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The **International Opera Awards** is an annual awards ceremony honouring excellence in opera around the world.

## Origins

The International Opera Awards was founded in 2013 by [Harry Hyman](/source/Harry_Hyman), a UK businessman, philanthropist and supporter of opera, and John Allison, editor of *[Opera](/source/Opera_(British_magazine))* magazine.[citation needed] The aim of the event is to celebrate excellence in opera and to raise the profile of opera as an artform internationally.

## Award categories

Awards are given in approximately 20 categories each year. Nominations for all categories are open to the general public, who submit their choices via an online form. Long lists generated by this process are subsequently considered by a jury of opera critics and administrators, who announce shortlists ahead of the ceremony.

Winners are determined by secret ballot, with the exception of the *Opera* Magazine Readers' Award, which is decided by public vote.

## Ceremony

The inaugural international Opera Awards were held in London at The Hilton Hotel on Monday 22 April 2013.[1] Subsequent ceremonies have taken place each year in April or May.

In 2015 the Awards switched from a dinner format to a theatre show, featuring performances by past winners, finalists and other prominent operatic performers. The 2015 and 2016 ceremonies took place at the [Savoy Theatre](/source/Savoy_Theatre) in London. From 2017 to 2019 the ceremony was held at the [London Coliseum](/source/London_Coliseum)[2] and [Sadler's Wells Theatre](/source/Sadler's_Wells_Theatre),[3] with [Orpheus Sinfonia](/source/Orpheus_Sinfonia) as the orchestra of the Awards.

In 2022 the ceremony was held at the [Teatro Real](/source/Teatro_Real) in Madrid. This was the first time the ceremony has been held outside the UK and the first in person since 2019, due to the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic).[4] The 2023 Opera Awards took place at the [Teatr Wielki](/source/Grand_Theatre,_Warsaw), home to the Polish National Opera.[5]

The host of the Awards for the past two years has been the [BBC Radio 3](/source/BBC_Radio_3) presenter [Petroc Trelawny](/source/Petroc_Trelawny). The director has been [Ella Marchment](/source/Ella_Marchment).

## Charitable aims

The Awards raise money for The Opera Awards Foundation, a charity which awards bursaries to aspiring operatic artists in financial need. Recipients include singers, conductors, accompanists, directors and ensembles. Applications are accepted annually and are open to artists in any country.

