OPER! AWARDS 2025 – La Monnaie / De Munt

The Oper! Awards more international than ever, with this year’s awards ceremony taking place in Brussels. OperaVision will stream the event live from La Monnaie De Munt selected ‘Best Opera Company’ in this year’s edition.

The Oper! Awards are presented annually during a gala to the best creatives of the international opera scene, working on or behind the stage. Introduced this year by Opera Europa Executive Director Karen Stone, the Awards are presented across 20 categories selected by a jury of music journalists.

Streamed LIVE on OperaVision on 21 February 2025 at 19:30 CET and available until 21 April 2025 at 12:00 CET: https://operavision.eu/performance/oper-awards-2025

AWARDS & MUSICAL PROGRAMME

04:57 Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauß 'Overture'
28:36 Best world premiere Die Jüdin von Toledo – Detlev Glanert
32:18 Best future project Copenhagen Opera Festival
36:33 Best festival Opernfestspiele Heidenheim
42:23 Best solo album Aigul – Aigul Akhmetshina
46:12 La Cenerentola, Gioachino Rossini 'Non più mesta'
53:39 Best opera recording Le prophète – London Symphony Orchestra
56:44 Best director Tobias Kratzer
01:02:24 Best newcomer Maayan Licht
01:09:06 Serse, Georg Friedrich Händel 'Ombra mai fu'
01:13:28 Best stage designer and best costume designer Christophe Coppens
01:18:23 Best opera house La Monnaie / De Munt
01:57:53 Die Walküre, Richard Wagner 'Walkürenritt'
02:04:51 Best rediscovery Amerika – Roman Haubenstock-Ramati – Opernhaus Zürich
02:08:19 Best conductor Pablo Heras-Casado
02:16:56 Best male singer Klaus Florian Vogt
02:25:42 Siegfried, Richard Wagner Short excerpts from acts 1 and 2
02:33:28 Best orchestra and best choir Orchestre and Chœur Pygmalion
02:39:51 Best production Der Idiot – Salzburger Festspielen
02:47:57 Best female singer Corinne Winters
02:52:26 Rusalka, Antonín Dvořák 'Song to the moon'
02:58:41 Best benefactor François Duplat
03:03:34 Honorary / lifetime achievement Peter Konwitschny
03:13:19 Nabucco, Giuseppe Verdi 'Va, pensiero'

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Choir
Conductor: Alain Altinoglu

For more information, please visit https://www.oper-awards.com/oper-awards-2025-en/

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