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It's our favourite time of year! Nominations for
#OperaAwards2024
are now open:
📅Nominations are for achievements from Sep 1 2023-Jul 31 2024
✒️Nominate in as many categories as you like
🏆Shortlists announced in August
🎭2024 ceremony info coming soon!
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And the
#OperaAwards2021
Male Singer of the Year is...
The tenor Javier Camarena!
@tenorjcamarena
dedicates his award to “the entire artistic community” for its commitment despite the challenges of 2020.
#winners
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The Lifetime Achievement award is given this year to legendary mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker, celebrating her illustrious career 🏆
#OperaAwards2022
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We're so sad to hear that the great Renata Scotto has died. It was our privilege to present her with the Lifetime Achivement award in 2017 and her speech brought the house down. A true icon.
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And the winner of the
#OperaAwards2021
@operamagazine
Readers' Award is the one - the only - Jamie Barton
@jbartonmezzo
!
#winners
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Every year our Lifetime Achievement Award honours one of the opera world's all-time greats. This year we pay tribute to the extraordinary Leontyne Price - a trailblazer in opera, whose legacy lives on to this day and whose astonishing voice remains unmatched.
#OperaAwards2019
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And the winner of the
#OperaAwards2018
Education and Outreach Award is...
@operahollandpk
's Inspire programme!
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We could think of no better day than today, her birthday, to share the news that Teresa Berganza is our
#OperaAwards2018
Lifetime Achievement Award Winner. She will be presented with the award on stage at the London Coliseum on April 9.
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The
#OperaAwards2018
World Premiere of the Year is...
@brettdeanmusic
's Hamlet from
@glyndebourne
, starring
@fatboyclayton
@HanniganBarbara
@spconnolly
and conducted by our Conductor of the Year, Vladimir Jurowski.
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Now to the award for Conductor of the Year.
And the winner is Kirill Petrenko
@bay_staatsoper
- the first artist ever to win this award twice.
#OperaAwards2021
#winners
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And the
#OperaAwards2021
Opera Orchestra of the Year is… the Bayerisches Staatsorchester
@bay_staatsoper
. Lots of celebrate in Munich tonight, with wins for both their orchestra and chief conductor.
#winners
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While
@Teatro_Real
was selected as the winner by our jury before the pandemic, for its outstanding work in 2019, we also recognise their trailblazing efforts in bringing live opera back to the stage despite coronavirus restrictions. Congratulations!
#OperaAwards2021
#winners
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Last night's Grenfell Benefit concert raised £30k for survivors. Well done
@Nazan_Fikret
and team.
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Next up, the lovely
@brinsherratt
joins us to present the award for Female Singer of the Year.
And the winner is...
The soprano
@LiseDavidsen
, performing tonight at
@teatroallascala
in their re-opening concert. Congratulations Lise!
#OperaAwards2021
#winners
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Finalists for the
@operamagazine
Readers' Award are:
-
@IldarAbdrazakov
-
@BartoliOfficial
-
@jbartonmezzo
-
@elinagaranca
-
@tenorkaufmann
-
@MattilaKarita
-
@AnnaNetrebko
-
@erwinschrott
-
@Spikelmyers
-
@Bryn_Terfel
Vote here:
#OperaAwards2020
#finalists
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Henry Little, CEO of Opera Rara, winners of the award for Recording (Complete Opera) for Mercadante's Il proscritto.
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Among those we're recognising tonight for their work under lockdown:
@Vopera20
, the NexTus Festival,
@PacificOperaVic
,
@E_N_O
Breathe,
@NadinBenjamin
,
@donizettiopera
,
@operahollandpk
,
@SeattleOpera
,
@IrishNatOpera
,
@Lisette_Oropesa
&
@Teatro_Real
.
#OperaAwards2021
#resilience
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The first award of the evening is Young Singer of the Year, sponsored by our headline sponsor
@Mazars_UK
.
And we have a tie! The joint winners are the Spanish tenor
@xabieranduaga
and the Russian mezzo soprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya.
