Nominees chosen by Barry Tone, Cunning Little Vixen, FitCrit, Madam Caterpillar, Violetta and Sophie (FitCrit's girlfriend)

BEST OPERA (NEW PRODUCTION)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opera North)
Lucia di Lammermoor (ENO)
Powder Her Face (ROH)
The Sacrifice (WNO)
The Turn of the Screw (ENO)

BEST OPERA (REVIVAL)
Albert Herring (Glyndebourne on Tour)
Macbeth (Glyndebourne on Tour)
The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo (Isango/Portobello)
Eugene Onegin (ROH)
Peter Grimes (Opera North)

BEST CONDUCTOR
Richard Balcombe – The Pirates of Penzance (Carl Rosa Company)
Oliver von Dohnanyi – The Merry Widow (ENO)
Mandisi Dyantis – The Magic Flute Impempe Yomlingo (Isango/Portobello)
Edward Gardner La Clemenza di Tito (Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment)
James MacMillan – The Sacrifice (WNO)

BEST DIRECTOR
David Alden – Lucia di Lammermoor (ENO)
Mark Domford-May – The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo (Isango/Portobello)
Martin Duncan – The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opera North)
Stephen Langridge - The Minotaur (ROH)
David McVicar - Der Rosenkavalier (ENO)

BEST SET DESIGN
Charlie Cridlan – The Magic Flute (BYO)
Jo Davies – Aida (ENO)
David McVicar/Michael Vale – Der Rosenkavalier (ENO)
Conor Murphy – Powder Her Face (ROH)
Francis O’Connor – The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opera North)

BEST PRODUCTION OF DIE ZAUBERFLOTE
British Youth Opera
English National Opera
Isango/Portobello
Opera Holland Park
Welsh National Opera

BEST MALE PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE
Barry Banks – Edgardo Lucia di Lammermoor (ENO)
Gerald Finley – Onegin Eugene Onegin (ROH)
John Graham-Hall – Danilo The Merry Widow (ENO)
Jonathan Summers – Gepetto The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opera North)
John Tomlinson – Minotaur The Minotaur (ROH)

BEST FEMALE PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE
Anna Christy – Lucia Lucia di Lammermoor (ENO)
Sarah Connolly – Octavian Der Rosenkavalier (ENO)
Rebecca Evans – Governess The Turn of the Screw (ENO)
Lisa Milne – Sian The Sacrifice (WNO)
Michelle Walton – Hanna Glawari The Merry Widow (ENO)

BEST MALE PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ferruccio Furlanetto – King Philip Don Carlo (ROH)
Robert Lloyd – Seneca The Coronation of Poppea (ENO)
Iain Paton – Electrician/various roles Powder Her Face (ROH)
Ray Quinn – Doody Grease (Piccadilly Theatre)
Jonathan Summers – Captain Balstrode Peter Grimes (Opera North)

BEST FEMALE PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Anna Bonitatibus – Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro (ROH)
Lucy Crowe – Drusilla The Coronation of Poppea (ENO)
Gail Pearson – Venus and Adonis/The Indian Queen (Early Opera Company)
Julia Riley – Nancy Albert Herring (Glyndebourne on Tour)
Sarah Tynan – Megan The Sacrifice (WNO)

BEST YOUNG MALE SINGER
Michael Bracegirdle – First Priest/First Armed Man Die Zauberflote (ENO)
Benedict Nelson – Sid Albert Herring (BYO)
Cartaigh Quill – Monostatos The Magic Flute (BYO)
Thomas Walker – Malcolm Macbeth (Glyndebourne on Tour)
Nicholas Warden – Zoroastro Orlando (Independent Opera)

BEST YOUNG FEMALE SINGER
Sophie Bevan – Associate Artists’ Recital (Classical Opera Company)
Katherine Broderick – Lady Billows Albert Herring (BYO)
Kishani Jayasinghe – Gianetta L’elisir d’amore (ROH)
Julia Riley – Nancy Albert Herring (Glyndebourne on Tour)
Anita Watson – Rita Rita (ROH)

BEST COMIC MALE
Thomas Allen – Music Master Ariadne auf Naxos (ROH)
Alfred Muff – Baron Ochs Der Rosenkavalier (Zurich Opera)
Richard Suart – Ko-Ko The Mikado (ENO)
John Tomlinson – Baron Ochs Der Rosenkavalier (ENO)
Roderick Williams – Papageno The Magic Flute (ENO)

BEST COMIC FEMALE
Jo Brand Policeman – The Pirates of Penzance (Carl Rosa Company)
Amy Freston – Miss Wordsworth Albert Herring (Glyndebourne on Tour)
Beverley Klein – Ruth The Pirates of Penzance (Carl Rosa Company)
Hannah Ockendon – Blonde Die Entfuhring aus dem Serail Study Day (Classical Music Company)
Elizabeth Sikora – Madame de la Haltiθre Cendrillon (Chelsea Opera)

