The Opus Klassik Awards have announced the 2025 winners. The Singer of the Year Awards went to Benjamin Bernheim for “Douce France” and Emily D’Angelo for “Freezing.” Joana Mallwitz was awarded the conductor of the year award for The Kurt Weill Album, while Aigul Akhmetshina won Young Artist of the Year for her album Aigul. Pene Pati’s “Nessun Dorma” and {…}
The Opus Klassik Awards have announced its 2024 winners. The Female Singer of the Year went to Anna Prohaska for “Maria Mater Meretrix,” while the Male Singer of the Year went to Konstantin Krimmel for Schubert’s “Die schöne Müllerin.” The Conductor of the Year award went to Klaus Mäkelä for Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring & The Firebird,” while the {…}
The Opus Klassik has announced the winners of the 2021 awards. Among the winners were Sonya Yoncheva and Piotr Beczala who won the Singer of the Year awards for their albums “Rebirth” and “Vincerò!” Meanwhile, Conductor of the Year went to Marc Albrecht for Zemlinsky’s “Die Seejungfrau” while Fatma Said won the New Artist of the Year. Regula Mühlemann won Solo {…}
(Credit: Simon Pauly) The Opus Klassik has announced its top prizes. Joyce DiDonato won Female Singer of the Year while Christian Gerhaher won Male Singer of the Year. Meanwhile, Emóke Baráth and Nadine Sierra both took home the Young Singer Award, while Jakub Jósef Orlinski was awarded Solo Recording (Opera) for his “Anima Sacra.” André Schuen won Solo Recording (Song) {…}
Opus Klassik and Idagio have announced the nominees of the 2019 Opus Klassik Awards. Here you will find the nominees for categories related to opera. Nominees for Category 1 | Sängerin des Jahres (Singer of the Year – Women) include: Tora Augestad for “Portraying Passion – Works by Weill/Paus/Ives;” Emoke Baráth for “Voglio Cantar;” Cecilia Bartoli for “Antonio Vivaldi;” Maria {…}
On Oct. 14, 2018, the first annual Opus Klassik awards were handed out to top artists in the world of classical music. Juan Diego Flórez was awarded the Male Singer of the Year Award, while soprano Diana Damrau was announced as the Female Singer of the Year. Flórez took homes the award for his acclaimed “Mozart” album, which was also his {…}