Last night, Sunday 15 May, at the Savoy Theatre, London, the winners of the International Opera Awards were announced at a ceremony hosted by BBC Radio 3 presenter Petroc Trelawny. We are delighted to announce that the ENO Chorus won the Chorus Award. The award was collected by Chorus Master Stephen Harris alongside members of the ENO Chorus.

Congratulations also to designer Vicki Mortimer who won the Designer award. Vicki recently designed ENO’s first children’s opera, The Way Back Home and will be designing Ryan Wigglesworth’s new opera The Winter’s Tale which premieres in February 2017.

Here is a full list of winners:

Accessibility
The Opera Platform

CD Complete Opera
Les Martyrs (Opera Rara)

CD Operatic Recital
Ann Hallenberg: Agrippina (DHM)
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Chorus
English National Opera

Conductor
Gianandrea Noseda

Designer
Vicki Mortimer

Director
Laurent Pelly

DVD
The Tsar’s Bride (Bel Air)

Female Singer
Mariella Devia

Festival
Glyndebourne

Lifetime Achievement
Brigitte Fassbaender

Male Singer
Gregory Kunde

New Production
Peter Grimes (Theater an der Wien)

Opera Company
Dutch National Opera

Philanthropists
Bill & Judy Bollinger
Christine Collins

Rediscovered Work
Le Roi Carotte (Opéra de Lyon)

World Premiere
Cold Mountain (Santa Fe Opera)

Young Conductor
Giacomo Sagripanti

Young Director
Fabio Ceresa

Young Female Singer
Asmik Grigorian

Young Male Singer
Stanislas de Barbeyrac

Readers’ Award Winner
Ermonela Jaho