Winners at the International Opera Awards 2021

The winners were announced at the International Opera Awards earlier this evening. The ticketed pre-recorded digital stream celebrated an international community of opera creatives in a mixed programme of awards and performances.

The picture of awards host Petroc Trelawny is from the Opera Awards archive.

CHORUS
Metropolitan Opera

CONDUCTOR
Kirill Petrenko

DESIGNER
Małgorzata Szczęśniak

DIRECTOR
Robert Carsen

EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Birmingham Opera Company

FEMALE SINGER
Lise Davidsen

FESTIVAL
Salzburg Festival

LEADERSHIP sponsored by the Good Governance Institute
David Pountney

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Bernard Haitink

MALE SINGER
Javier Camarena

NEW PRODUCTION
Tale of Tsar Saltan (Tcherniakov, La Monnaie De Munt)

NEWCOMER
Alpesh Chauhan

OPERA COMPANY
Teatro Real, Madrid

OPERA FOR PEACE PRIZE
Denyce Graves

OPERA ORCHESTRA
Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich

PHILANTHROPY
Martina Arroyo Foundation

RECORDING (SOLO RECITAL)
Jakub Józef Orliński: Facce d’amore (Erato)

RECORDING (COMPLETE OPERA)
Thomas: Hamlet (Naxos) [DVD]

OPERA MAGAZINE READERS’ AWARD
Jamie Barton

REDISCOVERED WORK
Moniuszko: Paria (Teatr Wielki, Poznań)

WORLD PREMIERE
Glanert: Oceane (Deutsche Oper, Berlin)

YOUNG SINGER sponsored by Mazars
Xabier Anduaga
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya