Felix Krieger’s recording of Pietro Mascagni’s one-act opera Zanetto has been nominated for the 2027 International Classical Music Awards in the Opera category. Recorded live at the Konzerthaus Berlin with the chorus and orchestra of the Berliner Operngruppe, which Felix Krieger founded in 2010 and has led ever since, the album features mezzo-soprano Yajie Zhang in the title role and soprano Narine Yeghiyan as Silvia. It was released on OehmsClassics.
The ICMA jury, made up of 20 music media from 16 countries and chaired by Rémy Franck, has nominated 346 productions from 102 labels. The winners will be chosen in three rounds of voting and presented at the ICMA gala on 9 April 2027 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
“The conducting is unobtrusively sensitive, giving the singers plenty of time to caress the long lines,” wrote Ralph Moore in MusicWeb International. “The choral singing and orchestral playing are equally subtle and expressive.”
The full list of nominations is available here.
More about Felix Krieger here.
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