International Opera Awards 2015

The 2015 International Opera Awards marked the third edition of the International Opera Awards , launched by Harry Hyman, a British businessman and philanthropist, and John Allison , editor of the British trade magazine Opera .

Goals and ceremony

The second presentation of the International Opera Awards took place on April 26, 2015 in a festive setting at the Savoy Theater in London. The structure of the award ceremony is based on the tradition of the Academy Awards , with five or six nominations and one winner who is not announced until the ceremony.

The aim of the award ceremony is to promote outstanding achievements in the field of opera and to highlight them in a journalistic way. The award winners state that there are a number of music and culture prizes, but until the founding of the IOA, no international award specifically for the field of music theater.

Furthermore, outstanding talents and young artists should be brought into the limelight.

Award winner 2015

category	Award winners	Other nominees
Singer	Christian Gerhaher	Lawrence Brownlee Iestyn Davies John Osborn Michael Spyres Ludovic Tézier
singer	Anja Harteros	Joyce DiDonato Liudmyla Monastyrska Anna Netrebko Anita Rachvelishvili Sonya Yoncheva
Conductor	Semyon Bychkov	Edward Gardner Lothar Koenigs Gianandrea Noseda Carlo Rizzi Christian Thielemann
Choir	Welsh National Opera , Cardiff	English National Opera , London Metropolitan Opera New York City MusicAeterna , Perm State Opera Vlaamse Opera , Antwerp and Ghent Vienna State Opera
Director	Richard Jones	David Alden Calixto Bieito Robert Carsen Christof Loy Graham Vick
Furnishing	It Devlin	Klaus Grünberg Michael Levine Erhard Rome Jürgen Rose Paul Steinberg
Opera house	Komische Oper Berlin	English National Opera , London Novaya Opera , Moscow Graz Opera House Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie , Brussels Vlaamse Opera , Antwerp and Ghent
festival	Bregenz Festival	Cincinnati Opera Garsington Opera Glimmerglass Festival , Cooperstown (New York) Operadagen Rotterdam Rossini Opera Festival , Pesaro
Accessibility	Den Norske Opera , Oslo	Bregenz Festival Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Opera Australia Opera North Opera Philadelphia
New staging	Mussorgsky : Khovanskygate Birmingham Opera Company City of Birmingham Symphony , conductor: Stuart Stratford Directed by Graham Vick , set by Samal Blak	Handel : Alcina , Zurich Opera House Handel : Ariodante , Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Berlioz : Benvenuto Cellini , English National Opera , London Schönberg : Gurre-Lieder , De Nationale Opera , Amsterdam Borodin : Prince Igor , Metropolitan Opera , New York City
Rediscovery	Rossini : Aureliano in Palmira Rossini Opera Festival , Pesaro Conductor: Will Crutchfield Director: Mario Martone , stage: Sergio Tramonti	Barbieri : Los diamantes de la corona , Teatro de la Zarzuela , Madrid Donizetti : Les Martyrs , Opera Rara (Label) Faccio : Amleto , Opera Southwest , Albuquerque Martinů : What Men Live By , Czech Philharmonic Saint-Saëns : Les Barbares , L'Opéra-Théâtre de St. Etienne, Saint-Étienne
premiere	Philippe Boesmans : Au monde Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie , Brussels Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France Conductor: Patrick Davin Direction: Joël Pommerat , stage and lighting: Éric Soyer	Anderson : Thebans , English National Opera , London Bell : A Christmas Carol , Houston Grand Opera Gothe : Blanche & Marie , NorrlandsOperan , Umeå Gruber : Stories from the Vienna Woods , Bregenz Festival Metcalf : Under Milk Wood , Taliesin Arts Center (Swansea), Le Chien qui Chante (Montreal) and Companion Star (NY) in collaboration with the Welsh National Opera
Anniversary Production Richard Strauss	The woman without a shadow Royal Opera House Covent Garden , London Conductor: Semyon Bychkov Director: Claus Guth , stage: Christian Schmidt	Ariadne on Naxos ( Glimmerglass ,?) Daphne ( Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie , Brussels) Feuersnot ( Dresden Festival ) Peace Day ( Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern ) Der Rosenkavalier ( Glyndebourne Festival Opera )
DVD	Strauss : Elektra Festival d'Aix-en-Provence , then also in Milan, New York, Helsinki, Barcelona and Berlin Orchester de Paris , Coro Gulbenkian Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen Director: Patrice Chéreau , stage: Richard Peduzzi Bel Air Classiques	Andriessen : La Commedia ( De Nationale Opera , Amsterdam; Asko Ensemble , Schönberg Ensemble , Reinbert de Leeuw ; Hal Hartley ; Nonesuch ) Berg : Lulu ( Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie , Brussels, Paul Daniel ; Krzysztof Warlikowski , Malgorzata Szczesniak ; Bel Air Classiques ) Britten : Death in Venice ( English National Opera at the London Coliseum , Edward Gardner ; Deborah Warner , Tom Pye ; Opus Arte ) Hahn : Ciboulette ( Opéra de Toulon at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, Laurence Equilbey ; Michel Fau , Bernard Fau / Citronelle Dufay ; FRA Musica ) Wagner : Parsifal ( Metropolitan Opera , New York, a co-production with the Opéra National de Lyon and the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, Daniele Gatti ; François Girard , Michael Levine ; Sony )
CD (complete recording)	Offenbach : Fantasio Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment , Opera Rara Chorus Conductor: Sir Mark Elder Opera Rara	Bartók : Duke Bluebeard's Castle ( Philharmonia Orchestra (London), Philharmonia Voices , Esa-Pekka Salonen ; Signum ) Handel : Tamerlano ( Il pomo d'oro , Riccardo Minasi ; Naïve ) Mozart : Le nozze di Figaro ( MusicAeterna , Teodor Currentzis ; Sony ) Rameau : Les Indes galantes ( La Simphonie du Marais , Le Choeur du Marais , Hugo Reyne ; Musiques à la Chabotterie ) Strauss : Intermezzo ( Münchner Rundfunkorchester , Ulf Schirmer ; CPO )
CD (recital)	Anna Bonitatibus Semiramide: La Signora shelves German Harmonia Mundi	Cecilia Bartoli : St. Petersburg ( Decca ) Joyce DiDonato : Stella di Napoli ( Warner Classics ) Franco Fagioli : Porpora - Il maestro ( Naïve ) Carolyn Sampson : Arias for Marie Fel ( Hyperion ) Krassimira Stoyanova : Verdi Arias ( Orfeo )
Up-and-coming artist, conductor or director	Lotte de Beer	Christopher Allen Mary Birnbaum James Darrah Tim Murray Raphaël Pichon
Young singer	Justina Gringyte	Angel Blue David Butt Philip Nicole Car Aurelia Florian Jennifer Johnson Cano Ross Ramgobin Nicky Spence
philanthropist	Ann Ziff Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation
Reader's Award given by Opera Magazine	Jonas Kaufmann Aleksandra Kurzak	Piotr Beczała Ferruccio Furlanetto Susan Graham Mariusz Kwiecień Karita Mattila Nina Stemme
Lifetime achievement	Speight Jenkins

