International Opera Awards

The International Opera Awards is an annual awards ceremony honouring excellence in opera around the world.

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Origins

The International Opera Awards was founded in 2013 by Harry Hyman, a UK businessman, philanthropist and supporter of opera, and John Allison, Editor of Opera Magazine. The aim of the event is to celebrate excellence in opera and to raise the profile of opera as an artform internationally.

Award categories

Awards are given in approximately 20 categories each year. Nominations for all categories are open to the general public, who submit their choices via an online form. Long lists generated by this process are subsequently considered by a jury of opera critics and administrators, who announce shortlists ahead of the ceremony.

Winners are determined by secret ballot, with the exception of the Opera Magazine Readers' Award, which is decided by public vote.

Ceremony

The inaugural international Opera Awards were held in London at The Hilton Hotel on Monday 22 April 2013.[1] Subsequent ceremonies have taken place each year in April or May.

In 2015 the Awards switched from a dinner format to a theatre show, featuring performances by past winners, finalists and other prominent operatic performers. The 2015 and 2016 ceremonies took place at the Savoy Theatre in London. Since 2017 the ceremony has been held at the London Coliseum[2] and Sadler's Wells Theatre,[3] with Orpheus Sinfonia as the orchestra of the Awards.

The host of the Awards for the past two years has been the BBC Radio 3 presenter Petroc Trelawny. The director has been Ella Marchment.

Charitable aims

The Awards raise money for The Opera Awards Foundation, a charity which awards bursaries to aspiring operatic artists in financial need. Recipients include singers, conductors, accompanists, directors and ensembles. Applications are accepted annually and are open to artists in any country.

