Oper! Awards 2024
Germany’s Opera Oscars are more international than ever, with this year’s awards ceremony taking place in Amsterdam. OperaVision will stream the event live from Dutch National Opera, selected ‘Best Opera Company’ in this year’s edition. Who will be the 19 other winners?
The Oper! Awards are Germany’s only international opera prize, presented annually during a gala to the best creatives of the international opera scene, working on or behind the stage. As detailed below, the awards are presented across 20 categories by a jury of music journalists.
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Awards
Best female singer | Ermonela Jaho |
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Best male singer | Michael Spyres |
Best opera company | Dutch National Opera |
Best conductor | Nathalie Stutzmann |
Best director | Lydia Steier |
Best orchestra | Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano |
Best choir | The Monteverdi Choir |
Best world premiere | Lili Elbe Konzert und Theater St. Gallen |
Best production | The Greek Passion Salzburg Festival |
Best stage designer | Paul Zoller |
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Best costume designer | Klaus Bruns |
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Best solo album | Cyrille Dubois – So Romantique! |
Best opera recording | La princesse de Trébizonde (Opera Rara) |
Best newcomer | Huw Montague Rendall |
Best rediscovery | Ivan IV. Staatstheater Meiningen |
Best future project | Green Opera La Monnaie / De Munt Brussels |
Best festival | Bayreuth Baroque |
Honorary / lifetime achievement | Waltraud Meier |
Best benefactor | Foundation of the Royal Opera of Versailles |
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Programme
Musical programme includes extract of:
La forza del destino, Verdi
‘Overture’
Hamlet, Ambroise Thomas
‘Ô Vin, Dissipe La Tristesse’
Lohengrin, Wagner
‘Nun sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan!’
Xavière, Théodore Dubois’
‘Au clair matin
La rondine, Puccini
‘Chi il bel sogno di Doretta’
La traviata, Verdi
‘Libiamo ne'lieti calici’
