Winners of the 2017 International Opera Awards Announced

By Audition Oracle – Mon 8 May 2017 @ 9:33

Winners of the 2017 International Opera Awards Announced 

The International Opera Awards 2017


Last night the London Coliseum was home to the 2017 International Opera Awards.  Hosted by Petroc Trelawney, the evening celebrated the very best of the International opera world.  Anna Netrebko was named Female Singer of the Year, Lawrence Brownlee won the Best Male Singer category, Louise Alder awarded Best Young Singer and the Wexford Festival Opera took home the prestigious Festival of the Year award. One of the many highlights of the evening was Renata Scotto being presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the indefatigable opera director John Copley. 

The audience were also treated to a series of world-class performances by Louise Alder, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Lauren Fagan, Bryan Hymel, Rhian Lois, Anita Rachvelishvili and Stuart Skelton. 


The ceremony itself doubles as a fundraiser for the Opera Awards Foundation which was founded in 2012 to award bursaries to support aspiring artists. The evening’s finale showcased the talents of the many bursary award winners in a stunning group performance of the Easter Hymn from Cavelleria with the wonderful Orpheus Sinfonia conducted by Stephen Barlow. 

Full list of award 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

Żeleński: Goplana (Polish National Opera)

SPECIAL AWARD IN MEMORIAM

Alberto Zedda

WORLD PREMIERE

Thomas Adès: The Exterminating Angel (Salzburg Festival)

YOUNG SINGER

Louise Alder


Read more about the awards here: www.operaawards.org
Donate to the opera awards foundation here: www.operaawards.org/foundation/