013 | Conductor | Antonio Pappano |
| 2013 | Designer (costumes) | Buki Shiff |
| 2013 | Designer (sets) | Antony McDonald |
| 2013 | Designer (lighting) | Paule Constable |
| 2013 | Director | Dmitri Tcherniakov |
| 2013 | DVD | Il trittico, Royal Opera, p. Richard Jones, c. Antonio Pappano (Opus Arte) |
| 2013 | Female Singer | Nina Stemme |
| 2013 | Festival | Salzburg Festival |
| 2013 | Male Singer | Jonas Kaufmann |
| 2013 | Newcomer (conductor or director) | Daniele Rustioni |
| 2013 | New Production | The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, p. and d. Dmitri Tcherniakov (Netherlands Opera) |
| 2013 | Opera Company | Oper Frankfurt |
| 2013 | Opera Orchestra | Metropolitan Opera |
| 2013 | Philanthropist/Sponsor | Sir Peter Moores |
| 2013 | Rediscovered Work | David et Jonathas (Charpentier), Les Arts Florissants |
| 2013 | World Premiere | Written on Skin (Benjamin), Aix-en-Provence Festival |
| 2013 | Young Singer | Sophie Bevan |
References
- ↑ "Our music is for everyone, say stars at new International Opera Awards ceremony". Evening Standard. 2013-04-23.
- ↑ "International Opera Awards 2014 winners". The International Opera Awards. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
- ↑ "The 2013 Winners". The International Opera Awards. Retrieved 2013-05-29.