Austrian Music Theater Prize 2016

The Austrian Music Theater Prize 2016 was the fourth award of the Austrian Music Theater Prize . The award ceremony took place on June 27, 2016 in the Ronacher , moderated by Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz . The prize was awarded in 16 categories in 2016.

Award winners and nominees

Best overall production 2016: Die tote Stadt at the Graz Opera , staged by Johannes Erath

Best Festival 2016: St. Margarethen Opera Festival . The angel by the set designer Amra Bergman for Robert Dornhelm's production of Tosca

Best female lead

• Diana Damrau - Les pêcheurs de perles (Leila) - Theater an der Wien
  • Stephanie Houtzeel - Xerxes (Xerxes) - Graz Opera
  • Karina Flores - Adriana Lecouvreur (Adriana) - Tyrolean State Theater

Best male lead

• Yosep Kang - Wilhelm Tell (Arnold) - Graz Opera
  • Stéphane Degout - Iphigénie en Aulide (Oreste) - Theater an der Wien
  • Konstantin Zander - Les Miserables (Javert) - Linzer Landestheater

Best Supporting Role

• Angelika Kirchschlager - Stories from the Vienna Woods (Valerie) - Theater an der Wien
  • Anita Götz - Così fan tutte (Despina) - Volksoper Vienna
  • Susan Maclean - Adriana Lecouvreur (Princess of Bouillon) - Tyrolean State Theater

Best supporting role

• Christian Graf - The Wizard of Oz (Wicked Witch of the West) - Volksoper Vienna
  • Pietro Spagnoli - Il barbiere di Siviglia (Bartolo) - Theater an der Wien
  • Jacques le Roux - The Turn of the Screw (Peter Quint) - Linzer Landestheater

Best overall production

• The dead city - Graz Opera - production by Johannes Erath
  • L'amour de loin - Linz State Theater
  • Les pêcheurs de perles - Theater an der Wien

Best musical direction

• Francesco Angelico - Adriana Lecouvreur - Tyrolean State Theater
  • Dennis Russell Davies - Götterdämmerung - Linzer Landestheater
  • Koen Schoots - Mary Poppins - Ronacher
  • Alexander Soddy - Dialogues des Carmélites - City Theater Klagenfurt

Best director

• Bruno Klimek - Adriana Lecouvreur - Tyrolean State Theater
  • Lotte de Beer - Les pêcheurs de perles - Theater an der Wien
  • Johannes Erath - The Dead City - Graz Opera
  • Richard Brunel - Dialogues des Carmélites - Klagenfurt City Theater

Best equipment

• Anouk Dell 'Aiera - Dialogues des Carmélites - City Theater Klagenfurt
  • Herbert Murauer - The Dead City - Graz Opera House
  • Bob Crowley - Mary Poppins - Ronacher
  • Marouscha Levy (stage), Jorine van Beek (costumes) - Les pêcheurs de perles - Theater an der Wien

Best ballet production

• Marie Stockhausen - Charlie Chaplin - Tyrolean State Theater
  • Peter Breuer - The Nutcracker - Salzburg State Theater
  • John Neumeier - Christmas Oratorio - Theater an der Wien

Best young artist

• Hannah Bradbury - La sonnambula (Lisa) - Salzburg State Theater
  • Iulia Maria Dan - Manon (Manon) - Graz Opera House
  • Franziska Kemna - The Wizard of Oz - Volksoper Vienna
  • Ilse Eerens - Stories from the Vienna Woods (Marianne) - Theater an der Wien

Best young artist

• David Sitka - Uncle President - Volksoper Vienna
  • Tobias Greenhalgh - Eugen Onegin (Eugen Onegin) - Theater an der Wien
  • Kristofer Lundin - The Magic Flute (Tamino) - Salzburg State Theater

Life's work

• Zubin Mehta

ORF III media award

• Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Best festival

• Opera Festival St. Margarethen

Best orchestra

• Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Crown musical award

• Mark Seibert - Mozart (Colloredo)
  • Ana Milva Gomes
  • Nina Proll
  • Herbert Föttinger
  • Robert Meyer

Web links

• Austrian Music Theater Prize
• Austrian Music Theater Prize: Nominations 2016 ( Memento from June 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Austrian Music Theater Prize: The Categories 2016 ( Memento from July 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Austrian Music Theater Prize: Nominations 2016 ( Memento from June 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ Salzburger Nachrichten: Austrian Music Theater Awards to Damrau and Kang . Article dated June 28, 2016, accessed June 1, 2017.