And the winner is: „Don Giovanni. The Reckoning“
Team Anika Rutkofsky (DE) / Eleni Konstantatou (GR) / Johanna Danhauser (DE)
Three unique, innovative productions of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” were presented at Schauspielhaus Graz, Austria, in front of the renowned jury and audience. For the first time, the event was also broadcast live via OperaVision.
Website of the RING AWARD 20/21
Documentation by Britta Lang:
The main prize „RING AWARD“ which includes a stage production with stage design at one of the stages of Bühnen Graz, donated by Oper Graz, as well as EUR 2.000 went to
Team Anika Rutkofsky (DE) / Eleni Konstantatou (GR) / Johanna Danhauser (DE)
From the statement of the jury:
“This team succeeds in establishing a view of “Don Giovanni”that draws from the present, is surprising and at the same time never moralizing. Their thoroughly feminist account of Don Giovanni is developed in every moment from the music, the text and the characters. It is very playful, it is very permeable – and it evokes many associations and fantasy spaces for us as viewers. We want to see more of this!”
The Province of Styria Prize, endowed with EUR 2.000 went to
Team Krystian Lada (PL) / Didzis Jaunzems (LV) / Natalia Kitamikado (PL)
The City of Graz Prize, endowed with EUR 2.000 went to
Team Alicia Geugelin (DE) / Christin Schumann (DE) / Pia Preuß (DE) / Elise Schobeß (DE)
Recognition fee for each of the three final teams: EUR 7.000.
Nine additional special prizes for stage productions with stage designs were awarded during the RING AWARD 20/21 by the following theatres and opera houses.
Valérie Chevalier, Directrice Générale, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, awarded two special prizes:
“Il Barbiere di Siviglia” to Team Rafael Rodriguez Villalobos (ES) / Emanuele Sinisi (IT),
and “Virilité.e.s” to Team Alicia Geugelin (DE) / Pia Preuß (DE) / Elise Schobeß (DE).
Peter de Caluwe, Directeur Général, La Monnaie / De Munt, Brüssel awarded
“Tosca” to Team Rafael Rodriguez Villalobos (ES) / Emanuele Sinisi (IT) a coproduction of La Monnaie / De Munt, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) and Teatro de la Maestranza (Sevilla),
“À l’extreme bord du monde” to Mien Bogaert (BL),
as well as “Rivoluzione e Nostalgia” to Team Krystian Lada (PL) / Didzis Jaunzems (LV) / Natalia Kitamikado (PL).
Roland Geyer, Intendant, Theater an der Wien, awarded
“Bajazet” to Team Krystian Lada (PL) / Didzis Jaunzems (LV) / Natalia Kitamikado (PL).
Dietmar Schwarz, Intendant, Deutsche Oper Berlin, awarded the „Tischlereipreis“ to Theresa von Halle (DE) from Round 1 of the competition, which resulted in “Die Vorüberlaufenden”.
Two special prizes were awarded by Stefan Märki, Intendant, Staatstheater Cottbus, in the semifinal to Team Krystian Lada (PL) / Didzis Jaunzems (LV) / Natalia Kitamikado (PL) and Team Anika Rutkofsky (DE) / Eleni Konstantatou (GR) / Johanna Danhauser (DE)
OLE WIGGO BANG, Intendant, Wermland Opera, Karlstad
VALÉRIE CHEVALIER, Directrice Générale, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier
PETER DE CALUWE, Directeur Général, La Monnaie / De Munt, Bruxelles
HERIBERT GERMESHAUSEN, Intendant, Oper Dortmund
ROLAND GEYER, Intendant, Theater an der Wien
PER BOYE HANSEN, design. Operndirektor, Nationaltheater Prague
STEFAN HERHEIM, Stage Director, Oslo / Berlin, design. Intendant Theater an der Wien
IRIS LAUFENBERG, Intendantin, Schauspielhaus Graz, Chair
NORA SCHMID, Intendantin, Oper Graz, Chair
DIETMAR SCHWARZ, Intendant, Deutsche Oper Berlin
PETER SPUHLER, Generalintendant, Staatstheater Karlsruhe
KATRIN LEA TAG, Stage Designer, Vienna
PETER THEILER, Intendant, Semperoper Dresden
ALBRECHT THIEMANN, „Opernwelt“
JAN VANDENHOUWE, design. Intendant, Opera Vlaanderen, Antwerp
REINHARD VON DER THANNEN, Stage Desinger, Hamburg
BENEDIKT VON PETER, Intendant and Stage Director, Luzerner Theater, design. Intendant, Theater Basel
Photos (c) Susanne Hassler-Smith