#winners
#OperaAwards2021
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The
#OperaAwards2018
New Production of the Year is...
Deborah Warner's production of Billy Budd for
@Teatro_Real
. We're thrilled to have Teatro Real director Joan Matabosch with us, joined by director Deborah Warner.
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Our penultimate award of the evening is the Lifetime Achievement Award, which this year honours the life and career of the great Bernard Haitink. To present it, we welcome Dame Felicity Lott.
#OperaAwards2021
#winners
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And the award for Recording (Solo Recital) of the Year goes to Jakub Józef Orliński for Facce d'amore, recorded with
@ilpdo
and released on Erato
@WarnerClassics
.
#OperaAwards2021
#winners
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A very special performance now. In memory of the victims of Grenfell, a community chorus brought together by
@operahollandpk
to perform "Help Me Believe" conducted by
@GarethMalone
with composer
@Will_Todd_Music
at the piano.
#OperaAwards2019
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The
#OperaAwards2018
Opera Company of the Year is...
@bay_staatsoper
!
We welcome Christoph Koch to accept the trophy on behalf of the company.
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And the
#OperaAwards2018
Male Singer of the Year is...
Piotr Beczala.
Piotr is in New York tonight singing in Luisa Miller
@MetOpera
but has sent a message from Manhattan.
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The winner of the award for Solo Recital of the Year is...
@Stephdegout
's Enfers, released by
@harmoniamundi
.
#OperaAwards2019
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OPERA COMPANY OF THE YEAR
#OperaAwards2018
#finalists
@bay_staatsoper
@teatrolafenice
@LyricOpera
@opergraz
@Opera_North
@Teatro_Real
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We promised you good news, and here it is. The 2021 International Opera Awards will be going ahead on May 10 as a virtual event, hosted by
@PetrocTrelawny
& featuring special guests & exclusive performances.
Tickets just £10.
#OperaAwards2021
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And the
#OperaAwards2019
Opera Orchestra of the Year is...the orchestra of
@TheRoyalOpera
. To accept, their concertmaster Vasko Vassilev.
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Congrats
#OperaAwards2017
Young Singer of the Year
@louisealdersop
, winner of the Audience Prize at
#CardiffSinger
!
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And that’s us done for another year! Thanks everyone for joining us here at
@Sadlers_Wells
and online and congratulations to all of our
#OperaAwards2019
winners! 🎉🎉🎉
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We’re here at the glorious
@Teatro_Real
in Madrid for this year’s awards (in-person for the first time since 2019!)
We’ll be live tweeting the ceremony throughout the evening so follow
#OperaAwards2022
for all the news 🏆📰
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The
#OperaAwards2019
Female Singer of the Year is...
@AsmikGrigorian
! Asmik was Young Singer of the Year in 2016: this is the first time a singer has won both categories.
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We're also *thrilled* to reveal that
@Alek_Kurzak
and
@roberto_alagna
will perform at
#OperaAwards2020
on May 4 at Sadler's Wells.
Further details of this year's line up coming soon!
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Now to our next award: Chorus of the Year.
And the winner is...
@MetOperaChorus
@MetOpera
!
#OperaAwards2021
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The Good Governance Institute Leadership award is this year presented to Nicholas Payne - congratulations! 🏆
#OperaAwards2022
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And the
#OperaAwards2017
Solo Recital of the Year is
@PrettyYende
's "A Journey", released by
@sony_classical
.
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When you just happen to pause the
#OperaAwards2018
highlights video on one of the best moments of the night. We ❤️ you
@PrettyYende
!
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And the award goes to Janacek's From the House of the Dead, directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski for
@TheRoyalOpera
.
#OperaAwards2019
@ktwonguk
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And just like that, it's time for the last award of the night. To present the award for Opera Company of the Year, we welcome the fabulous
@ErmonelaJaho
- who may just win the award for best video-call background of the night!