## Award winners

Year Award Winner 2025 2025 Conductor Alain Altinoglu 2025 Designer Paolo Fantin 2025 Director Claus Guth 2025 Equal Opportunities & Impact The Dallas Opera: Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors 2025 Female Singer Asmik Grigorian 2025 Festival Janáček Brno Festival 2025 Leadership Anthony Freud 2025 Lifetime Achievement Agnes Baltsa 2025 Male Singer Nicholas Brownlee 2025 Musical Theatre Sunday in the Park with George (Glimmerglass Festival) 2025 New Production The Excursions of Mr Brouček (National Theatre Brno & Staatsoper Berlin/Teatro Real/Robert Carsen) 2025 Opera Company Theater an der Wien 2025 Philanthrophy C. Graham Berwind III 2025 Readers' Award Marina Rebeka 2025 Recording (Complete Opera) Lully: Atys (Château de Versailles Spectacles) 2025 Recording (Solo Recital) Ann Hallenberg & The Mozartists: Gluck Arias (Signum) 2025 Rediscovered Work Galuppi: L'uomo femina (Opéra de Dijon) 2025 Rising Star Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano) Hugh Cutting (countertenor) 2025 Sustainability Teatro Real, Madrid 2025 World Premiere Turnage/Hall: Festen (The Royal Opera) 2024 2024 Conductor Simone Young 2024 Designer Rufus Didwiszus 2024 Director Christof Loy 2024 Equal Opportunities & Impact Opera for Peace 2024 Female Singer Lisette Oropesa 2024 Festival Savonlinna Opera Festival 2024 Leadership Christina Scheppelmann 2024 Lifetime Achievement José van Dam 2024 Male Singer Benjamin Bernheim 2024 New Production Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide - Iphigénie en Tauride , d. Dmitri Tcherniakov (Aix-en-Provence Festival) 2024 Opera Company Komische Oper Berlin 2024 Philanthropy Stavros Niarchos Foundation 2024 Readers' Award Arturo Chacón Cruz 2024 Recording (Complete Opera) Louise Bertin: Fausto (Bru Zane) 2024 Recording (Solo Recital) Michael Spyres: In the shadows (Erato) 2024 Rediscovered Work Antonio Salieri: Kublai Khan (Theater an der Wien) 2024 Sustainability Finnish National Opera 2024 World Premiere Péter Eötvös: Valuska (Hungarian State Opera) 2024 Young Singer Justin Austin / Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir 2023 2023 Conductor Antonio Pappano 2023 Designer Lizzie Clachan 2023 Director Barrie Kosky 2023 Equal Opportunities & Impact La Monnaie De Munt 2023 Female Singer Aigul Akhmetshina 2023 Festival Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 Leadership Stephane Lissner 2023 Lifetime Achievement Marilyn Horne 2023 Male Singer Michael Spyres 2023 New Production War & Peace (Bayerische Staatsoper/Tcherniakov) 2023 Opera Company Bayerische Staatsoper 2023 Opera Readers' Award Nadine Sierra 2023 Philanthrophy The Sullivan Foundation 2023 Recording (Complete Opera) Mercadante: Il Proscritto (Opera Rara) 2023 Recording (Solo Recital) Lisette Oropesa, French Bel Canto Arias (Pentatone) 2023 Rediscovered Work Moniuszko: Jawnuta (Teatr Wielki, Poznan) 2023 Sustainability Dutch National Opera 2023 World Premiere Alexander Raskatov: Animal Farm (Dutch National Opera) 2023 Young Singer Andrzej Filonczyk 2022 2022 Conductor Daniele Rustioni 2022 Designer Michael Levine 2022 Digital Opera Upload (Dutch National Opera) 2022 Director Stefan Herheim 2022 Equal Opportunities & Impact Foundation Studio (Cape Town Opera) 2022 Female Singer Sabine Devieilhe 2022 Festival Santa Fe Opera 2022 Leadership Nicholas Payne 2022 Lifetime Achievement Dame Janet Baker 2022 Male Singer Stéphane Degout 2022 New Production Glyndebourne: La Voix humaine/Les Mamelles de Tirésias (c. Robin Ticciati, d. Laurent Pelly) 2022 Opera Company Lviv National Academic Opera & Ballet Theatre jointly with Odesa Opera & Ballet Theatre 2022 Readers' Award Pene Pati 2022 Philanthropy Aline Foriel-Destezet 2022 Recording (Complete Opera) Offenbach: Le Voyage dans la lune (Bru Zane) 2022 Recording (Solo Recital) Michael Spyres: Baritenor (Erato) 2022 Rediscovered Work Dallapiccola: Ulisse (Oper Frankfurt) 2022 Rising Star Nardus Williams (soprano) 2022 Sustainability Gothenburg Opera 2022 World Premiere Defoort: The Time of our Singing (La Monnaie De Munt) 2020/21[6] 2020 and 2021 Awards were combined due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic[7] 2020/21 Chorus Metropolitan Opera 2020/21 Conductor Kirill Petrenko 2020/21 