The winners of this year's International Opera Awards were announced on November 9 at a ceremony held at the Teatr Wielki, Polish National Opera, Warsaw. The ceremony saw performances from Ukrainian baritone Nazar Mykulyak who performed an aria from Yuliy Meitus’ opera Stolen Happiness and Gabriela Legun, Juliana Grigoryan, Alejandro del Ángel and Łukasz Goliński who performed excerpts from operas by Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko accompanied by the Chorus and Orchestra of the Polish National Opera.

Full list of winners below

2023 International Opera Awards winners

CONDUCTOR

Antonio Pappano

DESIGNER

Lizzie Clachan

DIRECTOR

Barrie Kosky

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES & IMPACT

La Monnaie De Munt

FEMALE SINGER

Aigul Akhmetshina

FESTIVAL

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

LEADERSHIP

Stéphane Lissner

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Marilyn Horne

MALE SINGER

Michael Spyres

NEW PRODUCTION

War & Peace (Bayerische Staatsoper/Tcherniakov)

OPERA COMPANY

Bayerische Staatsoper

OPERA READERS’ AWARD

Nadine Sierra

PHILANTHROPY

The Sullivan Foundation

RECORDING (COMPLETE OPERA)

Mercadante: Il proscritto (Opera Rara)

RECORDING (SOLO RECITAL)

Lisette Oropesa, French Bel Canto Arias (Pentatone)

REDISCOVERED WORK

Moniuszko: Jawnuta (Teatr Wielki, Poznań)

SUSTAINABILITY

Dutch National Opera

WORLD PREMIERE

Alexander Raskatov: Animal Farm (Dutch National Opera)

YOUNG SINGER

Andrzej Filończyk

More information on the awards can be found https://operaawards.org/