International Opera Awards 2024 ~ Serge Dorny (State Director of the Bavarian State Opera) and Harry Hyman (initiator of the International Opera Awards) on October 2, 24 in the Prinzregententheater in Munich ~ © BrauerPhotos / G.Nitschke
The International Opera Awards 2024 were presented last Wednesday at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.
The shortlist of winners:
Conductor: Simone Young
Designer: Rufus Didwiszus
Director: Christof Loy
Equal Opportunities & Impact: Opera For Peace
Female Singer: Lisette Oropesa
Festival: Savonlinna Opera Festival
Leadership: Christina Scheppelmann
Lifetime Achievement: José van Dam
Male Singer: Benjamin Bernheim
New Production: Iphigenia in Aulide / Tauride (Festival d’Aix/Tcherniakov – co-produced by Greek National Opera & Opera national de Paris)
Opera Company: Comic Opera Berlin
Philanthropy: The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)
Readers‘ Award: Arturo Chacon Cruz
Recording (Complete Opera): Bertin ~ Splendor (Bru Zane)
Recording (Solo Recital): Michael Spyres: In the Shadows (I was wrong)
Rediscovered Work: Antonio Salieri ~ Kublai Khan (MusicTheater an der Wien)
Rising Star: Justin Austin (baritone) / Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir (mezzo-soprano)
Sustainability: Finnish National Opera
World Premiere: Eötvös ~ Valuska (Hungarian State Opera)
The recording of the award ceremony on YouTube: youtube.com
Detailed information at: operaawards.org.
