International Opera Awards 2018

The International Opera Awards 2018 marked the sixth presentation of the International Opera Awards . The nominations were announced on January 29, 2018, and the award ceremony took place on April 9, 2018 at the London Coliseum .

Prize winners and nominees 2018

category	Award winners	Other nominees
Singer	Piotr Beczała	Günther Groissböck Peter Mattei Eric Owens Simone Piazzola Michael Spyres
singer	Malin Byström	Carmen Giannattasio Barbara Hannigan Hui He Ermonela Jaho Eva-Maria Westbroek
conductor	Vladimir Jurowski	Marc Albrecht Daniele Gatti Fabio Luisi Kazushi Ōno Simone Young
Choir	MusicAeterna	Bavarian State Opera Weird opera La Fenice San Francisco Opera Teatro Real
orchestra	Teatro alla Scala	Bavarian State Orchestra Bayreuth Festival German Opera Berlin Lyric Opera of Chicago MusicAeterna
Director	Mariusz Treliński	David Boesch David Hermann Tobias Kratzer David McVicar Lydia Steier
Furnishing	Paul Steinberg	Charles Edwards Christof Hetzer Stuart Nunn Dieter Richter Anna Viebrock
Opera house	Bavarian State Opera	La Fenice Lyric Opera of Chicago Graz Opera House Opera North Teatro Real
festival	Verdi Festival	Bayreuth Festival Glyndebourne Opera Forward Opera Philadelphia O17 Santa Fe Opera
New production on loan from The Vineyard	Britten : Billy Budd Director: Deborah Warner , Teatro Real	Berg : Wozzeck , director: William Kentridge , Salzburg Festival Britten : Death in Venice , directed by Demis Volpi , Oper Stuttgart Mozart : La clemenza di Tito , directed by Claus Guth , Glyndebourne Verdi : Stiffelio , directed by Graham Vick , Teatro Regio di Parma Wagner : Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , director: Barrie Kosky , Bayreuth Festival
Rediscovery	Krenek : The Dictator ; Heavyweight or The Honor of the Nation ; The secret kingdom , Frankfurt Opera	Blomdahl : Aniara , Malmö Opera Ginastera : Bomarzo , Teatro Real Hindemith : The Harmony of the World , Landestheater Linz Isouard : Cendrillon , Manhattan School of Music Keizer : Octavia , Innsbruck Festival of Early Music
premiere	Brett Dean : Hamlet , Glyndebourne	Mason Bates : The (R) evolution of Steve Jobs , Santa Fe Opera Chaya Czernowin : Infinite Now , Opera Vlaanderen in coproduction with the Nationaltheater Mannheim Avner Dorman : Wahnfried , Badisches Staatstheater Sebastian Fagerlund : Autumn Sonata , Finnish National Opera Julian Grant : The Nefarious, Immoral yet Highly Profitable Enterprise of Mr Burke and Mr Hare , Boston Lyric Opera Arnulf Herrmann : The tenant , Oper Frankfurt Tang Jianping : 170 Days in Nanking , Jiangsu Center for the Performing Arts
Recording (complete opera)	Berlioz : Les Troyens , Erato	Andriessen : Theater of the World , Nonesuch Records Lully : Armide , Aparté Martinů : The Greek Passion , Oehms Méhul : Uthal , Palazzetto Bru Zane Wagner : Lohengrin , Deutsche Grammophon
Recording (recital)	Véronique Gens : Visions , Alpha	Sophie Bevan : Perfido! , Signum Classics Joyce El-Khoury : Echo & Michael Spyres: Espoir , Opera Rara Juan Diego Flórez : Mozart Arias , Sony Jonas Kaufmann : L'Opéra , Sony Camilla Tilling : Gluck & Mozart Arias , BIS
Young singer awarded by Mazars	Valais Giunta	Aigul Akhmetshina Liparit Avetisyan Gordon Bintner Amartuvshin Enkhbat Lauren Fagan Anush Hovhannisyan Isabella Lee Federica Lombardi Natalya Romaniv
Reader's Award given by Opera Magazine	Pretty Yende	Cecilia Bartoli Joyce DiDonato Bryan Hymel Ambrogio Maestri Karita Mattila René Pape Luca Pisaroni
newcomer	Barbora Horáková Joly , director	Gianmaria Aliverta , director Jordan de Souza , conductor David Hertzberg , composer Dane Lam , conductor Giedrė Šlekytė , conductor
Education and Effect	Opera Holland Park	Chicago Opera Theater Florida Grand Opera Garsington Opera La Monnaie Polish National Opera
Lifetime achievement	Teresa Berganza
Leadership in Opera awarded by the Good Governance Institute	Bernd Loebe
philanthropy	Annette Campbell-White

Web links

• International Opera Award 2018 - official website, archive for 2018 (with all nominees and all award winners)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Finalists Announced | Opera Awards Opera Awards . Article dated January 29, 2018, accessed January 29, 2018.
2. ↑ 2018 | Opera Awards Opera Awards . Retrieved January 29, 2018.
3. ^ Salzburger Nachrichten: Mezzo-soprano Berganza is honored for her life's work . Article dated March 16, 2018, accessed March 16, 2018.