The venerable Opera magazine has announced the winners of its still-rather-new annual awards, the "Operas" (think Oscars but with more singing and a smaller budget). Since Opera has been the bible for international opera reviews for many decades, it's a nice idea and one that makes sense. It would be nice to be able to post Opera reviews for all of the winners, or sound clips from recent productions from them all, and maybe that's something the organizers can look at next year.
So, "the winners are," as they say...
The Teatro Sociale di Como for Accessibility, "Peter Grimes On The Beach" in Aldeburgh, for Britten anniversary production, the Verdi trilogy at the Hamburg Staatsoper for Verdi anniversary production and Parsifal at Vlaamse Opera for, you guessed it, Wagner anniversary production. The CSO Resound recording of Verdi's Otello under Riccardo Muti won for Complete Opera Recording, while Operatic Recital Recording went to Ann Hallenberg for "Hidden Handel" on Naïve.
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