Award winners

YearAwardWinner
2020/21[4]2020 and 2021 Awards were combined due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic[5]
2020/21ChorusMetropolitan Opera
2020/21ConductorKirill Petrenko
2020/21DesignerMałgorzata Szczęśniak
2020/21DirectorRobert Carsen
2020/21Education & OutreachBirmingham Opera Company
2020/21Female SingerLise Davidsen
2020/21FestivalSalzburg Festival
2020/21LeadershipSir David Pountney
2020/21Lifetime AchievementBernard Haitink
2020/21Male SingerJavier Camarena
2020/21New ProductionNicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan, d. Dmitri Tcherniakov (La Monnaie/De Munt)
2020/21NewcomerAlpesh Chauhan
2020/21Opera CompanyTeatro Real
2020/21Opera for Peace PrizeDenyce Graves
2020/21Opera OrchestraBayerische Staatsoper / Bayerisches Staatsorchester
2020/21PhilanthropyThe Martina Arroyo Foundation
2020/21Readers' AwardJamie Barton
2020/21Recording (Complete Opera)Thomas: Hamlet Opera Comique (Naxos)
2020/21Recording (Solo Recital)Jakub Józef Orliński: Facce d'amore (Erato)
2020/21Rediscovered WorkMoniuszko: Paria (Poznań Opera House)
2020/21World PremiereGlanert: Oceane (Deutsche Oper Berlin)
2020/21Young SingerVasilisa Berzhanskaya / Xabier Anduaga
2019[6]
2019ChorusBolshoi Opera
2019ConductorMarc Albrecht
2019DesignerRebecca Ringst
2019DirectorKatie Mitchell
2019Education & OutreachUmculo
2019Female SingerAsmik Grigorian
2019FestivalJanáček Brno Festival
2019LeadershipWaldemar Dąbrowski
2019Lifetime AchievementLeontyne Price
2019Male SingerCharles Castronovo
2019New ProductionJanáček: From the House of the Dead, d. Krzysztof Warlikowski (Royal Opera House)
2019NewcomerMaxim Emelyanychev
2019Opera CompanyOpera Vlaanderen
2019Opera OrchestraRoyal Opera House
2019PhilanthropyFondation Bru
2019Readers' AwardSonya Yoncheva
2019Recording (Complete Opera)Rossini: Semiramide (Opera Rara)
2019Recording (Solo Recital)Stéphane Degout: Enfers (Harmonia Mundi)
2019Rediscovered WorkHasse: Artaserse (Pinchgut Opera)
2019World PremiereKurtág: Fin de partie (Teatro alla Scala)
2019Young SingerMarina Viotti
2018[7]
2018ChorusMusicAeterna
2018ConductorVladimir Jurowski
2018DesignerPaul Steinberg
2018DirectorMariusz Treliński
2018Education & OutreachOpera Holland Park
2018Female SingerMalin Byström
2018Male SingerPiotr Beczała
2018Young SingerWallis Giunta
2018FestivalFestival Verdi Parma
2018Leadership in OperaBernd Loebe
2018Lifetime AchievementTeresa Berganza
2018New ProductionBritten: Billy Budd, d. Deborah Warner (Teatro Real)
2018NewcomerBarbora Horáková Joly
2018Opera CompanyBayerische Staatsoper
2018Opera OrchestraTeatro alla Scala
2018PhilanthropyAnnette Campbell-White
2018Readers' AwardPretty Yende
2018Recording (Complete Opera)Berlioz: Les Troyens (Erato)
2018Recording (Solo Recital)Véronique Gens: Visions (Alpha)
2018Rediscovered WorkKrenek: Der Diktator; Schwergewicht; Das geheime Königreich (Oper Frankfurt)
2018World PremiereBrett Dean: Hamlet (Glyndebourne)
2017[8]
2017ChorusArnold Schoenberg Chor
2017ConductorPhilippe Jordan
2017DesignerKlaus Grünberg
2017DirectorChristof Loy
2017Education & OutreachNatalya Sats Children’s Opera Theatre, Moscow
2017Female SingerAnna Netrebko
2017Male SingerLawrence Brownlee
2017Young SingerLouise Alder
2017FestivalWexford Festival Opera
2017Leadership in OperaBernard Foccroulle
2017Lifetime AchievementRenata Scotto
2017New ProductionSaariaho: L’amour de loin, d. Robert Lepage (Metropolitan Opera)
2017NewcomerLorenzo Viotti (Conductor)
2017Opera CompanyOpéra de Lyon
2017Readers' AwardJuan Diego Flórez
2017PhilanthropyFEDORA: The European Circle of Philanthropists of Opera and Ballet
2017Recording (Complete Opera)Pique Dame (BR Klassik)
2017Recording (Solo Recital)Pretty Yende: A Journey (Sony)
2017Rediscovered WorkŻeleński: Goplana (Polish National Opera)
2017Special Award in MemoriamAlberto Zedda
2017World PremiereThomas Adès: The Exterminating Angel (Salzburg Festival)
2016[9]
2016AccessibilityThe Opera Platform
2016CD (Complete Opera)Donizetti: Les martyrs, Opera Rara
2016CD (Operatic Recital)Ann Hallenberg: Agrippina, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
