INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS 2024 – Bayerische Staatsoper

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.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny and streamed LIVE on OperaVision on 2 October 2023 at 19:00 CET and available until 2 December 2024: https://operavision.eu/performance/international-opera-awards-2024

The 2024 Winners (in order of presentation) :

23:21 Equal Opportunities & Impact
Opera for Peace

35:10 Philanthropy
Stavros Niarchos Foundation

40:48 Sustainability
Finnish National Opera

44:18 Designer of the Year
Rufus Didwiszus

45:20 Rising Star
Justin Austin
Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir

49:47 New Production
Iphigénie en Aulide / en Tauride (Festival d'Aix-en-Provence)

1:00:53 Rediscovered Work
Kublai Khan (Salieri) - MusikTheater an der Wien

1:08:33 Male Singer
Benjamin Bernheim

1:10:28 Leadership
Christina Scheppelmann

1:14:41 Readers' Award
Arturo Chacón Cruz

2:00:57 Lifetime Achievement
José van Dam

2:10:53 Director of the Year
Christof Loy

2:13:23 Festival
Savonlinna Opera Festival

2:26:11 Recording 'Solo Recital'
Michael Spyres - In the Shadows

2:27:39 Recording 'Complete Opera'
Fausto (Bertin) - Palazzetto Bru Zane

2:32:25 World Premiere
Valuska (Péter Eötvös) - Hungarian State Opera

2:43:07 Female Singer
Lisette Oropesa

2:44:46 Conductor of the Year
Simone Young

2:47:49 Opera Company
Komische Oper Berlin


The Musical Programme

06:18 Weber
Oberon - Overture
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

31:17 Mozart ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’ Pamina's and Papageno's duet from Die Zauberflöte
Soloists: Seonwoo Lee, Jack Holton

54:27 Wagner ‘Wie Todesahnung Dämmung deckt die Lande ... O du mein holder Abendstern.’
Wolfram's Song to the Evening Star from Tannhäuser
Soloist: Thomas Mole

1:19:27 Ponchielli ‘Cielo e mar’. Enzo's aria from La Gioconda
Soloist: Arturo Chacón Cruz

1:55:03 Tchaikovsky ‘Kogda bi zhizn domashnim krugom.’
Onegin's aria from Eugene Onegin
Soloist: Sean Michael Plumb

2:20:37 Gounod ‘Que vois-je là ... Ah! je ris de me voir si belle’ Marguerite's Jewel Song from Faust
Soloist: Selene Zanetti

2:38:17 Gounod ‘Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle.’
Stéphano's aria from Roméo et Juliette
Soloist: Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir

2:52:40 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro - Overture

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