#OperaAwards2021
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And the winner is…
@narduswilliams
!
Nardus will also be singing for us a bit later 🎶
Congratulations 🏆
#OperaAwards2022
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"Make Our Garden Grow" from Candide, with our Opera Awards Foundation chorus, featuring
@tobyspence
#OperaAwards2018
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Now to the award for Newcomer of the Year, for a conductor, director or composer who had a breakthrough year in 2019.
And the winner is...
@alpeshconductor
, the Music Director of
@BirminghamOpera
.
#OperaAwards2021
#winners
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The
#OperaAwards2021
Recording (Complete Opera) of the Year award goes to…
Thomas's Hamlet at
@Opera_Comique
, released on DVD by
@naxosrecords
and conducted by Louis Langrée with
@Stephdegout
in the title role.
#OperaAwards2021
#winners
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Next, the award for Education & Outreach, celebrating companies who broaden opera's reach and engage with the wider community.
And the
#OperaAwards2021
winner is...
@BirminghamOpera
, for its immersive Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk in 2019.
#winners
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"Anything is possible. When you see my dream come true, yours will come true too."
@PrettyYende
is
#OperaAwards2018
Readers' Award winner.
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YOUNG SINGER OF THE YEAR
#OperaAwards2018
#finalists
Aigul Akhmetshina
Liparit Avetisyan
@GordonBintner
Amartuvshin Enkhbat
@LaurenAshFagan
Wallis Giunta
@AnushH_Soprano
Isabella Lee
Federica Lombardi
@Natalya_Romaniw
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Voting for the
#OperaAwards2020
@operamagazine
Readers' Award closes five weeks from today. Choose your favourite (hard, we know) from these 10 amazing artists - result announced
@Sadlers_Wells
on Monday 4 May.
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The
#OperaAwards2019
Conductor of the Year is ... Chief Conductor of the
@DutchNatOpera
, Marc Albrecht.
#OperaAwards2019
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And the winner is…
@glyndebourne
for La Voix humaine/Les Mamelles de Tirésias!
Congratulations 🏆
#OperaAwards2022
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Next up: the award for Director of the Year.
And the winner is…
Robert Carsen - already recognised tonight for his part in the world premiere of Glanert’s Oceane.
#OperaAwards2021
#winners
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Proud beyond words of
@Nazan_Fikret
for putting together a moving and uplifting concert for Grenfell survivors tonight. Bravi tutti.
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The award for Rediscovered Work of the Year goes to...
@pinchgut
's production of Hasse's Artaserse, starring Vivica Genaux and conducted by Erin Helyard, who we heard from earlier tonight.
#OperaAwards2019
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As chosen by you, the operagoing public,
#OperaAwards2018
@operamagazine
Readers' Award Winner
@PrettyYende
.
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The
#OperaAwards2016
Female Singer of the Year is ... Mariella Devia! Bravas from the audience!
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For the first time ever, the Opera Company award is being awarded jointly to two companies -
@OperaLviv
and Odessa National Opera and Ballet Theatre from Ukraine, recognising the incredible work they’ve been doing in extraordinary circumstances 👏 🏆
#OperaAwards2022
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A new award next, presented in conjunction with
@operaforpeace_
to recognise an operatic artist who has inspired, guided & helped other artists, contributing to a better future for our field.
The winner is the American mezzo soprano
@denycegraves
.
#OperaAwards2021
#winners
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The winner of the
#OperaAwards2019
@GoodGovernInst
Award for Leadership in Opera is Waldemar Dabrowski, General Manager of Polish National Opera.
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Eight brilliant singers are vying for this year's
@operamagazine
Readers' Award. Anyone can vote online: who's your pick?
#OperaAwards2018
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FEMALE SINGER OF THE YEAR
#OperaAwards2018
#finalists
Malin Byström
Carmen Giannattasio
@HanniganBarbara
Hui He
@ErmonelaJaho
Eva-Maria Westbroek
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And the
#OperaAwards2019
Complete Opera Recording of the Year is...
