2013 Opera Awards Foundation Bursaries
08.10.13We are delighted to announce that sopranos Sky Ingram and Rachel Nicholls have been awarded bursaries by the Opera Awards Foundation.
Opera audiences worldwide stand to benefit from a bold new investment in artistic talent. The International Opera Awards announced its first round of bursaries on 3 October 2013, training the spotlight on eighteen outstanding individuals and providing each with funds to develop significant aspects of their work. The grant allocations flow from the success of the inaugural International Opera Awards sponsored by Sanlam at the London Hilton in April 2013, which helped secure substantial charitable donations for the Opera Awards Foundation. The Awards ceremony, described by the London Evening Standard as classical music’s first ‘Oscars’, exists to connect opera at its best with the broadest possible audience. Opera Awards Foundation bursaries, meanwhile, will help nurture aspiring talent and promote ideals of artistic excellence and creativity throughout the opera community.