The Olivier Awards has announced its 2026 nominations and for this year, there is only one opera category. The Best New Opera Production was dominated by The Royal Opera with such productions as “The Makropulos Case” from The Royal Opera, “Tosca” from The Royal Opera, and “Die Walküre” from The Royal Opera getting nods. The lone production in the category {…}
The Olivier Awards have announced the recipients of the award for Outstanding Contribution Award and Industry Recognition Award. The awards body announced that Danielle de Niese will receive the Outstanding Contribution to Opera Award for her distinctive career, blending operatic credibility with musical theatre style. Meanwhile, Sir Wayne McGregor will receive the Outstanding Contribution to Dance Award for his trailblazing {…}
The Olivier Awards has announced the 2025 nominees. Here is a list of the opera categories. The nominees for Best New Opera Production are “Duke Bluebeard’s Castle” from the English National Opera, “Festen” from the Royal Opera House, “L’Olimpiade” from the Irish National Opera and Royal Opera House, and “The Tales Of Hoffmann” from the Royal Opera House. The nominees {…}
The Olivier Awards have announced the 2024 winners. For this article, we will focus on the opera categories only. The TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production went to “Innocence” by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House. The opera, which had its world premiere in 2021, was Kaija Saariaho‘s final opera. The award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera {…}
The Olivier Awards have announced their 2024 nominations. Here are the opera category nominees: TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production “Blue” by the English National Opera at the London Coliseum “Innocence” by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House “Picture A Day Like This” by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre “The Rhinegold” {…}
The 2023 Olivier Awards were held on April 2 at the Royal Albert Hall. The award for Best New Opera Production went to “Alcina” by Richard Jones at the Royal Opera House. Reacting to the news, Lisette Oropesa said, “‘ALCINA’ wins the Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production!!!! Congratulations to our fabulous team at the Royal Opera House for {…}
The Olivier Awards have announced the 2020 nominations. For the purpose of this article we will only focus on the two operatic categories. In the Best New Opera Production category “Billy Budd” at Royal Opera House will compete against “Berenice” at Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre, “Hansel And Gretel” at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, and “Noye’s Fludde” at {…}
The winners of the Olivier Awards 2019 were announced on Apr. 7, 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall in a ceremony hosted by Jason Manford. The award for Best New Opera Production went to Janáček’s “Katya Kabanova” at the Royal Opera House. Richard Jones’ production, which sets the story in the 1960s, ran from Feb. 4 – 26, 2019 with {…}
The Olivier Awards have announced their annual nominations. For the purpose of this article, we will only focus on the opera categories. In the category of Best New Opera Production the Royal Opera House received two nominations for its productions of “Kat’ya Kabanova” and “Lessons of Love and Violence.” Also nominated in the category was “The Turn of the Screw” {…}
The Olivier Awards are set to air on Sunday, April 8, 2018. Those outside of the UK can tune in on the Facebook page of the Olivier Awards or through the radio coverage on Sirius XM. The ceremony will be returning to the Royal Albert Hall, where it will be hosted by Catherine Tate. Highlights of the evening will include {…}
The Olivier Awards have announced their nominations, which include a number of opera’s greatest. The awards, which are essentially the Tony Awards’ equivalent in London have two opera categories which recognize the achievements of productions and individuals. This year, for Best Opera production, the Royal Opera House received two nominations for “Semiramide” and ‘The Exterminating Angel” while Trafalgar Studios 2 {…}