Designer Małgorzata Szczęśniak 2020/21 Director Robert Carsen 2020/21 Education & Outreach Birmingham Opera Company 2020/21 Female Singer Lise Davidsen 2020/21 Festival Salzburg Festival 2020/21 Leadership Sir David Pountney 2020/21 Lifetime Achievement Bernard Haitink 2020/21 Male Singer Javier Camarena 2020/21 New Production Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan, d. Dmitri Tcherniakov (La Monnaie/De Munt) 2020/21 Newcomer Alpesh Chauhan 2020/21 Opera Company Teatro Real 2020/21 Opera for Peace Prize Denyce Graves 2020/21 Opera Orchestra Bayerische Staatsoper / Bayerisches Staatsorchester 2020/21 Philanthropy The Martina Arroyo Foundation 2020/21 Readers' Award Jamie Barton 2020/21 Recording (Complete Opera) Thomas: Hamlet Opera Comique (Naxos) 2020/21 Recording (Solo Recital) Jakub Józef Orliński: Facce d'amore (Erato) 2020/21 Rediscovered Work Moniuszko: Paria (Poznań Opera House) 2020/21 World Premiere Glanert: Oceane (Deutsche Oper Berlin) 2020/21 Young Singer Vasilisa Berzhanskaya / Xabier Anduaga 2019[8] 2019 Chorus Bolshoi Opera 2019 Conductor Marc Albrecht 2019 Designer Rebecca Ringst 2019 Director Katie Mitchell 2019 Education & Outreach Umculo 2019 Female Singer Asmik Grigorian 2019 Festival Janáček Brno Festival 2019 Leadership Waldemar Dąbrowski 2019 Lifetime Achievement Leontyne Price 2019 Male Singer Charles Castronovo 2019 New Production Janáček: From the House of the Dead, d. Krzysztof Warlikowski (Royal Opera House) 2019 Newcomer Maxim Emelyanychev 2019 Opera Company Opera Vlaanderen 2019 Opera Orchestra Royal Opera House 2019 Philanthropy Fondation Bru 2019 Readers' Award Sonya Yoncheva 2019 Recording (Complete Opera) Rossini: Semiramide (Opera Rara) 2019 Recording (Solo Recital) Stéphane Degout: Enfers (Harmonia Mundi) 2019 Rediscovered Work Hasse: Artaserse (Pinchgut Opera) 2019 World Premiere Kurtág: Fin de partie (Teatro alla Scala) 2019 Young Singer Marina Viotti 2018[9] 2018 Chorus MusicAeterna 2018 Conductor Vladimir Jurowski 2018 Designer Paul Steinberg 2018 Director Mariusz Treliński 2018 Education & Outreach Opera Holland Park 2018 Female Singer Malin Byström 2018 Male Singer Piotr Beczała 2018 Young Singer Wallis Giunta 2018 Festival Festival Verdi Parma 2018 Leadership in Opera Bernd Loebe 2018 Lifetime Achievement Teresa Berganza 2018 New Production Britten: Billy Budd, d. Deborah Warner (Teatro Real) 2018 Newcomer Barbora Horáková Joly 2018 Opera Company Bayerische Staatsoper 2018 Opera Orchestra Teatro alla Scala 2018 Philanthropy Annette Campbell-White 2018 Readers' Award Pretty Yende 2018 Recording (Complete Opera) Berlioz: Les Troyens (Erato) 2018 Recording (Solo Recital) Véronique Gens: Visions (Alpha) 2018 Rediscovered Work Krenek: Der Diktator; Schwergewicht; Das geheime Königreich (Oper Frankfurt) 2018 World Premiere Brett Dean: Hamlet (Glyndebourne) 2017[10] 2017 Chorus Arnold Schoenberg Chor 2017 Conductor Philippe Jordan 2017 Designer Klaus Grünberg 2017 Director Christof Loy 2017 Education & Outreach Natalya Sats Children’s Opera Theatre, Moscow 2017 Female Singer Anna Netrebko 2017 Male Singer Lawrence Brownlee 2017 Young Singer Louise Alder 2017 Festival Wexford Festival Opera 2017 Leadership in Opera Bernard Foccroulle 2017 Lifetime Achievement Renata Scotto 2017 New Production Saariaho: L’amour de loin, d. Robert Lepage (Metropolitan Opera) 2017 Newcomer Lorenzo Viotti (Conductor) 2017 Opera Company Opéra de Lyon 2017 Readers' Award Juan Diego Flórez 2017 Philanthropy FEDORA: The European Circle of Philanthropists of Opera and Ballet 2017 Recording (Complete Opera) Pique Dame (BR Klassik) 2017 Recording (Solo Recital) Pretty Yende: A Journey (Sony) 2017 Rediscovered Work Żeleński: Goplana (Polish National Opera) 2017 Special Award in Memoriam Alberto Zedda 2017 World Premiere Thomas Adès: The Exterminating Angel (Salzburg Festival) 2016[11] 2016 Accessibility The Opera Platform 2016 CD (Complete Opera) Donizetti: Les martyrs, Opera Rara 2016 CD (Operatic Recital) Ann Hallenberg: Agrippina, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 2016 Chorus English National Opera Chorus 2016 Conductor Gianandrea Noseda 2016 Designer Vicki Mortimer 2016 Director Laurent Pelly 2016 DVD Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride, Bel