Austrian Music Theater Prize 2018
The Austrian Music Theater Prize 2018 is the sixth award of the Austrian Music Theater Prize . The award ceremony took place on June 19, 2018 in the Graz Opera House . The nominations were announced on May 17, 2018. The production Axel an der Himmelstür at the Volksoper Vienna was recognized in four categories (best overall operetta production, Peter Lund in the best director category, Jakob Semotan as the best young artist and best equipment).
Award winners and nominees
Best female lead
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Anna-Maria Kalesidis - Rusalka (Rusalka) - Tyrolean State Theater
- Angela Brower - Maria Stuarda (Elisabetta I) - City Theater Klagenfurt
- Marlis Petersen - Hamlet by Anno Schreier (Queen) - Theater an der Wien
- Christa Ratzenböck - Falstaff (Mrs. Quickly) - Landestheater Linz
Best male lead
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Aleš Briscein - The Dwarf (The Dwarf) - Graz Opera House
- Uwe Stickert - Capriccio (Flamand) - Tyrolean State Theater
- Csaba Szegedi - Otello (Jago) - City Theater Klagenfurt
Best Supporting Role
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Camilla Lehmeier - Le nozze di Figaro (Cherubino) - Tyrolean State Theater
- Marina Petkov - Peter Pan (Tinkerbell) - Baden stage
- Hailey Clark - La Bohème (Musetta) - Salzburg State Theater
- Beate Ritter - Hoffmanns Tales (Olympia) - Volksoper Vienna
Best supporting role
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Jochen Kowalski - Hamlet (the dead Hamlet) - Theater an der Wien
- Artur Ortens - Victor / Victoria (Squash) - Baden stage
- Martin Achrainer - Falstaff (Ford) - Landestheater Linz
Best overall opera production
- Capriccio - Tyrolean State Theater and ex aequo Salome - City Theater Klagenfurt
Best overall production of operetta
Best overall musical production
Best overall production of ballet
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The Little Mermaid and the Infanta’s Birthday (dance pieces, Mei Hong Lin , music by Alexander von Zemlinsky and Franz Schreker ) - Landestheater Linz
- The Jungle Book - Baden Stage
- Cendrillon (Cinderella) (Ballet by Thierry Malandain) - Volksoper Vienna
- Nutcracker and Mouse Dream (music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ) - Graz Opera
Best musical direction
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Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla - Idomeneo, Rè di Creta - Salzburg State Theater
- Marc Piollet - La Wally - Volksoper Vienna
- Dennis Russell Davies - Salome - Landestheater Linz
Best director
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Peter Lund - Axel at Heaven's Door - Volksoper Vienna
- Michael Kropf - The Jungle Book - Baden stage
- Jacopo Spirei - Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny - Salzburg State Theater
- Hermann Schneider - Solaris by Michael Obst - Landestheater Linz
Best equipment
- Sam Madwar , Daria Kornysheva and Andreas Ivancsics - Axel an der Himmelstür - Volksoper Vienna
Best young artist
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Tetiana Miyus - La rondine (Lisette) - Graz Opera House
- Sophia Theodorides - Un ballo in maschera (Oscar) - Tiroler Landestheater
- Keri Fuge - Orfeo ed Euridice (Amor) - Vorarlberger Landestheater
Best young artist
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Jakob Semotan - Axel at Heaven's Door (several roles) - Volksoper Vienna
- Pavel Petrov - La rondine (Prunier) - Graz Opera House
- Elliott Carlton Hines - Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Piggy Bank Bill) - Salzburger Landestheater
Life's work
ORF III media award
Best choir
Best orchestra
- Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper
Honorary award for musical mediation
- Global Symphony Orchestra and conductor Mak Ka Lok
Off-theater award
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New Opera Vienna - Pallas Athene weeps
- Tabaktrafik Linz - The white rose
- EntArteOpera - Baruch's silence in the Semperdepot
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The Austrian Music Theater Award: Nominations 2018 . Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ↑ a b Small newspaper: Big gala for award winners . Article dated June 19, 2018, accessed June 19, 2018.
- ↑ Two golden Schikaneder for Linz ( Memento from June 19, 2018 in the Internet Archive ). Article of June 19, 2018.
- ↑ Kurt Rydl receives music theater award for life's work . Article dated June 16, 2018, accessed June 17, 2018.
- ↑ Kleine Zeitung: Baritone Thomas Hampson receives ORF media award . Article dated June 15, 2018, accessed June 15, 2018.
- ↑ Austrian Music Theater Prize awarded for the first time in Graz . Article dated June 19, 2018, accessed June 19, 2018.