2014
Winners
Accessibility
Teatro Sociale di ComoAnniversary Production (Britten
Peter Grimes on the Beach, Aldeburgh MusicAnniversary Production (Verdi)
Verdi Trilogy, Staatsoper HamburgAnniversary Production (Wagner)
Parsifal, Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp and GentCD (Complete Opera)
Verdi: Otello (CSO Resound)CD (Operatic Recital)
Ann Hallenberg: Hidden Handel (Naïve)Chorus
Bayreuth FestivalConductor
Kirill PetrenkoDesigner
Paul BrownDirector
Barrie KoskyDVD
Charpentier: David & Jonathas (Bel Air Classiques)Female Singer
Diana DamrauFestival
Festival d’Aix-en-ProvenceLifetime Achievement
Gerard MortierMale Singer
Stuart SkeltonNew Production
Norma, Salzburg FestivalOpera Company
Opernhaus ZürichPhilanthropist
Edgar Foster DanielsReaders' Award
Sponsored by Opera Magazine Joseph CallejaRediscovered Work
Cristina, regina di Svezia (Foroni), WexfordWorld Premiere
The Merchant of Venice (André Tchaikowsky), Bregenz FestivalYoung Singer
Jamie BartonNominees
Accessibility
Badisches Staatstheater KarlsruheHanda Opera
Ruhr Triennale
Scottish Opera
Teatro Sociale di Como
Anniversary Production (Britten)
Peter Grimes on the Beach, Aldeburgh MusicA Midsummer Night’s Dream, Parque Lage
Gloriana, Royal Opera House/Staatsoper Hamburg
Anniversary Production (Verdi)
La Forza del Destino, Bayerische StaatsoperLa traviata, La Scala
Les Vêpres Siciliennes, Royal Opera House
Verdi Trilogy, Staatsoper Hamburg
Anniversary Production (Wagner)
Ring Cycle, Opera AustraliaParsifal, Metropolitan Opera
Parsifal, Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp and Gent
Das Rheingold, Geneva Opera
CD (Complete Opera)
Handel: Serse (Chandos)Verdi: Otello (CSO Resound)
Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander / Dietsch: Le Vaisseau Fantome (Naïve)
George Benjamin: Written on Skin, Duet for Piano and Orchestra (Nimbus Records)
Donizetti: Belisario (Opera Rara)
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia (Virgin Classics)
Humperdinck: Königskinder (Oehms Classics)
CD (Operatic Recital)
Andrzej Dobber: Arias (Dux)Bejun Mehta: Che puro ciel – The Rise of Classical Opera (Harmonia Mundi)
Xavier Sabata: Handel: Bad Guys (Aparte)
Ann Hallenberg: Hidden Handel (Naïve)
Chorus
Bayreuth FestivalDeutsche Oper Berlin
MusicAeterna (Perm State Opera)
The Metropolitan Opera
Welsh National Opera
Wexford Festival Opera
Conductor
Teodor CurrentzisSir Mark Elder
Andris Nelsons
Gianandrea Noseda
Kirill Petrenko
Simone Young
Designer
Paul BrownAleksandar Denić
Robert Jones
Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Leslie Travers
Director
Calixto BieitoTatjana Gürbaca
Barrie Kosky
Martin Kušej
Dmitri Tcherniakov
Graham Vick
DVD
Britten: The Rape Of Lucretia (Opus Arte)Cherubini: Medée (Bel Air Classiques)
Charpentier: David & Jonathas (Bel Air Classiques)
Prokofiev: The Gambler (Mariinsky)
Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande (Naïve)
Heggie: Moby-Dick (EuroArts)
Ades: The Tempest (Deutsche Grammophon)
Female Singer
Diana DamrauChristine Goerke
Anja Harteros
Christiane Karg
Petra Lang
Adrienne Pieczonka
Krassimira Stoyanova
Festival
Festival d’Aix-en-ProvenceBregenz Festival
Glyndebourne
Longborough Festival Opera
Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro
Wexford Festival Opera
Male Singer
Alessandro CorbelliStéphane Degout
Bryan Hymel
Peter Mattei
Luca Pisaroni
Stuart Skelton
Michael Volle
Ludovic Tézier
New Production
Guillaume Tell, Rossini Opera Festival, PesaroLulu, Welsh National Opera
Norma, Salzburg Festival
Die Soldaten, Opernhaus Zürich/Komische Oper Berlin
Les Vêpres Siciliennes, Royal Opera
Wozzeck, English National Opera
Opera Company
Bayerische StaatsoperKomische Oper, Berlin
Metropolitan Opera
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Vlaamse Opera
Opernhaus Zürich
Philanthropist
Edgar Foster DanielsAlan and Jette Parker
Club des Mécènes
The Neubauer Family Foundation
Readers' Award
Sponsored by Opera Magazine Piotr BeczałaJoseph Calleja
Joyce DiDonato
Renée Fleming
Juan Diego Flórez
Anna Netrebko
Bryn Terfel
Rediscovered Work
Cristina, regina di Svezia (Foroni), WexfordElena (Cavalli), Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
L’Olimpiade (Mysliveček), Dijon-Caen-Luxembourg-Prague
Oresteia (Taneyev), Bard SummerScape
World Premiere
Champion (Terence Blanchard), Opera Theatre of Saint LouisThe Merchant of Venice (André Tchaikowsky), Bregenz Festival
Oscar (Theodore Morrison), Santa Fe Opera
Qudsja Zaher (Paweł Szymański), Polish National Opera
Spuren der Verirrten (Philip Glass), Landestheater Linz
Young Singer
Emöke BaráthJamie Barton
Helena Dix
Joyce El-Khoury
Joélle Harvey
Duncan Rock
Corinne Winters
Pretty Yende