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The International Opera Awards was founded in 2013 by Harry Hyman, a UK businessman and supporter of opera, and John Allison, Editor of Opera Magazine.
Aim, Bursaries, Ceremonies
The aim of the event is to promote excellence in opera and to promote international opera. Whilst there are a number of individual awards given to opera productions and opera singers by a number of broader artistic awards there is no dedicated awards event for opera itself.
Bursaries will also be awarded for emerging artists within the sector. The Opera Awards Foundation has been set up to support aspiring talent within the opera community and a percentage of the proceeds from the awards will go to this Foundation. There are 20 different categories of awards which artists can be nominated for, with a shortlist of finalists being announced before the event.
The inaugural international Opera Awards were held in London at The Hilton Hotel on Monday 22 April 2013.