The Austrian Music Theatre Prize was established in 2012 by Kons. Prof. Karl-Michael Ebner. This prize honours outstanding archivements in Austria’s opera and theatre houses and the colourful Austrian festival landscape. Productions from the previous season are submitted by the theatres and evaluted by a renowned jury of media representatives. The members of the jury can also nominate productions from theatres as well as festivals and artists. This boardens the spectrum of nominates and reflects the diversity of cultural work ath the theatres in Austria.
Galamatinee Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis 2024
Date: 1. Septembre 2024 at 11 am
Location: Volksoper Wien
Take advantage of the wide range of public transport options for travelling to the gala matinee.
Impressions
Illustrated book for the 10 anniversary
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the Austrian Music Theatre Award is rewarded itself with an illustrated book. It coves everything from the stars and winners from the very beginning to the glittering performances of the two opera divas Anna Netrebko and Gundula Janowitz in Grafenegg 2022. Presenter Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz has summarised his personal moments of the last 10 years in the book. The illustrated book is avaible for € 29,90. By purchasing the book you / we are supporting indepedent music theatre productions that have suffered severe financial losses during the pandemic
The statuette
To celebrate its 10th anniversary the traditional company Gmundner Keramik created a glamorous new statuette.
Reduced to a feather in combination with a panpipe with seven pipes, the symbolism of the statuette is unmistakable the panpipe from Mozart’s “Magic flute”, and not just among experts. The uniqueness of the statuette is garantueded by flaming of the feather. This unmistakable, more than 300-years old technique of Gmundner Keramik is both a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage site and a unique piece from Austria.
