"The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh"
Dmitri Tcherniakov/Dutch National Opera
New Production of the Year 2013
(Image: Monika Rittershaus)
2013
Winners
Accessibility
Metropolitan OperaCD (Complete Opera)
Alessandro (Handel), c. George Petrou (Decca)CD (Operatic Recital)
Christian Gerhaher: Romantic Arias (Sony)Chorus
Cape Town OperaConductor
Sir Antonio PappanoCostume Designer
Buki ShiffDirector
Dmitri TcherniakovDVD
Il trittico, Royal Opera, p. Richard Jones, c. Antonio Pappano (Opus Arte)Female Singer
Sponsored by Luxury Brands Nina StemmeFestival
Salzburg FestivalLifetime Achievement
Sir George ChristieLighting Designer
Paule ConstableMale Singer
Sponsored by Vineyard Jonas KaufmannNewcomer (Conductor or Director)
Daniele RustioniNew Production
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, Netherlands Opera, p. and d. Dmitri TcherniakovOpera Company
Oper FrankfurtOpera Orchestra
Metropolitan OperaPhilanthropist/Sponsor
Sir Peter MooresRediscovered Work
David et Jonathas (M.-A. Charpentier), Les Arts FlorissantsSet Designer
Antony McDonaldWorld Premiere
Written on Skin (Benjamin), Festival d’Aix-en-ProvenceYoung Singer
Sophie BevanNominees
Accessibility
Metropolitan OperaStreetwise Opera
Teatro Sociale di Como
Welsh National Opera
CD (Complete Opera)
Alessandro (Handel), c. George Petrou (Decca)Artaserse (Vinci) c. Diego Fasolis (Virgin)
The Bartered Bride , c. Jiří Bělohlávek (HM)
La finta giardiniera , c. René Jacobs (HM)
Suor Angelica, c. Andris Nelsons (Orfeo)
CD (Operatic Recital)
Joyce DiDonato: Drama Queens (Virgin)Elīna Garanča: Romantique (DG)
Christian Gerhaher: Romantic Arias (Sony)
Mariusz Kwiecień: Slavic Heroes (HM)
Chorus
Bayreuth FestivalCape Town Opera
Helikon Opera, Moscow
Dutch National Opera
Conductor
Richard FarnesIngo Metzmacher
Nicola Luisotti
Sir Antonio Pappano
Christian Thielemann
Costume Designer
Simon HiglettChristian Lacroix
Olga Polikarpova
Buki Shiff
Director
Claus GuthStefan Herheim
Richard Jones
Dmitri Tcherniakov
DVD
Lohengrin, Bayreuth Festival, p. Hans Neuenfels, c. Andris Nelsons (Opus Arte)Le nozze di Figaro, Opéra National de Paris, p. Giorgio Strehler, c. Philippe Jordan (Bel Air Classiques)
Tosca, Royal Opera, p. Jonathan Kent, c. Antonio Pappano (EMI)
Il trittico, Royal Opera, p. Richard Jones, c. Antonio Pappano (Opus Arte)
Female Singer
Sarah ConnollyJoyce DiDonato
Evelyn Herlitzius
Catherine Naglestad
Nina Stemme
Béatrice Uria-Monzon
Festival
Festival d’Aix-en-ProvenceGarsington Opera
Salzburg Festival
Santa Fe Opera
Wexford Festival Opera
Lighting Designer
Paule ConstableJean Kalman
Duane Schuler
Adam Silverman
Jennifer Tipton
Male Singer
Sponsored by Vineyard Aleksandrs AntonenkoPiotr Beczała
Joseph Calleja
Jonas Kaufmann
Luca Pisaroni
Bryn Terfel
Newcomer (Conductor or Director)
Leo HussainOliver Mears
Evan Rogister
Daniele Rustioni
Robert Sandoz
Ryan Wigglesworth
New Production
Die Frau ohne Schatten, La Scala, p. Claus Guth, d. Christian SchmidtThe Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, Dutch National Opera, p. and d. Dmitri Tcherniakov
Lulu, La Monnaie, p. Krzystof Warlikowski, d. Malgorzata Szczesniak
Norma, Opera North, p. Christopher Alden, d. Charlie Edwards
Peter Grimes, La Scala, p. Richard Jones, d. Stewart Laing
La Sonnambula, Staatstheater Stuttgart, p. Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito, d. Anna Viebrock
Opera Company
Oper FrankfurtOpéra National de Lyon
Staatsoper Stuttgart
Stanislavsky Music Theatre Moscow
Theater an der Wien
Opera Orchestra
Mariinsky TheatreMetropolitan Opera
Royal Opera House
Wiener Staatsoper/Philharmoniker
Philanthropist/Sponsor
AudiInvestec Wealth and Investment
Sir Peter Moores
Rolex
Rediscovered Work
Artaserse (Vinci), Opéra National de LorraineLes Aventures du Roi Pausole (Honegger), Opéra de Genève
Belisario (Donizetti), Opera Rara
David et Jonathas (M.-A. Charpentier), Les Arts Florissants
Set Designer
Paul AtkinsonChristof Hetzer
Simon Holdsworth
Antony McDonald
Dmitri Tcherniakov
World Premiere
Babylon (Widmann), Bayerische StaatsoperMittwoch aus Licht (Stockhausen), Birmingham Opera Company
Silent Night (Puts), Minnesota Opera
Solaris (Glanert), Bregenz Festival
Written on Skin (Benjamin), Aix-en-Provence
Young Singer
Sophie BevanAndrei Bondarenko
Allan Clayton
Julia Lezhneva
Duncan Rock
Tamara Wilson