Winners of International Opera Awards 2017 Announced
By: Julie Musbach May. 07, 2017
The winners of the 2017 International Opera Awards were announced tonight in a ceremony held for the first time at the London Coliseum and were once again hosted by BBC Radio 3 presenter Petroc Trelawny.
Winners were selected by an international jury chaired by John Allison, editor of Opera magazine and classical music critic with The Daily Telegraph. The coveted Opera Magazine Readers' Award went to Juan Diego Flórez, with nearly 7000 votes cast online. Renata Scotto was at the ceremony to collect her Lifetime Achievement Award, with Lawrence Brownlee and Anna Netrebko taking the Male and Female Singer Awards respectively.
Celebrating the best of the international opera world while raising funds for the Opera Awards Foundation, the evening, directed by Ella Marchment, was also a showcase for both current and emerging opera stars, with performances by Stuart Skelton, Female Singer of the Year finalists Anita Rachvelishvili and Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Young Singer of the Year Louise Alder, as well as Bryan Hymel, Lauren Fagan and 2014 Opera Awards Foundation Bursary recipient Rhian Lois.
BBC Radio 3, which for the first time has partnered with the Awards, will broadcast highlights from the ceremony in a special 90-minute programme on Sunday 21 May at 7.30pm.
Founded by opera lover and philanthropist Harry Hyman, the International Opera Awards exists not only to celebrate established stars, but to support the next generation of talent. The Awards raises money for the Opera Awards Foundation, a charity which provides bursaries to aspiring operatic talent around the world.
WINNERS
CHORUS
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
CONDUCTOR
Philippe Jordan
DESIGNER
Klaus Grünberg
DIRECTOR
Christof Loy
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Natalya Sats Children's Opera Theatre, Moscow
FEMALE SINGER
Anna Netrebko
FESTIVAL
Wexford Festival Opera
LEADERSHIP IN OPERA
Bernard Foccroulle
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Renata Scotto
MALE SINGER
Lawrence Brownlee
NEW PRODUCTION
Saariaho: L'amour de loin, d. Robert Lepage (Metropolitan Opera)
NEWCOMER
Lorenzo Viotti (Conductor)
OPERA COMPANY
Opéra de Lyon
OPERA MAGAZINE READERS' AWARD
Juan Diego Flórez
PHILANTROPIST
FEDORA
RECORDING (COMPLETE OPERA)
Pique Dame (BR Klassik)
RECORDING (SOLO RECITAL)
Pretty Yende: A Journey (Sony)
REDISCOVERED WORK
?ele?ski: Goplana (Polish National Opera)
SPECIAL AWARD IN MEMORIAM
Alberto Zedda
WORLD PREMIERE
Thomas Adès: The Exterminating Angel (Salzburg Festival)
YOUNG SINGER
Louise Alder
2017 Jury
John Allison (chair)
Editor, Opera; critic, Daily Telegraph
David Agler
Artistic Director, Wexford Festival Opera
Aviel Cahn
Intendant, Opera Vlaanderen
Hugh Canning
Chief music critic, Sunday Times; member of Opera's editorial board
Rupert Christiansen
Opera critic, Daily Telegraph; member of Opera's editorial board
James Clutton
Director of Opera,Opera Holland Park
Serge Dorny
General Director, Opéra de Lyon
Neil Fisher
Deputy Arts Editor, The Times
Francisco José Folch
Critic, El Mercurio
Anthony Freud
General Director, President & CEO, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Deborah Jones
Sydney correspondent, Opera; national dance critic, The Australian
Joanna C. Lee
Contributor, Opera; columnist Opera (China)
Njabulo Madlala
Baritone
Hein Mulders
Intendant, Philharmonie Essen, Aalto-Musiktheater & Essener Philharmoniker
Nicholas Payne
Director, Opera Europa
Gerhard Persché
Correspondent, Opera, Opernwelt & Fono Forum
Christina Scheppelmann
Artistic Director General, Gran Teatre del Liceu
Matthew Shilvock
General Director, San Francisco Opera
Ken Smith
Critic, The Financial Times; columnist, Opera (China); commentator, RTHK Radio 4
Victoria Stapells
Contributor, Opera & Opera Canada.
Birgitta Svenden
CEO & Artistic Director, Royal Swedish Opera
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