BEST MALE UNDERSTUDY
The Le nozze di Figaro nominees performed their roles as part of the annual Young Artists Concert, but as they were official understudies we decided they were eligible for nomination.
Jacques Imbrailo – Count Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro (ROH)
Andrew Staples – Associate Artists’ Recital (Classical Opera Company at the Wigmore Hall)
Mark Stone – Onegin Eugene Onegin (ROH)
Dimitris Tiliakos – Rodrigo Don Carlo (ROH)
Paul Whelan – Raimondo Lucia di Lammermoor (ENO)

BEST FEMALE UNDERSTUDY
The Le nozze di Figaro nominees performed their roles as part of the annual Young Artists Concert, but as they were official understudies we decided they were eligible for nomination.
Chloe Brooks – Jan Grease (Piccadilly Theatre)
Selina Hamilton – Cha Cha Grease (Piccadilly Theatre)
Kishani Jayasinghe – Susanna Le nozze di Figaro (ROH)
Paula Murrihy – Tebaldo Don Carlo (ROH)
Anita Watson – Countess Le nozze di Figaro (ROH)

BEST MALE CHORUS MEMBER IN A SOLO ROLE
Neil Gillespie – Giuseppe La traviata (ROH)
Elliot Goldie – Peasant Eugene Onegin (ROH)
Christopher Ross – Priest The Magic Flute (ENO)

BEST FEMALE CHORUS MEMBER IN A SOLO ROLE
Penelope Beavan Olga – The Merry Widow (ENO)
Fiona Canfield – Peep-Bo The Mikado (ENO)
Elodie Kimmel – Emmie Albert Herring (Glyndebourne on Tour)

BEST CONCERT
Cendrillon – Chelsea Opera at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
Orlando (Extracts) – Independent Opera at Wigmore Hall
Der Rosenkavalier – Zurich Opera at the Royal Festival Hall
Venus and Adonis/The Indian Queen – Early Opera Company at the Wigmore Hall
La clemenza di Tito –Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the Barbican

BEST MALE SINGER IN RECITAL/CONCERT
Gerald Finley (Wigmore Hall)
Roger Padulles (St John’s Smith Square)
Andrew Staples (Classical Opera Company at the Wigmore Hall)

BEST FEMALE SINGER IN RECITAL/CONCERT
Sophie Bevan (Classical Opera Company at the Wigmore Hall)
Ailish Tynan (St John’s Smith Square)
Elizabeth Watts (St John’s Smith Square)

BEST PROM
Prom 1: Beethoven’s Ninth (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jirν Belohlαvek)
Prom 15: Macbeth (Glyndebourne Festival Opera)
Prom 19: R. Strauss, Britten, Nielsen (Hallι, Mark Elder)
Proms Chamber Music 5: Schumann, Machonchy, Britten (Philip Langridge, David Owen Norris)
Prom 41: Stravinsky, Bernstein, Gershwin (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano)

BEST RADIO BROADCAST
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Met)
La fille du regiment (Met)
Le nozze di Figaro (ROH)
Romeo et Juliette (Opera North)
Satyagraha (Met)

MOST MEMORABLE COSTUME
Jane Dutton – Amneris Aida - http://janedutton.com/photo-gallery/
Nadja Michael – Salome Salome – (naked, so no picture provided)
Iain Paterson – Amonasro Aida - http://www.musicalcriticism.com/opera/eno-aida-3.jpg (left)
Iain Paton – Electrician Powder Her Face - http://intermezzo.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834ff890853ef00e55389c8838834-pi (stilettos sadly not in picture)
Victoria Simmonds – Pinocchio The Adventures of Pinocchio - http://www.operalovers.net/media/images/191_medium.jpg

BEST DEATH SCENE
Barry Banks – Edgardo Lucia di Lammermoor (ENO)
Ilya Bannik – Banquo Macbeth (Glyndebourne on Tour)
Rebecca Bottone, Pumeza Matshikiza, Wendy Dawn Thompson, Christopher Ainslie, Tim Mead – The Innocents The Minotaur (ROH)
Anna Christy – Lucia di Lammermoor (ENO)
Aaron Eastwood - Boy Peter Grimes (Opera North)

MOST FRIGHTENING PERFORMANCE
Amanda Echalaz – Ker The Minotaur (ROH)
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts – Peter Grimes Peter Grimes (Opera North)
Frances McCafferty – Katisha The Mikado (ENO)
John Tomlinson – Minotaur The Minotaur (ROH)
Mark Wilde, James Laing – Cat/Fox The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opera North)

BEST MALE BOTTOM
Previous winners are ineligible for this nomination
Jonathan Gunthorpe
Simon Keenlyside
Robert Murray
Mark Stone
Rolando Villazon

BEST FEMALE BOTTOM
Previous winners are ineligible for this nomination
Claire Booth
Rebecca Bottone
Anna Christy
Beverley Klein
Aleksandra Kurzak

BEST STAFF
Barbican
Duke of York’s Theatre
Gielgud Theatre
Sadler’s Wells
Piccadilly Theatre

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