The International Opera Awards 2014: full list of winners
Joseph Calleja and Diana Damrau are among the singers recognised at 'The Operas' this year, as well as Aldeburgh's Britten anniversary production of Peter Grimes on the Beach
The stars of the opera world were out in force this evening for the second annual Opera Awards. After performances from Stuart Skelton, winner of the Male Singer Award, Duncan Rock, Young Singer of the Year nominee 2013 and 2014, Susana Gasper and Phoebe Haines, accompanied by Gary Matthewman and Marek Ruszczynski, winners in 22 categories were announced at London's Grosvenor Hotel.
Winners 2014: full list
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Teatro Sociale di Como
Anniversary Production (Britten)
Peter Grimes on the beach (Aldeburgh Festival)
Anniversary Production (Verdi)
Verdi trilogy – La battaglia di Legnano, I due Foscari, I Lombardi (Hamburg Staatsoper)
Anniversary Production
Parsifal (Vlaamse Opera)
CD (Complete Opera)
Otello (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Resound)
CD (Operatic Recital)
Ann Hallenberg – Hidden Handel (Naïve)
Chorus
Bayreuth Festival
Conductor
Kirill Petrenko
Designer
Paul Brown
Director
Barrie Kosky
DVD
David et Jonathas (Bel Air Classiques)
Female Singer
Diana Damrau
Festival
Aix-en-Provence
Lifetime Achievement
Gerard Mortier
Male Singer
Stuart Skelton
New Production
Norma (Salzburg Festival)
Opera Company
Oper Zurich
Philanthropist/Sponsor
Edgar Foster Daniels
Readers’ Award
Joseph Calleja
Rediscovered Work
Cristina, regina di Svezia (Wexford Festival)
World Premiere
The Merchant of Venice (Bregenz Festival)
Young Singer
Jamie Barton
