International Opera Awards 2019

The International Opera Awards 2019 marked the seventh presentation of the International Opera Awards . The nominations were announced on January 29, 2019, and the award ceremony took place on April 29, 2019 at Sadler's Wells Theater in London . Most of the nominations, in a total of four categories (choir, new production, orchestra and world premiere), went to the Royal Opera House , followed by the Opéra National de Lyon with nominations in three categories (choir, education and effect, and world premiere).

Award winners and nominees 2019

category	Award winners	Other nominees
Singer	Charles Castronovo	Alex Esposito Brandon Jovanovich John Osborn Xavier Sabata Georg Zeppenfeld
singer	Asmik Grigorian	Anna Caterina Antonacci Daniela Barcellona Sabine Devieilhe Rosa Feola Pretty Yende
conductor	Marc Albrecht	Chung Myung-whun Diego Fasolis René Jacobs Michele Mariotti Mark Wigglesworth
Choir	Bolshoi Opera	Dutch National Opera Opéra National de Lyon Royal Opera House Semperoper Dresden Teatro alla Scala
orchestra	Royal Opera House	LA Opera musicAeterna , Perm State Opera Novaya Opera Copenhagen Royal Opera House State Opera Berlin
Director	Katie Mitchell	Vasily Barkhatov Calixto Bieito Rodula Gaitanou David Pountney Krzysztof Warlikowski
Furnishing	Rebecca Ringst	Paolo Fantin Johannes Leiacker Katrin Lea day Leslie Travers Pierre-André Weitz
Opera house	Opera Vlaanderen	German Opera on the Rhine Gothenburgsoperan Houston Grand Opera Opéra National de Paris Theater an der Wien
festival	Janáček Brno	Festival della Valle d'Itria Garsington Opera Opera Holland Park Prototype Festival Ruhrtriennale
New staging	Janáček : From the House of the Dead Director: Krzysztof Warlikowski Royal Opera House	Barber : Vanessa , directed by Keith Warner , Glyndebourne Britten : Gloriana , directed by David McVicar , Teatro Real Janáček : Jenůfa , directed by Katie Mitchell , Dutch National Opera Verdi : La traviata , directed by Deborah Warner , Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Wagner : Tristan and Isolde , director: Dmitri Tcherniakov , Berlin State Opera
Rediscovery	Hasse : Artaserse , Pinchgut Opera	Donizetti : L'ange de Nisida , Opera Rara Goldschmidt : Beatrice Cenci , Bregenz Festival Mascagni : Isabeau , Opera Holland Park Paderewski : Manru , Polish National Opera / Poznań Opera House Stanford : The Traveling Companion , New Sussex Opera Tate : The Lodger , Stadttheater Bremerhaven van Gilse : Thijl , Utrecht Student Orchestra
premiere	Kurtág : Fin de partie , Teatro alla Scala	Beecher : Sky on Swings , Opera Philadelphia Benjamin : Lessons in Love and Violence , Royal Opera House Debussy / Van Parys : Usher , Berlin State Opera Langer : Rhondda Rips It Up! , Welsh National Opera Larcher : The hunting rifle , Bregenz Festival Raskatow : GerMANIA , Opéra de Lyon Wainwright : Hadrian , Canadian Opera Company
Recording (complete opera)	Rossini : Semiramide , Opera Rara	Dean : Hamlet , Opus Arte Halévy : La rein de Chypre , Palazzetto Bru Zane Monteverdi : Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria , Soli Deo Gloria Verdi : Giovanna d'Arco , Decca Wagner : The Mastersingers of Nuremberg , Deutsche Grammophon
Recording (recital)	Stéphane Degout : Enfers , Harmonia Mundi	Javier Camarena : Contrabandista , Decca Max Emanuel Cenčić : Porpora Arias , Decca Elsa Dreisig : Miroir (s) , Erato Anita Rachvelishvili : Anita , Sony Stuart Skelton : Shining Knight , ABC Classics
Young singer awarded by Mazars	Marina Viotti	Julien Behr Jodie Devos Kangmin Justin Kim Soraya Mafi Siyabonga Maqungo Amanda Woodbury
Reader's Award given by Opera Magazine	Sonya Yoncheva	Ildar Abdrazakov Sarah Connolly Michael Fabiano Vittorio Grigolo Thomas Hampson Barbara Hannigan Ana María Martínez
newcomer	Maxim Emelyanychev , conductor	Julia Burbach , director Ben Glassberg , conductor Thomas Guggeis , conductor Joana Mallwitz , conductor Shuang Zou , director
Education and Effect	Umculo Cape Festival	English Touring Opera Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Weird opera Opéra National de Lyon Pittsburgh Opera
Lifetime achievement	Leontyne Price
Leadership in Opera	Waldemar Dąbrowski ( Polish National Opera )
philanthropy	Fondation Bru

Web links

• International Opera Award 2019 - official website, archive for 2019 (with all nominees and all award winners)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2019 shortlists announced | Opera Awards Opera Awards . Article dated January 29, 2019, accessed January 30, 2019.
2. ↑ 2019 | Opera Awards Opera Awards . Accessed January 30, 2019.