International Opera Awards 2024
Bayerische Staatsoper is host of the 2024 International Opera Awards ceremony. Live from Prinzregententheater in Munich, OperaVision streams the complete ceremony featuring an exciting array of categories and performances by featured artists.
Founded in 2012 and known as opera’s Oscars, the International Opera Awards are the annual celebration of excellence in the international opera scene. The awards aim to recognise and reward success, create scholarships for emerging talent and raise the profile of opera. This year's jury, composed of opera professionals, is chaired by John Allison, editor of Opera with Opera News.
2024 Awards winners
Conductor of the Year | Simone Young |
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Designer of the Year | Rufus Didwiszus |
Director of the Year | Christof Loy |
Equal Opportunities & Impact | Opera for Peace |
Female Singer | Lisette Oropesa |
Festival | Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Leadership | Christina Scheppelmann |
Lifetime Achievement | José van Dam |
Male Singer | Benjamin Bernheim |
New Production | Iphigénie en Aulide / en Tauride (Festival d'Aix-en-Provence) |
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Opera Company | Komische Oper Berlin |
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Philanthropy | Stavros Niarchos Foundation |
Readers' Award | Arturo Chacón Cruz |
Recording 'Complete Opera' | Fausto (Bertin) - Palazzetto Bru Zane |
Recording 'Solo Recital' | Michael Spyres - In the Shadows |
Rediscovered Work | Kublai Khan (Salieri) - MusikTheater an der Wien |
Sustainability | Finnish National Opera |
World Premiere | Valuska (Péter Eötvös) - Hungarian State Opera |
Rising Star | Justin Austin Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir |
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Winners featured on OperaVision
Congratulations to all the winners, and a special acknowledgement to the artists and organisations associated with OperaVision.
Opera for Peace
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES & IMPACT
Opera for Peace is a non-profit organization that develops high-level careers for the greatest talents from six continents, many of whom would not have had these opportunities otherwise. Opera for Peace regularly shares their masterclasses on OperaVision, bringing together diverse groups of emerging artists from across the globe to learn from each other and from a selection of their artist Ambassadors, some of the greatest artists of today.
Michael Spyres In the Shadows
RECORDING ‘SOLO RECITAL’
Michael Spyres' award for the best solo recital recording confirms his status as one of the outstanding tenors of his generation. If you haven't already listened to him in La Vestale, our first stream from Opéra national de Paris is available below until 6 March 2025.
Hungarian State Opera for Valuska
WORLD PREMIERE
OperaVision is honoured to have streamed the world premiere of Valuska at Hungarian State Opera. Valuska was Péter Eötvös' first opera in Hungarian, based on the novel The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai. The great Hungarian composer passed away in March 2024 and his creations have profoundly influenced contemporary music.
Valuska
Valuska was awarded World Premiere of the year at the 2024 International Opera Awards!
OperaVision is honoured to have streamed the world premiere of Valuska at Hungarian State Opera. Valuska was Péter Eötvös' first opera in Hungarian, based on the novel The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai. The great Hungarian composer passed away in March 2024 and his creations have profoundly influenced contemporary music.
Lisette Oropesa
FEMALE SINGER OF THE YEAR
OperaVision has long followed the career of Lisette Oropesa. Do not miss her in La sonnambula from Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, available on-demand until November 2024.
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