(Credit: La Monnaie / De Munt | Johan Jacobs)

OPER! AWARDS has announced that La Monnaie / De Munt has been awarded Best Opera House of 2024.

The jury of the OPER! AWARDS announced the news in Berlin and noted that the award will be presented on Feb. 21, 2025 during a gala at the Brussels Opera House which will also see 19 other categories presented.

In a statement, Ulrich Ruhnke, Jury Chairman of the OPER! AWARDS said, “The Brussels opera house La Monnaie / De Munt, under its general and artistic director Peter de Caluwe, radiates enormous appeal and inviting openness, encouraging artists to creative top performances and drawing in audiences. Its programming and the sophistication and aesthetics of its productions regularly set standards, while making opera accessible to younger generations as well. Its activities are, at the same time, embedded within in a comprehensive mission to be a modern opera house able to reach out to society, affirming the values of sustainability and a culture of welcome. For almost 20 years and now in his last season, Peter de Caluwe has been leading La Monnaie / De Munt at a consistently high level and with undiminished creativity – setting an exceptional record in the international opera business and worthy of an award.”

The OPER! AWARDS are Germany’s only publicly awarded international opera prize and is awarded annually at a gala event to the world’s best artists and creatives of the international opera scene. Last year’s winner of “Best Opera House” was the Dutch National Opera.