Renata Scotto receiving her Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Opera Awards |
Soprano Renata Scotto got a richly deserved Lifetime Achievement Award, whilst Alberto Zedda was remembered with a Special Award In Memoriam. Anna Netrebko was Female Singer and Lawrence Brownlee was Male Singer, and Juan Diego Flórez picked up the Opera Magazine Readers' Award. The Young Singer was Louise Alder, whilst Pretty Yende's disc A Journey came in the Recording (Solo Recital) category.
The evening was directed by Ella Marchment and featured performances by Stuart Skelton, Female Singer of the Year finalists Anita Rachvelishvili and Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Young Singer of the Year Louise Alder, Brindley Sherratt, 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.
Congratulations to all, and the full list of winners after the break.
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
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