Web links

• International Opera Award , official website, archive for 2015 (with all nominees and all award winners)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ International Opera Awards 2015: preview . The Telegraph (London), April 24, 2015; accessed on October 9, 2016.
2. ↑ The term was intentionally not translated into German, as the literal translation (accessibility) certainly does not meet the goal of the award.
3. ↑ Andrew Clements: Khovanskygate review - Birmingham Opera Company go big . The Guardian (London), April 24, 2016, accessed October 9, 2016.
4. ^ Aureliano in Palmira in Pesaro Ossia Il barbiere di Siviglia. Why waste a good tune . Opera today ; accessed on October 9, 2016.
5. ^ Au Monde: l'oeuvre de Philippe Boesmans à l'Opéra Comique, avec l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France . France Musique ; accessed on October 9, 2016.
6. ↑ Andrew Clements: Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten - review . The Guardian (London) March 16, 2014; accessed on October 9, 2016.
7. ↑ Strauss, R: Elektra, Bel Air Classiques: BAC110 . Presto Classical; accessed on October 9, 2016.
8. ^ Andriessen, L: La Commedia, Nonesuch: 7559795900 . Presto Classical; accessed on October 9, 2016.
9. ^ Berg: Lulu, Bel Air Classiques: BAC109 . Presto Classical; accessed on October 9, 2016.
10. ^ Britten: Death in Venice, Opus Arte: OA1130D . Presto Classical; accessed on October 9, 2016.
11. ^ L'opérette des opérettes: Ciboulette . Forumopera.com (Le magazin du monde lyrique) :, November 18, 2014; accessed on October 9, 2016.
12. ^ Wagner: Parsifal, Sony: 88883725589 . Presto Classical; accessed on October 9, 2016.
13. ↑ Offenbach: Fantasio, Opera Rara: ORC51 . ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Presto Classical, CD description with short making-of video; accessed on October 9, 2016. 
14. ↑ Bartok: Duke Bluebeard's Castle . Signum; accessed on October 9, 2016.
15. ↑ Handel: Tamerlano, Naive: V5373 . Presto Classical; accessed on October 9, 2016.
16. ↑ Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492, Sony: 88883709262 . Presto Classical; accessed on October 9, 2016.
17. ↑ Rameau: Les Indes Galantes, Musiques à la Chabotterie: 605013 . ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Presto Classical; accessed on October 9, 2016.  
18. ↑ Strauss, R: Intermezzo, Op. 72, CPO: 7779012 . Presto Classical; accessed on October 9, 2016.