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The results are in 💫

Arnheiður received the Rising Star award at the International Opera awards!

The ceremony was hosted by the Bayerische Staatsoper at the Prinzregententheater in Munich on the 2nd of October. The multi award-winning Bayerische Staatsorchester played at the ceremony led by their general music director Vladimir Jurowski. After receiving her award Arnheiður joined them to sing Que fais-tu blanche tourterelle from Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette.

Here you can find the full list of winners and nominees and here you can watch the full ceremony.

With the wonderful mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston who presented the category.

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Award season continues!

This years nominees for the Thalia awards have been made public and Arnheiður is among the top three contenders for this year’s award 💫 The winner will be announced on the 5th of October.

She is nominated for her interpretation of the Composer from Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos in the staging of Slava Daubnerová which was conducted by Robert Jindra at the Prague Estate Theater.

“Icelandic mezzo-soprano Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir has been a prominent face of the opera ensemble of the National Theater in Prague since the 2020/21 theater season. Her performances are characterized by a huge dose of musical intelligence and psychological immersion into the interior of the interpreted characters. After Octavian in The Rosenkavalier, for which she won the Thalia Award last year, this year she added another prominent Straussian “trouser” role to her repertoire – the Composer in Ariadne on Naxos. In it, she was once again able to masterfully combine flawless vocal performance with consistent acting finesse and disarming stage charm. She thus created a breathtaking portrait of an eager young artist, eager for success, but at the same time extremely empathetic, sensitive to his surroundings, in short, likable in every way.”-cenythalie.cz

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Nominated as a rising star at the international opera awards!

The nominees at the International opera awards have been announced and we are happy to be able to share that Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir is on the shortlist to get the reward in the category of “rising star”! 💫

It is also great to see that her home opera house for the past four years the National Theater in Prague is on the short list as opera company of the year.

Here you can see the full list of all nominees: http://operaawards.org/archive/2024/

Keep your fingers crossed on the 2nd of October!