Austrian music theater award: 63 nominations, these are the favorites!

Austrian music theater award: 63 nominations, these are the favorites!

Innsbruck, Österreich - Today on June 4, 2025, the nominees of the 13th Austrian music theater award will be presented. In total there are impressive 63 nominations in 15 different categories. The ceremonial award ceremony will take place on September 17, 2025 in the tent of Circus Roncalli in Vienna and honors outstanding achievements in the areas of operetta, operetta and musical. This is announced as another highlight in the Austrian cultural scene.

The Salzburg Festival and the Theater an der Vienna lead the field each with seven nominations. The Linz State Theater can also look forward to five nominations. The Vienna State Opera, the Volksoper Vienna, the Graz Opera and the Stadttheater Klagenfurt each have four nominations among their successes. In addition, the Bregenz Festival achieved three nominations, while the Tyrolean Landestheater Innsbruck received two nominations, as [onlineerker.com] (https://onlinemerker.com/4-juni-2025-Mitt.

main categories and nominated

Outstanding talents and productions are celebrated in the main categories. The nominations for the best female leading roles include:

• Vera-Lotte Boecker (Theater an der Vienna)
• Lisette Oropesa (Salzburg Festival)
• Katherine Broderick (Stadttheater Klagenfurt)
• Alexandra-Yoana Alexandrova (Landestheater Linz)

For the best male leading roles, you can choose:

• Georg Nigl (Vienna State Opera)
• Matjaž Stopinšek (Landestheater Linz)
• Sean Panikkar (Salzburg Festival)
• Bogdan Volkov (Salzburg Festival)

The nominees for the best supporting roles are also remarkable. This is for women:

• Katharina Ruckgaber (Bregenz Festival)
• Jennifer Maines (Tyrolean Landestheater Innsbruck)
• Holly Flack (Vienna State Opera)

In the category Best Male Support Role, we expect exciting contributions from:

• Wilfried Zelinka (Opera Graz)
• Michael Laurenz (Vienna State Opera)
• Marco di Sapia (Langenlois operetta summer)

special awards and diversity

The President of the Austrian Music Theater Prize, Karl-Michael Ebner, was positive about the diversity of the nominations. The selection of the nominees was made by a specialist jury who emphasizes a neutral perspective despite the proposals of the respective theater. This offers an interesting spectrum of talents and productions that enrich the Austrian music theater scene.

The other important categories include the best musical management, best director and the best equipment, including nominations for Christian Thielemann (Salzburg Festival) and Marin Alsop (Theater an der Vienna). The young talents are also recognized, which allows hope for the future of the industry.

The entire list of nominations promises an exciting gala in September. As reports the SN.AT, the music theater award is not only recognition for the artists, but also a festival for the fans of the musical theater that can look forward to a shop window of the best production and talent. There is something - the anticipation for the celebrations on September 17th is increasing!