…Team Anika Rutkofsky (DE) / Eleni Konstantatou (GR) / Johanna Danhauser (DE) with „Don Giovanni. The Reckoning“.
The main prize „RING AWARD“ includes a stage production with stage design at one of the stages of Bühnen Graz, donated by Oper Graz, as well as EUR 2.000.
From the statement of the jury:
“This team succeeds in establishing a view of “Don Giovanni” that draws from the present, is
surprising and at the same time never moralizing. Their thoroughly feminist account of Don
Giovanni is developed in every moment from the music, the text and the characters. It is
very playful, it is very permeable – and it evokes many associations and fantasy spaces for
us as viewers. We want to see more of this!”
The Province of Styria Prize, endowed with EUR 2.000 went to
Team Krystian Lada (PL) / Didzis Jaunzems (LV) / Natalia Kitamikado (PL)
The City of Graz Prize, endowed with EUR 2.000 went to
Team Anika Rutkofsky (DE) / Eleni Konstantatou (GR) / Johanna Danhauser (DE)
Recognition fee for each of the three final teams: EUR 7.000.
Nine additional special prizes for stage productions with stage designs were awarded by the following theatres and opera houses. Most of them were already awarded in the RING AWARD Semifinal (January 2020) and due to the corona-related, one-year postponement of the RING AWARD final, some of the projects have already been realised.
Valérie Chevalier, Directrice Générale, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, awarded two special prizes
“Il Barbiere di Siviglia” to Team Rafael Rodriguez Villalobos (ES) / Emanuele Sinisi (IT),
and “Virilité.e.s” to Team Alicia Geugelin (DE) / Pia Preuß (DE) / Elise Schobeß (DE).
Peter de Caluwe, Directeur Général, La Monnaie / De Munt, Brüssel awarded
“Tosca” to Team Rafael Rodriguez Villalobos (ES) / Emanuele Sinisi (IT) a coproduction of La Monnaie / De Munt, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) and Teatro de la Maestranza (Sevilla),
“À l’extreme bord du monde” to Mien Bogaert (BL),
as well as a Verdi-project to Team Krystian Lada (PL) / Didzis Jaunzems (LV) / Natalia Kitamikado (PL).
Roland Geyer, Intendant, Theater an der Wien, awarded
“Bajazet” to Team Krystian Lada (PL) / Didzis Jaunzems (LV) / Natalia Kitamikado (PL).
Dietmar Schwarz, Intendant, Deutsche Oper Berlin, awarded the „Tischlereipreis“ to Theresa von Halle (DE) from Round 1 of the competition.
Two special prizes were awarded by Stefan Märki, Intendant, Staatstheater Cottbus, in the semifinal to Team Krystian Lada (PL) / Didzis Jaunzems (LV) / Natalia Kitamikado (PL) and Team Anika Rutkofsky (DE) / Eleni Konstantatou (GR) / Johanna Danhauser (DE).
The RING AWARD 20/21 Final can be streamed via OperaVision until 26 December 2021.
Photos (c) Susanne Hassler-Smith