Air Classiques 2016 Female Singer Mariella Devia 2016 Male Singer Gregory Kunde 2016 Young Female Singer Asmik Grigorian 2016 Young Male Singer Stanislas de Barbeyrac 2016 Festival Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2016 Lifetime Achievement Brigitte Fassbaender 2016 New Production Britten: Peter Grimes, Theater an der Wien (Vienna) 2016 Opera Company Dutch National Opera 2016 Philanthropist/Sponsor Bill & Judy Bollinger, Christine Collins 2016 Rediscovered Work Offenbach: Le roi Carotte, Opéra de Lyon 2016 World Premiere Jennifer Higdon: Cold Mountain, Santa Fe Opera 2016 Young Conductor Giacomo Sagripanti 2016 Young Director Fabio Ceresa 2016 Readers’ Award Ermonela Jaho 2015[12] 2015 Accessibility Den Norske Opera 2015 CD (Complete Opera) Offenbach: Fantasio, Opera Rara 2015 CD (Operatic Recital) Anna Bonitatibus: Semiramide: La Signora Regale, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 2015 Chorus Welsh National Opera Chorus 2015 Conductor Semyon Bychkov 2015 Designer Es Devlin 2015 Director Richard Jones 2015 DVD Strauss: Elektra, Bel Air Classiques 2015 Female Singer Anja Harteros 2015 Male Singer Christian Gerhaher 2015 Young Singer Justina Gringyte 2015 Festival Bregenzer Festspiele 2015 Lifetime Achievement Speight Jenkins 2015 Newcomer Lotte de Beer 2015 New Production Mussorgsky: Khovanskygate, Birmingham Opera Company 2015 Opera Company Komische Oper Berlin 2015 Philanthropist/Sponsor Ann Ziff (Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation) 2015 Readers’ Award Aleksandra Kurzak 2015 Readers’ Award Jonas Kaufmann 2015 Rediscovered Work Rossini: Aureliano in Palmira, Rossini Opera Festival (Pesaro) 2015 Anniversary Production (Strauss) Die Frau ohne Schatten, Royal Opera House (London) 2015 World Premiere Philippe Boesmans: Au monde, La Monnaie (Bruxelles) 2014[13] 2014 Accessibility Teatro Sociale di Como 2014 Anniversary Production (Britten) Peter Grimes on the beach (Aldeburgh Festival) 2014 Anniversary Production (Verdi) Verdi trilogy – La battaglia di Legnano, I due Foscari, I Lombardi (Hamburg Staatsoper) 2014 Anniversary Production (Wagner) Parsifal (Vlaamse Opera) 2014 CD (Complete Opera) Otello (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Resound) 2014 CD (Operatic Recital) Ann Hallenberg – Hidden Handel (Naïve) 2014 Chorus Bayreuth Festival 2014 Conductor Kirill Petrenko 2014 Designer Paul Brown 2014 Director Barrie Kosky 2014 DVD David et Jonathas (Bel Air Classiques) 2014 Female Singer Diana Damrau 2014 Male Singer Stuart Skelton 2014 Young Singer Jamie Barton 2014 Festival Aix-en-Provence Festival 2014 Lifetime Achievement Gerard Mortier 2014 New Production Norma, p. Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier (Salzburg Festival) 2014 Opera Company Oper Zürich 2014 Philanthropist/Sponsor Edgar Foster Daniels 2014 Readers’ Award Joseph Calleja 2014 Rediscovered Work Cristina, regina di Svezia (Foroni), Wexford Festival 2014 World Premiere The Merchant of Venice (André Tchaikowsky), Bregenz Festival 2013[14] 2013 Accessibility Metropolitan Opera 2013 CD (Complete Opera) Alessandro (Handel), c. George Petrou (Decca) 2013 CD (Operatic Recital) Christian Gerhaher: Romantic Arias (Sony) 2013 Chorus Cape Town Opera 2013 Conductor Antonio Pappano 2013 Designer (costumes) Buki Shiff 2013 Designer (sets) Antony McDonald 2013 Designer (lighting) Paule Constable 2013 Director Dmitri Tcherniakov 2013 DVD Il trittico, Royal Opera, p. Richard Jones, c. Antonio Pappano (Opus Arte) 2013 Female Singer Nina Stemme 2013 Male Singer Jonas Kaufmann 2013 Young Singer Sophie Bevan 2013 Festival Salzburg Festival 2013 Newcomer (conductor or director) Daniele Rustioni 2013 New Production The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, p. and d. Dmitri Tcherniakov (Netherlands Opera) 2013 Opera Company Oper Frankfurt 2013 Opera Orchestra Metropolitan Opera 2013 Philanthropist/Sponsor Sir Peter Moores 2013 Rediscovered Work David et Jonathas (Charpentier), Les Arts Florissants 2013 World Premiere Written on Skin (Benjamin), Aix-en-Provence Festival

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## External links

- [Official website](http://www.operaawards.org)

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