@OperaRara
's Semiramide.
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"Education and Outreach is at the heart of everything we do" -
@JamesOHP
. Lots of cheering for that win!
#OperaAwards2018
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We've gone quite Canadian 🇨🇦 this year! Young Singer finalists Wallis Giunta and
@GordonBintner
will both perform at
#OperaAwards2018
. Tickets:
@CanadianUK
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Serge Dorny, General Manager of
@bay_staatsoper
#OperaAwards2023
Opera Company of the Year with Oksana Taranenko from Odesa Opera, joint winner in this category last year.
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We might need to establish a new category.
Book isn't even out yet and look! I'm the Number One Opera singer biography on Amazon! Anyone who has seen my Karaoke performance of Suspicious Minds will confirm I am an amazing* singer**
* Enthusiastic
** Looking at the other authors I think they've got things a bit wrong
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And the winner is...
The orchestra of
@teatroallascala
.
Alexander Pereira is here to accept.
#OperaAwards2018
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And the
#OperaAwards2021
Festival of the Year is the iconic
@SbgFestival
, who marked their 99th birthday in 2019 - and led the way with a covid-safe programme in 2020.
#winners
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And the
#OperaAwards2017
Conductor of the Year is ...
@operadeparis
Music Director, Philippe Jordan!
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Join us tonight at 7pm CET for the
2023 International Opera Awards at the stunning
Teatr Wielki in Warsaw! 🎭🌟
#OperaAwards2023
#IOA2023
#TeatrWielki
#OperaExcellence
📺LIVESTREAM:
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We're proud to have supported so many amazing women through the Opera Awards Foundation over the years. We'll be highlighting some of their achievements here throughout
#IWD2018
.
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NEW PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR
#OperaAwards2018
#finalists
Wozzeck
@SbgFestival
Billy Budd
@Teatro_Real
Death in Venice
@oper_stuttgart
La clemenza di Tito
@glyndebourne
Stiffelio
@RegioParma
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
@WagnerFestival
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And here’s
@Spikelmyers
himself having come just off stage to accept his award!
#OperaAwards2022
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And the winner is…
@spikelmyers
for ‘Baritenor’ on
@WarnerClassics
!
Congratulations 🏆
#OperaAwards2022
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CHORUS OF THE YEAR
#OperaAwards2018
#finalists
:
@bay_staatsoper
@Komische_Oper
@teatrolafenice
MusicAeterna (
@PermOpera_en
)
@SFOpera
@Teatro_Real
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The Newcomer award recognises a director, conductor, or composer who had a breakthrough year in 2018. And the winner this year is ... Maxim Emelyanychev.
#OperaAwards2019
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The wonderful Charles Castronovo (
@CharlieTenor
) with his Male Singer of the Year award!
#OperaAwards2019
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Watch highlights from
#OperaAwards2018
sponsored by
@Mazars_UK
, featuring
@PetrocTrelawny
@operamagazine
@PrettyYende
@GeraldFinley
@AnushH_Soprano
@ROH_Muscat
@GoodGovernInst
@CHChampagne
and many many more!
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And the
#OperaAwards2016
Opera Company of the Year is ...
@DutchNatOpera
! Pierre Audi accepts.
#OperaAwards2016
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#OperaAwards2018
Complete Opera Recording of the Year is Les Troyens on Erato, conducted by John Nelson.
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READERS' AWARD
#OperaAwards2018
#finalists
@BartoliOfficial
@JoyceDiDonato
@bryan_hymel
Ambrogio Maestri
Karita Mattila
@renepapebass
@lucapisaroni
@PrettyYende
PLACE YOUR VOTE:
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FEMALE SINGER
-
@Maria_Agresta
-
@LiseDavidsen
-Christine Goerke (
@HeldenMommy
)
-Kate Lindsey (
@kate_mezzo
)
-
@Lisette_Oropesa
-Elza van den Heever (
@elzasoprano
)
#OperaAwards2020
#finalists
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