Around the Music Festival

The annual award ceremony of the German opera magazine “OPER! Magazine” was held at the Konzerthaus in Berlin on the 21st. The annual award was established for the first time this year. A style in which eight critics choose 20 annual awards. The main winners are as follows.

　［Singer］Female：Joyce DiDonato　/　 Male：Piotr Beczala
　［Opera House］Opernhaus Zürich
　［Director］Frederic Wake-Walker ＝ “Ariadne auf Naxos” at Teatro alla Scala
　［Conductor］Joana Mallwitz
　［Orchestra］Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera
　［Chorus］Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera
　［Production］Tchaikovsky’s “Enchantress” at Lyon Opera
　［festival］Donizetti Opera Festival
　［Opera Recording］Donizetti “L’Ange de Nisida” by Opera Rara in Poland
　［Solo album］“Offenbach Coloratura” by Jodie Devos
　［Benefactor］Palazzetto Bru Zane
　［Education Program］Oper Cologne
　［Rediscovery］Offenbach’s “Barkouf” at the Opera du Rhin
　［World premiere］Detlev Glanert’s “Oceane” at Deustch Oper Berlin
　［Lifetime achievement］Edita Gruberová

Photo：OPER! magazine


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