OPERA!
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| description | Trade journal for musical theater |
| publishing company | Ulrich Ruhnke publisher |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| First edition | 2015 |
| Frequency of publication | Monthly (double issue July / August) |
| Web link | oper-magazin.de |
| ISSN (print) | 2365-2217 |
OPERA! is an international musical theater magazine founded in Berlin in 2015 , which is published monthly.
Publisher and authors
OPERA! appears monthly (with the exception of a double issue for July / August) by Ulrich Ruhnke. The print edition is available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and for subscribers worldwide too. There is also an internationally available digital edition. To the authors of OPER! include music critics from German-speaking countries, and articles by English-speaking authors in German translation are also occasionally published.
Content orientation
OPERA! sees itself as a modern magazine about music theater, made by a young generation of specialized music journalists. Art and artists are just as important as the social aspect of opera. The magazine publishes reviews of opera productions worth discussing with a focus on German-speaking countries and neighboring European countries, occasionally also from the USA. In addition, OPER! Artist interviews, thematic contributions, essays, preliminary reports on special productions, backstage stories as well as CD and DVD reviews and a service part.
In addition, OPER! Tips for singers and premieres, repertoire with casts from international opera houses and festivals, in which roles and house debuts of singers are noted, as well as photo reports of premiere celebrations and singing anniversaries.
OPERA! AWARDS
2019 established OPER! the OPERA! AWARDS as a public award for the best international artists in the opera industry. The OPER! AWARDS are presented annually in 20 categories.
Prize winners 2019
Best singer: Joyce DiDonato
Best singer: Piotr Beczała
Best opera house: Zurich Opera House
Best conductor: Joana Mallwitz
Best director: Frederic Wake-Walker
Best orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra
Best choir: Choir of the Bavarian State Opera
Best premiere: Detlev Glanert: "Oceane"
Best performance: "The Sorceress", Opéra de Lyon
Best set designer: Neo Rauch
Best costume designer: Rosa Loy
Best solo album: Jodie Devos, "Offenbach Colorature"
Best complete opera recording: Gaetano Donizetti, "L'ange de Nisida"
Best young artist: Xabier Anduaga
Best rediscovery: "Barkouf", Opéra national du Rhin Strasbourg
Best education program: Cologne Opera
Best Festival: Donizetti Opera Festival Bergamo
Life and honor award: Edita Gruberová
Best sponsor: Palazzetto Bru Zane - Center de musique romantique française
Biggest annoyance: Extension of Daniel Barenboim / "Kirill-Serebrennikov-Shows"
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Opera! German Music Information Center
- ↑ Tilman Krause: Oper !: Neues Magazin knows what opera fans really want . January 14, 2016 ( welt.de [accessed August 18, 2019]).
- ^ Dpa: Roberto Alagna before Bayreuth debut: I'm not a Wagner singer. May 30, 2018, accessed on August 18, 2019 (German).
- ↑ New German Opera Prize comes in September. July 18, 2019, accessed on August 18, 2019 (German).