The International Opera Awards have announced their 2025 winners.

The big prize of the evening, Opera Company of the Year, went to Theater an der Wien.

The singers who took top prizes included Marina Rebeka, who won the coveted Reader’s Choice Award, while Adèle Charvet and Hugh Cutting received the Rising Star Award. Meanwhile, Nicholas Brownlee won the Male Singer of the Year award while Asmik Grigorian won the Female Singer of the Year Award.

Agnes Balsta received the Lifetime Achievement Award, while Anthony Freud won the Leadership Award.

Other winners included Alain Altinoglu, who won the Conductor of the Year award, while Claus Guth won the Director award.

Complete List of Winners:
Conductor: Alain Altinoglu
Designer: Paolo Fantin
Director: Claus Guth
Equal opportunities: Dallas Opera – Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors
Female singer: Asmik Grigorian ​
Festival: Janáček Brno Festival
Male singer: Nicholas Brownlee
Musical theatre: Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George – directed by Ethan Heard, Glimmerglass Festival
New production: The Excursions of Mr. Brouček – National Theatre Brno
Opera company: Theater an der Wien
Readers’ award: Marina Rebeka
Recording (complete opera): Lully’s Atys (Château de Versailles Spectacles)
Recording (solo recital): Gluck Arias, Ann Hallenberg and the Mozartists (Signum)
Rediscovered work: ​Baldassare Galuppi’s L’uomo femina – Opéra de Dijon
Rising star: Adèle Charvet & Hugh Cutting
Sustainability: Teatro Real
World premiere: Festen – Royal Opera House
​Philanthropy: C. Graham Berwind III
Leadership: Anthony Freud
Lifetime achievement: Agnes Baltsa