The International Opera Awards exists to honor the achievements of the performers, producers and teams working in Opera.
The independent panel of industry experts will judge the categories and the winners will be announced at the splendid ceremony on April 22, 2013, at the Hilton Park Lane, London, UK.
The finalists for the 2013 Opera Awards in 22 categories are:
In the category 'Accessibility'
Metropolitan Opera
Streetwise Opera
Teatro Sociale di Como
Welsh National Opera
In the category 'Male Singer'
Aleksandrs Antonenko
Piotr Beczała
Joseph Calleja
Jonas Kaufmann
Luca Pisaroni
Bryn Terfel
In the category '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)
In the category 'Newcomer (conductor or director)'
Leo Hussain
Oliver Mears
Evan Rogister
Daniele Rustioni
Robert Sandoz
Ryan Wigglesworth
In the category 'CD (Operatic Recital)'
Joyce DiDonato: Drama Queens (Virgin)
Elīna Garanča: Romantique (DG)
Christian Gerhaher: Romantic Arias (Sony)
Mariusz Kwiecień: Slavic Heroes (HM)
In the category 'New Production'
Die Frau ohne Schatten, La Scala, p. Claus Guth, d. Christian Schmidt
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, Netherlands 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
In the category 'Chorus'
Bayreuth Festival
Cape Town Opera
Helikon Opera, Moscow
Netherlands Opera
In the category 'Conductor'
Richard Farnes
Ingo Metzmacher
Nicola Luisotti
Antonio Pappano
Christian Thielemann
In the category 'Opera Company'
Oper Frankfurt
Opéra National de Lyon
Staatsoper Stuttgart
Stanislavsky Music Theatre Moscow
Theater an der Wien
In the category 'Costume Designer'
Simon Higlett
Christian Lacroix
Olga Polikarpova
Buki Shiff
In the category 'Opera Orchestra'
Maryinsky Theatre
Metropolitan Opera
Royal Opera House
Vienna Staatsoper/Philharmonic
In the category 'Director'
Claus Guth
Stefan Herheim
Richard Jones
Dmitri Tcherniakov
In the category 'Philanthropist/Sponsor'
Audi
Investec Wealth and Investment
Sir Peter Moores
Rolex
In the category '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)
The Turn of the Screw, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, p. Jonathan Kent, c. Jakub Hruša (FRA Musica)
In the category 'Rediscovered Work'
Artaserse (Vinci), Opéra National de Lorraine
Les Aventures du Roi Pausole (Honegger), Opéra de Genève
Belisario (Donizetti), Opera Rara
David et Jonathas (M.-A. Charpentier), Les Arts Florissants
In the category 'Set Designer'
Paul Atkinson
Christof Hetzer
Simon Holdsworth
Antony McDonald
Dmitri Tcherniakov
In the category 'Female Singer'
Sarah Connolly
Joyce DiDonato
Evelyn Herlitzius
Catherine Nagelstad
Nina Stemme
Béatrice Uria-Monzon
In the category 'World Premiere'
Babylon (Widmann), Bayerische Staatsoper
Mittwoch aus Licht (Stockhausen), Birmingham Opera Company
Silent Night (Putz), Minnesota Opera
Solaris (Glanert), Bregenz Festival
Written on Skin (Benjamin), Aix-en-Provence
In the category 'Festival Opera'
Aix-en-Provence
Garsington
Salzburg
Santa Fe
Wexford
In the category 'Lighting Designer'
Paule Constable
Jean Kalman
Duane Schuler
Adam Silverman
Jennifer Tipton
In the category 'Young Singer'
Sophie Bevan
Andrei Bondarenko
Allan Clayton
Julia Lezhneva
Duncan Rock
Tamara Wilson
