The Teatro Real de Madrid is set to host the 2022 International Opera Awards on Nov. 28, 2022.

This is the first time in the awards’ history that they will be presented outside of the United Kingdom.

“The International Opera Awards have always been international with winners from around the world as opera is one of the most international of all art forms,” said Harry Hyman, the founder of the awards. “All opera productions involve talent from around the world coming together to create the magic that only opera provides. We are grateful to our colleagues at the Teatro Real for offering to host this year’s Awards and look forward to showcasing and celebrating the very best operatic talent.”

Additionally, the organization announced the nominees for this year’s awards.

Here is the full rundown of the nominees:

CONDUCTOR

Edward Gardner, Eun Sun Kim, Oksana Lyniv, Joana Mallwitz, Carlo Rizzi & Daniele Rustioni

DESIGNER

Lizzie Clachan, Paolo Fantin, Michael Levine, Tom Piper, Rainer Sellmaier & Leslie Travers

DIGITAL OPERA

“The Copper Queen” (Arizona Opera), “Upload” (Dutch National Opera), “Gianni Schicchi” (Grange Park Opera), “Out of the Ordinary” (Irish National Opera), “IL TRIONFO. HER TEMPLE” (Nationaltheater Mannheim) & “Soldier Songs” (Opera Philadelphia)

DIRECTOR

Rosetta Cucchi, Stefan Herheim, Tobias Kratzer, James Robinson, Simon Stone & Adele Thomas

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES & IMPACT

Foundation Studio (Cape Town Opera), Opera for Peace, Opera Philadelphia, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Pacific Opera & Tapestry

FEMALE SINGER

Svetlana Aksenova, Stéphanie D’Oustrac, Sabine Devieilhe, Federica Lombardi, Aušrinė Stundytė & Pretty Yende

FESTIVAL

Donizetti Festival (Bergamo), Garsington Opera, George Enescu Festival, Oper Leipzig Wagner 22, Santa Fe Opera & Savonlinna Festival

MALE SINGER

Benjamin Bernheim, Allan Clayton, Stéphane Degout, Enea Scala, Russell Thomas & Georg Zeppenfeld

NEW PRODUCTION

Bregenz Festival: “Madama Butterfly” (d. Andreas Homoki); English National Opera: “The Handmaid’s Tale” (d. Annilese Miskimmon); Festival d’Aix-en-Provence: “L’incoronazione di Poppea” (d. Ted Huffman); Glyndebourne: “La Voix humaine/Les Mamelles de Tirésias” (d. Laurent Pelly); National Theatre Brno: “The Greek Passion” (d. Jiří Heřman) & Salzburg Festival: Il trittico (d. Christof Loy)

READERS’ AWARD

Asmik Grigorian, Saioa Hernandez, Jonas Kaufmann, Lisette Oropesa, Pene Pati, Golda Schultz, Andreas Schager & Michael Spyres

RECORDING (COMPLETE OPERA)

Barry: Alice’s Adventures Under Ground (Irish National Opera/Signum) CD; Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Les Siècles/Harmonia Mundi) CD; Dvořák: Rusalka (Teatro Real/C Major) DVD; Offenbach: Le Voyage dans la lune (Choeur et Orchestre National Montpellier Occitane/Bru Zane) CD; Weber: Der Freischütz (Freiburger Barockorchester/Harmonia Mundi) CD & Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini (Deutsche Oper Berlin/Naxos) DVD

RECORDING (SOLO RECITAL)

Benjamin Bernheim: Boulevard des Italiens (DG); Marianne Crebassa: Séguedilles (Erato); Elsa Dreisig: Mozart x 3 (Erato); Sondra Radvanovsky: Donizetti—Three Queens (Pentatone); Michael Spyres: Baritenor (Erato) & Jonathan Tetelman: Arias (DG)

REDISCOVERED WORK

Dallapiccola: Ulisse (Oper Frankfurt); Davis: X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X (Odyssey Opera); Guiraud: Frédégonde (Theater Dortmund); Langgaard: Antikrist (Deutsche Oper Berlin); Schulhoff: Flammen (Prague National Theatre) & Smyth: The Wreckers (Glyndebourne)

RISING TALENT

Anthony Almeida (director), Iván Ayón Rivas (tenor), Federica Guida (soprano), Barno Ismatullaeva (soprano), Iván López Reynoso (conductor), Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), John Savournin (director), Yaritza Véliz (soprano), Nil Venditti (conductor) & Nardus Williams (soprano)

SUSTAINABILITY

Glyndebourne, Gothenburg Opera, Culture for the Future (Dresden), ENO, La Monnaie & Opéra de Lyon

WORLD PREMIERE

Awakenings (Tobias Picker/Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); Castor and Patience (Gregory Spears/Cincinnati Opera); Grete Minde (Eugen Engel/Theater Magdeburg); M. Butterfly (Huang Ruo/Santa Fe Opera); The Time of our Singing (Kris Defoort/La Monnaie De Munt) &Violet (Tom Coult/Music Theatre Wales