2016ChorusEnglish National Opera Chorus
2016ConductorGianandrea Noseda
2016DesignerVicki Mortimer
2016DirectorLaurent Pelly
2016DVDRimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride, Bel Air Classiques
2016Female SingerMariella Devia
2016Male SingerGregory Kunde
2016Young Female SingerAsmik Grigorian
2016Young Male SingerStanislas de Barbeyrac
2016FestivalGlyndebourne Festival Opera
2016Lifetime AchievementBrigitte Fassbaender
2016New ProductionBritten: Peter Grimes, Theater an der Wien (Vienna)
2016Opera CompanyDutch National Opera
2016Philanthropist/SponsorBill & Judy Bollinger, Christine Collins
2016Rediscovered WorkOffenbach: Le roi Carotte, Opéra de Lyon
2016World PremiereJennifer Higdon: Cold Mountain, Santa Fe Opera
2016Young ConductorGiacomo Sagripanti
2016Young DirectorFabio Ceresa
2016Readers’ AwardErmonela Jaho
2015[10]
2015AccessibilityDen Norske Opera
2015CD (Complete Opera)Offenbach: Fantasio, Opera Rara
2015CD (Operatic Recital)Anna Bonitatibus: Semiramide: La Signora Regale, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
2015ChorusWelsh National Opera Chorus
2015ConductorSemyon Bychkov
2015DesignerEs Devlin
2015DirectorRichard Jones
2015DVDStrauss: Elektra, Bel Air Classiques
2015Female SingerAnja Harteros
2015Male SingerChristian Gerhaher
2015Young SingerJustina Gringyte
2015FestivalBregenzer Festspiele
2015Lifetime AchievementSpeight Jenkins
2015NewcomerLotte de Beer
2015New ProductionMussorgsky: Khovanskygate, Birmingham Opera Company
2015Opera CompanyKomische Oper Berlin
2015Philanthropist/SponsorAnn Ziff (Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation)
2015Readers’ AwardAleksandra Kurzak
2015Readers’ AwardJonas Kaufmann
2015Rediscovered WorkRossini: Aureliano in Palmira, Rossini Opera Festival (Pesaro)
2015Anniversary Production (Strauss)Die Frau ohne Schatten, Royal Opera House (London)
2015World PremierePhilippe Boesmans: Au monde, La Monnaie (Bruxelles)
2014[11]
2014AccessibilityTeatro Sociale di Como
2014Anniversary Production (Britten)Peter Grimes on the beach (Aldeburgh Festival)
2014Anniversary Production (Verdi)Verdi trilogy – La battaglia di Legnano, I due Foscari, I Lombardi (Hamburg Staatsoper)
2014Anniversary Production (Wagner)Parsifal (Vlaamse Opera)
2014CD (Complete Opera)Otello (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Resound)
2014CD (Operatic Recital)Ann Hallenberg – Hidden Handel (Naïve)
2014ChorusBayreuth Festival
2014ConductorKirill Petrenko
2014DesignerPaul Brown
2014DirectorBarrie Kosky
2014DVDDavid et Jonathas (Bel Air Classiques)
2014Female SingerDiana Damrau
2014Male SingerStuart Skelton
2014Young SingerJamie Barton
2014FestivalAix-en-Provence Festival
2014Lifetime AchievementGerard Mortier
2014New ProductionNorma, p. Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier (Salzburg Festival)
2014Opera CompanyOper Zürich
2014Philanthropist/SponsorEdgar Foster Daniels
2014Readers’ AwardJoseph Calleja
2014Rediscovered WorkCristina, regina di Svezia (Foroni), Wexford Festival
2014World PremiereThe Merchant of Venice (André Tchaikowsky), Bregenz Festival
2013[12]
2013AccessibilityMetropolitan Opera
2013CD (Complete Opera)Alessandro (Handel), c. George Petrou (Decca)
2013CD (Operatic Recital)Christian Gerhaher: Romantic Arias (Sony)
2013ChorusCape Town Opera
2013ConductorAntonio Pappano
2013Designer (costumes)Buki Shiff
2013Designer (sets)Antony McDonald
2013Designer (lighting)Paule Constable
2013DirectorDmitri Tcherniakov
2013DVDIl trittico, Royal Opera, p. Richard Jones, c. Antonio Pappano (Opus Arte)
2013Female SingerNina Stemme
2013Male SingerJonas Kaufmann
2013Young SingerSophie Bevan
2013FestivalSalzburg Festival
2013Newcomer (conductor or director)Daniele Rustioni
2013New ProductionThe Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, p. and d. Dmitri Tcherniakov (Netherlands Opera)
2013Opera CompanyOper Frankfurt
2013Opera OrchestraMetropolitan Opera
2013Philanthropist/SponsorSir Peter Moores
2013Rediscovered WorkDavid et Jonathas (Charpentier), Les Arts Florissants
2013World PremiereWritten on Skin (Benjamin), Aix-en-Provence Festival

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