Singers.

Léonie Sonning Prize 2010 The Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize during a concert at the Tivoli Concert Hall on 16 June 2010. She was accompanied by the period instrument baroque orchestra La Scintilla from Zurich. The prize concert was attended by Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik. The prize was presented…

Léonie Sonning Prize 1998 The German soprano Hildegard Behrens received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 300,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 6 June 1998 at the Tivoli Concert Hall. The concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel. The prize was presented by the Royal Theatre Kapellmeister Poul Jørgensen,…

léonie sonning music prize 1987 The German tenor Peter Schreier received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 200,000 Danish kroner at a performance of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Royal Theatre’s Old Stage, during which Schreier sang the role of Don Ottavio. The performance was attended by Queen Margrethe II. The prize was presented on…

léonie sonning music prize 1979 The British mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 100,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 24 April 1979 at the Odd Fellow Palace in Copenhagen. The first half of the concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P1 radio channel. citation The prize…

léonie sonning music prize 1975 The German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 65,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 6 May 1975 at the Odd Fellow Palace in Copenhagen. The concert was broadcast later the same evening on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P1 radio channel.   citation The prize was…

léonie sonning music prize 1969 The Bulgarian bass Boris Christoff received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 60,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 21 November 1969 at the Falconer Centre. The programme 11 songs by Modest Mussorgsky, sung in Russian Boris Christoff, songFriedrich Gürtler, piano citation The prize was presented by Børge Friis, the…

léonie sonning music prize 1966 The Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 50,000 Danish kroner at the official opening of the Danish Ballet and Music Festival on 15 May 1966 at Copenhagen Town Hall. Two days later, Nilsson sang the role of Leonore in the Royal Danish Opera’s production of…