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    The Opera Awards 2015: the pictures from this year's star-studded event

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    Soprano Aleksandra Kurzak and conductor Antonio Pappano were among the guests at the star-studded ceremony presented by Richard E. Grant

    1. Opera Awards

      1. The Opera Awards 2015

      The 2015 Opera Awards 2015 took place at the Savoy Theatre on Sunday 26 April 2015. Photo: Jon Santa Cruz

    2. Opera Awards

      2. Richard E Grant

      The ceremony was presented by actor Richard E. Grant. Photo: Jon Santa Cruz

    3. Opera Awards

      3. Lawrence Brownlee

      Tenor Lawrence Brownlee performs at the Opera Awards. Credit: Jim Winslet

    4. Opera Awards

      4. Carolyn Sampson

      Soprano Carolyn Sampson performs at the ceremony. Credit: Jim Winslet

    5. Opera Awards

      5. Justina Gringyte

      Mezzo-soprano Justina Gringyte performs at the ceremony, where she was also named Best Young Singer.Credit: Jim Winslet

    6. Opera Awards

      6. John Osborn

      American tenor John Osborn performs at the star-studded ceremony.Credit: Jim Winslet

    7. Opera Awards

      7. Aleksandra Kurzak

      Soprano Aleksandra Kurzak performs in the Savoy Theatre. Credit: Jim Winslet

    8. Opera Awards

      8. young-singer

      Justine Gringyte accepts her award for Young Singer of the year from Richard E. Grant. Credit: Jon Santa Cruz

    9. Opera Awards

      9. Lotte de Beer

      Lotte de Beer was named Best Newcomer. Credit: Jon Santa Cruz

    10. Opera Awards

      10. Rediscovered Rossini

      The award for Rediscovered Work went to the Rossini Opera Festival for its production of Rossini's Aureliano in Palmira. Credit: Jon Santa Cruz

    11. Opera Awards

      11. Es Devlin

      Es Devlin is presented with her award for Designer of the year. Credit: Jon Santa Cruz

    12. Opera Awards

      12. Complete Opera Recording

      Mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly accepts the Complete Opera Recording award, which went to Opera Rara's recording of Offenbach's 'Fantasio'. Credit: Jon Santa Cruz

    13. Opera Awards

      13. Lifetime Achievement

      Speight Jenkins, the general director of Seattle Opera, is presented with the Opera Awards Lifetime Achievement. Credit: Jon Santa Cruz

    14. Opera Awards

      14. Readers' Award

      Soprano Aleksandra Kurzak, along with tenor Jonas Kaufmann, won the Readers' Award, voted for by the public. Credit: Jon Santa Cruz

    15. Opera Awards

      15. Director Award

      Richard Jones is presented with the Director Award from soprano Danielle de Niese and Richard E. Grant. Credit Jon Santa Cruz

    16. Opera Awards

      16. Aleksandra Kurzak

      Soprano Aleksandra Kurzak. Credit: Jim Winslet

    17. Opera Awards

      17. Lotte de Beer with her award

      Director Lotte de Beer poses with her Newcomer award. Credit: Jim Winslet

    18. Opera Awards

      18. Strauss Anniversary Award

      The Strauss Anniversary Production award went to the Royal Opera House for its production of Die Frau ohne Schatten. Music director of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, accepted the award. Credit: Jon Santa Cruz

    19. Opera Awards

      19. Best Young Singer

      Justina Gringyte won Best Young Singer at the ceremony. Credit: Jim Winslet

    20. Opera Awards

      20. Antonio Pappano

      The conductor Antonio Pappano with Joyce Bourne, the widow of the music critic Michael Kennedy, to whom the award for Richard Strauss Anniversary Production was dedicated. Credit: Jim Winslet

    21. Opera Awards

      21. Es Devlin after the ceremony

      Designer Es Devlin poses for photographs after being presented with her award. Credit: Jim Winslet

    22. Opera Awards

      22. The Opera Awards 2015

      The Opera Awards are an annual celebration of opera. Credit: Jim Winslet

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