Winners and Nominees by Category 2025
Female Debut
Winner
Samira Galimova
Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre
Leonora - Il Trovatore
Nominees
Valentina Pravdina
Helikon Opera
Enn - The Rake’s ProgressRuTube
Ekaterina Begunovich
Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre NOVAT
The Nightingale - The Nightingale
Male Debut
Best Female Performance
Winner
Nadezhda Pavlova
Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A. S. Pushkin
Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta, Stella - The Tales of Hoffmannpromo-RuTube
Nominees
Ekaterina Zakharova
State Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) named after D. K. Sivtsev-Suorun Omolloon
Violetta Valéry - La Traviatapromo YouTube, promo RuTube
Best Male Performance
Winner
Andrey Baturkin
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre
Gérard - Andrea Chénierpromo YouTube, promo RuTube
Nominees
Vitaliy Savelyev
Chelyabinsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after M. I. Glinka
Peter I - Peter Ipromo YouTube, promo RuTube
Elisey Laptev
Helikon Opera
Nick Shadow - The Rake’s Progresspromo YouTube, promo RuTube
Ivan Volkov
Samara Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after D. D. Shostakovich
Hoffmann - The Tales of Hoffmannpromo YouTube, promo RuTube
Supporting Role
Winner
Margarita Glazunova*
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre
Smeton - Anna Boleynpromo YouTube, promo RuTube
Nominees
David Pogosyan
Samara Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after D. D. Shostakovich
Andreas, Cochenille, Pittichinaccio, Franz - The Tales of Hoffmannpromo YouTube, promo RuTube
Natalia Lyaskova
Perm State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after P. I. Tchaikovsky
Countess - The Queen of Spadespromo-RuTube
Ksenia Vyaznikova
Helikon Opera
Baba-Turchanka - The Rake’s ProgressRuTube
Distinguished Guest
Nominees
Karlen Manukyan
Mikhailovsky Theatre
Rudolf - La Bohème
Nurgalim Amanbay
Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet Theatre named after D. A. Hvorostovsky
Mikhail - To Love in War
Cast
Winner
Così fan tutte
Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A. S. Pushkin
A. Voronov, N. Pavlova, Y. Dyakova, K. Suchkov, B. Stepanov, and otherspromo YouTube
Nominees
Andrea Chénier
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre
N. Mavlyanov, E. Guseva, A. Zaraev, O. Kornievskaya, E. Lukash, L. Andreeva, and otherspromo YouTube
The Rake’s Progress
Helikon Opera
V. Pravdina, D. Garkunov, E. Laptev, K. Vyaznikova, D. Ponomarev, and others
The Nightingale
Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre NOVAT
D. Belozor, A. Denisov, G. Shigapova, S. Zakharov, A. Triller, and others
Cultural Event or Project(Kids)
Winner
Alice in Wonderland
Ural Opera Ballet
Nominees
Little Red Riding Hood
Children’s Opera Theatre “Strekozza”
promo YouTube, promo RuTube
Cultural Event or Project (Traditional)
Winner
Anna Boleyn
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre
promo YouTube, promo RuTube
Nominees
Cultural Event or Project (Innovation)
Winner
RE-Construction: Die Vögel
Moscow State Academic Children’s Musical Theatre named after N. I. Sats
promo YouTube, promo RuTube
Nominees
To Love in War
Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet Theatre named after D. A. Hvorostovsky
Peter I
Chelyabinsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after M. I. Glinka
promo RuTube
Cultural Event or Project (Concert projects)
Winner
Ivan Susanin
Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre NOVAT
On the 80th Anniversary of the Theatre and the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War
Nominees
Cultural Event or Project (Educational projects)
Winner
War and Peace. Natasha
Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation Summer International Theatre School of the STD RF
Winner
Tannhäuser
OperaCall Creative Challenge with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives
Nominees
Soul of opera
Winner
Dmitry Bertman
Helikon-opera
GENERAL AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE HELIKON-OPERA THEATRE
Nominees
Favorite
Winner
Ekaterina Zakharova
State Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) named after D. K. Sivtsev-Suorun Omolloon
Violetta Valéry - La Traviatapromo YouTube, promo RuTube
Nominees
Theatre
Winner
The Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A.S. Pushkin
Nominees
Musical Director
Winner
Alexander Soloviev
Mikhailovsky Theatre
musical director of the Mikhailovsky Theatre
Nominees
Stage Director
Winner
Sergey Novikov
Nominees
Legend
Winner
Alexei Steblyanko
Nominees
Concertmaster
Winner
Zhanna Iskhakova
The Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre
Nominees
Forever in memory
Winner
Tamara Milashkina
Nominees
For long and devoted service to their profession
Winner
Alexander Morozov
Mariinsky Theatre
Nominees