Austrian Music Theater Award 2015

The Austrian Music Theater Prize 2015 was the third award of the Austrian Music Theater Prize . The award ceremony took place on June 8, 2015 in the Ronacher , moderated by Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz . The event was broadcast on June 14, 2015 on ORF III . The prize was awarded in 15 categories in 2015, and the Krone Musical Prize was awarded for the first time in 2015 .

Award winners and nominees

Best female lead

• Jennifer Maines - Parsifal (Kundry) - Tiroler Landestheater
  • Gal James - Jenůfa (Jenůfa) - Graz Opera House
  • Pia Douwes - The Visit of the Old Lady (Claire Zachanassian) - Raimund Theater / Ronacher

Best male lead

• Jochen Schmeckenbecher - The man from La Mancha (Don Quixote / Cervantes) - Baden stage
  • Yijie Shi - La Favorite (Fernand) - Graz Opera
  • Marcel Beekman - Platée (Platée) - Theater an der Wien

Best Supporting Role

• Bernadett Fodor - Das Rheingold (Erda) - Landestheater Linz
  • Tatjana Miyus - La Bohème (Musetta) - Graz Opera House
  • Martina Mikelic - Albert Herring (Florence Pike) - Volksoper Vienna

Best supporting role

• Bo Skovhus - The Rake's Progress (Nick Shadow) - Theater an der Wien
  • Hans Neblung - The visit of the old lady (Matthias Richter, Mayor) - Raimund Theater / Ronacher
  • Boris Eder - Countess Mariza (Baron Kolomán Zsupán) - Volksoper Vienna

Best overall production

• Sweeney Todd - Volksoper Vienna
  • Jenůfa - Graz Opera House
  • Platée - Theater an der Wien

Best musical direction

• Hans Graf - Feuersnot - Volksoper Vienna
  • Dirk Kaftan - Jenůfa - Graz Opera House
  • René Jacobs - Idomeneo - Theater an der Wien

Best director

• Damiano Michieletto - Idomeneo - Theater an der Wien
  • Johannes Erath - Lohengrin - Graz Opera
  • Tobias Kratzer - Die Csárdásfürstin - City Theater Klagenfurt

Best equipment

• Peter J. Davison (stage) and Uta Loher and Conny Lüders (costumes) - The visit of the old lady - Ronacher / Gideon Davey - Platée - Theater an der Wien
  • Annemarie Woods - La Favorite - Graz Opera

Best ballet production

• John Neumeier - The Lady of the Camellias - Theater an der Wien
  • Mei Hong Lin - Carmina Burana - Landestheater Linz
  • Darrel Toulon - The love of a queen - Graz Opera

Best young artist

• Dshamilja Kaiser - La favorite (Leonor de Guzman) - Graz Opera
  • Martha Hirschmann - Dido and Aeneas (Dido) - Landestheater Linz
  • Milica Jovanovic - Love Never Dies (Christine Daaé) - Raimund Theater / Ronacher

Best young artist

• Alexey Birkus - Eugen Onegin (Gremin) - Salzburg State Theater
  • Oliver Liebl - The Wiz - The Wizard of Oz (Tin Can Man) - Landestheater Linz
  • Andrew Owens - La Cenerentola (Don Ramiro) and La clemenza di Tito (Tito Vespasiano) - Theater an der Wien

Life's work

• Neil Shicoff

ORF III media award

• Piotr Beczała

Best festival

• Wiener Festwochen - Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser

Crown musical award

• Uwe Kroeger
  • Annemieke van Dam
  • Pia Douwes
  • Lukas Perman
  • Drew Sarich

Web links

• Austrian Music Theater Prize
• Austrian Music Theater Prize: Nominations 2015 ( Memento from May 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ derStandard.at - Music theater award: Sweeney Todd of the Volksoper best production . APA notification dated June 8, 2015, accessed June 8, 2015.
2. ↑ Austrian Music Theater Prize: The Categories 2015 ( Memento from April 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive )