Austrian Music Theater Prize 2013

The Austrian Music Theater Prize 2013 was the first award of the Austrian Music Theater Prize . The award ceremony took place on June 5, 2013 in MuTh , the concert hall of the Vienna Boys' Choir in Augarten . This was moderated by Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz .

Award winners and nominees

Best female lead

• Marlis Petersen - Les Contes d'Hoffmann (4 women) - Theater an der Wien
  • Jennifer O'Loughlin - Candide (Cunegonde) - Volksoper Vienna
  • Gal James - Otello (Desdemona) - Graz Opera House

Best male lead

• Sebastian Holecek - Salome (Jochanaan) - Volksoper Vienna
  • Stéphane Degout - Hamlet (Hamlet) - Theater an der Wien
  • James Rutherford - Elektra (Orest) - Graz Opera House

Best Supporting Role

• Dagmar Hellberg - They're crazy, the Romans! (Domina) - Volksoper Vienna
  • Elisabeth Breuer - Dialogues des Carmélites (sister Constance) - Landestheater Linz
  • Danielle de Niese - Serse (Atalanta) - Theater an der Wien

Best supporting role

• Rainer Trost - Telemaco (Ulisse) - Theater an der Wien
  • Vincent Schirrmacher - Salome (Narraboth) - Volksoper Vienna
  • George Humphreys - L'elisir d'amore (Belcore) - Vorarlberger Landestheater

Best overall production

• The Turn of the Screw - Theater an der Wien
  • Woyzeck & The Tiger Lillies - Raimundtheater / Ronacher

Best musical direction

• Johannes Fritzsch - Elektra - Graz Opera House
  • Dennis Russell Davies - Der Rosenkavalier - Landestheater Linz
  • René Jacobs - Telemaco - Theater an der Wien

Best director

• Torsten Fischer - Telemaco - Theater an der Wien
  • Stefan Herheim - Carmen - Graz Opera House
  • Amélie Niermeyer - Wozzeck - Salzburg State Theater

Best equipment

• Heike Scheele - Carmen - Graz Opera House
  • Hinrich Horstkotte - Madame Pompadour - Volksoper Vienna
  • Pierre André Weitz - Hamlet - Theater an der Wien

Best ballet production

• Carmina Burana - Volksoper Wien / Frida Kahlo - Pasión por la vida - Tiroler Landestheater
  • Elements - Salzburg State Theater

Best offspring

• Sieglinde Feldhofer - Graz Opera House
  • Susanne Langbein
  • Martina Mikelic

Life's work

• Peter Minich

Web links

• Austrian Music Theater Prize

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Awarding of the 1st Austrian Music Theater Prize on June 5, 2013 . Retrieved June 1, 2017.
2. ↑ The nominations for the 2011/12 season ( memento of October 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ Kurier: "Goldener Schikaneder" awarded for the first time . Article dated June 6, 2013, accessed June 1, 2017.