"Le roi carotte", Opera de Lyon
Rediscovered Work of the Year 2016
Laurent Pelly: Director of the Year 2016
(Image: Stofleth)
Foundation
The Opera Awards Foundation was founded in 2012 by Harry Hyman who recognised that there were many artistically talented individuals whose potential was not being nurtured. Since 2012 we have provided support of around £50,000 per annum to individual artists and companies.
As we approach our 13th anniversary in 2025, we have relaunched the foundation’s work. Our aim is to invest in excellence and access and we will continue to help aspiring operatic artists.
Past Opera Awards Foundation Bursary recipients have been engaged by The Royal Opera House, The Metropolitan Opera, English National Opera, Glyndebourne, Welsh National Opera, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Opera Holland Park, Santa Fe Opera and Hungarian State Opera. They are members of the world’s most prestigious Young Artist Programmes including the Opernhaus Zürich International Opera Studio, Royal Opera House Jette Parker Young Artists, English National Opera Harewood Artists and Salzburg Festival Young Singers Project.
The Foundation invites applications annually and these are considered by the Trustees.
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