International Opera Awards 2017

The 2017 International Opera Awards marked the fifth 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 .

ceremony

The winners were announced on May 7, 2017 at a ceremony in the London Coliseum . The music was designed by Stuart Skelton , Anita Ratschwelischwili , Stéphanie d'Oustrac , Louise Alder , Bryan Hymel , Lauren Fagan and Rhian Lois .

Award winner 2017

category	Award winners	Other nominees
Singer	Lawrence Brownlee	Stéphane Degout Eric Owens Matthew Polenzani Johan Reuter Martin Winkler
singer	Anna Netrebko	Maria Bengtsson Stéphanie d'Oustrac Christiane Karg Anita Ratschwelischwili Daniela Sindram
conductor	Philippe Jordan	Riccardo Chailly Lothar Koenigs Susanna Mälkki Ingo Metzmacher Esa-Pekka Salonen
Choir	Arnold Schoenberg Choir	Lyric Opera of Chicago MusicAeterna Stuttgart Opera Opera Australia Opera North
Director	Christof Loy awarded by Benugo	Robert Carsen Tatjana Gürbaca Nigel Lowery Damiano Michieletto Kirill Serebrennikov
Furnishing	Klaus Grünberg	Cordelia Chisholm Paolo Fantin Alfons Flores Johannes Leiacker Christian Schmidt
Opera house	Opéra de Lyon	Houston Grand Opera Stuttgart Opera Opera Vlaanderen Royal Opera House Teatro alla Scala
festival	Wexford Festival Opera on loan from Charles Heidsieck	Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Verdi Festival Garsington Opera Lyon Festival Spoleto Festival USA
New production on loan from The Vineyard	Saariaho : L'amour de loin , 2000 Libretto by Amin Maalouf Metropolitan Opera Conductor: Susanna Mälkki Director: Robert Lepage , stage: Michael Curry	Glass : Akhnaten (1984), directed by Phelim McDermott , English National Opera Janáček : Věc Makropulos (1926), directed by Kornél Mundruczó , Opera Vlaanderen Shostakovich : Lady Macbeth von Mzensk (1934), directed by Harry Kupfer , Bayerische Staatsoper , Munich Shostakovich : The Nose (1930), directed by Barrie Kosky , Royal Opera House , London Verdi : Giovanna d'Arco (1845), directed by Saskia Boddekke and Peter Greenaway , Teatro Regio di Parma
Rediscovery	Żeleński : Goplana , 1896 Libretto by Ludomił German based on the tragedy Balladyna by Juliusz Słowacki Teatr Wielki , Warsaw Orchestra and Choir of the Polish National Opera Conductor: Grzegorz Nowak Direction and stage: Janusz Wiśniewski	Casella : La donna serpente (1932), Teatro Regio di Torino Cesti : Le nozze in sogno (1665), Innsbruck Festival of Early Music Donizetti : Olivo e Pasquale (1827), Donizetti Opera Festival , Bergamo Giordano : La cena delle beffe (1924), Teatro alla Scala , Milan Oscar Straus : The Pearls of Cleopatra (1923), Komische Oper Berlin
premiere	Thomas Adès : The Exterminating Angel Libretto by Thomas Adès and Tom Cairns based on the film Der Würgeengel by Luis Buñuel Salzburg Festival ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna Conductor: Thomas Adès Director: Tom Cairns , stage: Hildegard Bechtler	Elena Langer : Figaro Gets a Divorce , Welsh National Opera Missy Mazzoli : Breaking the Waves, Opera Philadelphia Anno Schreier : Hamlet, Theater an der Wien Bright Sheng : Dream of the Red Chamber, San Francisco Opera Miroslav Srnka : South Pole , Bavarian State Opera , Munich
Recording (complete opera)	Tchaikovsky : Queen of Spades , 1890 Libretto by Modest Tschaikowski based on the story Pique Dame by Alexander Pushkin Bavarian Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Mariss Jansons BR classic	Wagner : The Valkyrie (1870), Jaap van Zweden ( Naxos ) Leoncavallo : Zazà (1900), Maurizio Benini ( Opera Rara ) Glass : Einstein on the Beach (1976), Michael Riesman (Opus Arte) Verdi : La forza del destino (1862), Asher Fisch (Sony) Berg : Lulu (1937), Lothar Koenigs ( Nonesuch )
Recording (recital)	Pretty Yende : A Journey Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Marco Armiliato Sony	Lawrence Brownlee : Allegro io son (Delos) Allan Clayton : Where'er You Walk (Signum Classics) Marianne Crébassa : Oh, boy! (Erato) Sabine Devieilhe : The Weber Sisters (Erato) Pumeza Matshikiza : Arias (Decca)
Young singer awarded by Mazars	Louise Alder	J'Nai Bridges Björn Bürger Lise Davidsen Jennifer France Julie Fuchs Sam Furness Levy Segkapane David Shipley Long Zhang
Reader's Award given by Opera Magazine	Juan Diego Flórez	Roberto Alagna Cecilia Bartoli Piotr Beczała Renée Fleming Elīna Garanča Sondra Radvanovsky Bryn Terfel
newcomer	Lorenzo Viotti , conductor	Polly Graham , director Oksana Lyniv , conductor Simon Stone , director Matthew Waldren , conductor Lloyd Wood , director
Education and Effect	Natalya Sats Children's Opera Theater	Dutch National Opera Glyndebourne Opera Festival Komische Oper Berlin Lyric Opera of Chicago Umculo Cape Festival
Lifetime achievement	Renata Scotto
In memoriam	Alberto Zedda
Leadership in Opera awarded by the Good Governance Institute	Bernard Foccroulle
philanthropy	FEDORA: The European Circle of Philanthropists of Opera and Ballet

Web links

• International Opera Award - official website, archive for 2017 (with all nominees and all award winners)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Winners of International Opera Awards 2017 Announced on broadwayworld.com, accessed May 13, 2017.
2. ↑ L'amour de loin. Program ( Memento of May 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) of the Metropolitan Opera (PDF), accessed on May 13, 2017.
3. ↑ Żeleński - Goplana on The Opera Platform ( Memento from October 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ).
4. ^ Adès opera premiered in Salzburg. ( Memento from October 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Die Zeit from July 29, 2016, accessed on May 13, 2017.
5. ↑ Queen of Spades. CD information on BR-Klassik , accessed on May 13, 2017.
6. ↑ The Valkyrie. Review in MusicWeb , accessed May 13, 2017.
7. ↑ Zazà. CD review on BR-Klassik , accessed on May 13, 2017.
8. ↑ Einstein on the Beach. CD information on BR-Klassik , accessed on May 13, 2017.
9. ↑ A cloudy atmosphere with good singing. DVD review in the Opera Lounge , accessed May 13, 2017.
10. ↑ LULU. DVD information from Nonesuch Records , accessed May 13, 2017.
11. ↑ Pretty Yende: "A Journey". A great CD debut. CD review on kultur-port.de , accessed on May 13, 2017.