Award season is upon us once more...and not just for the likes of Meryl Streep! Yes folks, opera has its very own award ceremony and the nominations have just been announced. Full details of finalists in all the categories can be found here but some highlights are:
CD (Operatic Recital)
Anna Bonitatibus: Semiramide: La Signora Regale, deutsche harmonia mundiCecilia Bartoli: St Petersburg, Decca
Joyce DiDonato: Stella di Napoli, Warner Classics
Franco Fagioli: Porpora—il maestro, Naïve
Carolyn Sampson: Arias for Marie Fel, Hyperion
Krassimira Stoyanova: Verdi Arias, Orfeo
DVD
Andriessen: La Commedia, NonesuchBerg: Lulu, Bel Air Classiques
Britten: Death in Venice, Opus Arte
Hahn: Ciboulette, FRA Musica
Strauss: Elektra, Bel Air Classiques
Wagner: Parsifal, Sony
Female Singer
Joyce DiDonato
Anja Harteros
Liudmyla Monastyrska
Anna Netrebko
Anita Rachvelishvili
Sonya Yoncheva
Anja Harteros
Liudmyla Monastyrska
Anna Netrebko
Anita Rachvelishvili
Sonya Yoncheva
Male Singer
Lawrence Brownlee
Iestyn DaviesChristian Gerhaher
John Osborn
Michael Spyres
Ludovic Tézier
Young Singer
Angel Blue
David Butt PhilipNicole Car
Aurelia Fabian
Justina Gringyte
Jennifer Johnson Cano
Ross Ramgobin
Nicky Spence
Congratulations to everyone nominated. But wait! You get a chance to vote too! You can vote here for The Readers Award finalists:
Ferruccio Furlanetto
Susan Graham
Jonas Kaufmann
Aleksandra Kurzak
Mariusz Kwiecien
Karita Mattila
Nina Stemme
And as if that wasn't excitement enough you can attend the awards presentation on 26th April at the Savoy Theatre for the bargain price of £30 (upper circle) - or if you really want to splash out, why not buy a table for the gala dinner as well! A snip at £4500 for a table for ten. Further details can be found here
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