The 37th annual Dora Mavor Moore Award nominees have been announced, with the COC in the lead for a total of 24 nominations in the opera division.

The 37^th annual Dora Mavor Moore Award nominees have been announced. Out of a total 236 nominations in 48 categories, the Opera Division is led by the Canadian Opera Company (24), Opera Atelier (3), Luminato (2) Against the Grain Theatre (1), and Tapestry Opera (1).

The 2016 Dora Mavor Moore Awards show will take place at Harbourfront Centre’s open-air Concert Stage on June 27. Tickets go on sale May 31 via Harbourfront Centre Box Office at 416-973-4000 and online via http://tapa.ca.

OPERA DIVISION

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

La Traviata: Canadian Opera Company co-production with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera
Lucio Silla: Opera Atelier
Maometto II: Canadian Opera Company
Siegfried: Canadian Opera Company
The Marriage of Figaro: Canadian Opera Company

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE – MALE

Luca Pisaroni: Maometto II / Canadian Opera Company
Quinn Kelsey: La Traviata / Canadian Opera Company
Russell Thomas: Carmen / Canadian Opera Company
Stefan Vinke: Siegfried / Canadian Opera Company
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke: Siegfried / Canadian Opera Company

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE – FEMALE

Christine Goerke: Siegfried / Canadian Opera Company
Ekaterina Siurina: La Traviata / Canadian Opera Company
Elizabeth DeShong: Maometto II / Canadian Opera Company
Inga Kalna: Lucio Silla / Opera Atelier
Leah Crocetto: Maometto II / Canadian Opera Company

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE – ENSEMBLE

The Ensemble of Apocalypsis: Luminato Festival
The Ensemble of AtG’s Messiah: Against the Grain
The Ensemble of La Traviata: Canadian Opera Company

MUSICAL THEATRE / OPERA DIVISION

OUTSTANDING NEW MUSICAL/OPERA

Alan Kliffer: One Night Only: The Greatest Musical Never Written / Golden Ages Productions
Marjorie Chan (Librettist) & John Harris (Composer): M’dea Undone / A Tapestry Opera Production in collaboration with Scottish Opera
New Lyrics/ Composition: Britta & Anika Johnson; after original playwright Mordecai Richler: Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang / Young People’s Theatre
Wesley J. Colford: Heart of Steel / Aim for the Tangent Theatre

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION

Albert Schultz: Marat/Sade / Soulpepper Theatre Company
Ann Hodges: Grey Gardens / Acting Up Stage Company
François Girard: Siegfried / Canadian Opera Company
Jerry Mitchell: Kinky Boots / Mirvish Productions
Ross Manson: Century Song / Volcano Theatre

OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN

Christian Schmidt: The Marriage of Figaro / Canadian Opera Company
David Rockwell: Kinky Boots / Mirvish Productions
Gerard Gauci: Lucio Silla / Opera Atelier
Michael Levine: Siegfried / Canadian Opera Company
Riccardo Hernandez: La Traviata / Canadian Opera Company

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

Alex Amini: Grey Gardens / Acting Up Stage Company
Anahita Dehbonehie: Marat/Sade / Soulpepper Theatre Company
Cait O’Connor: La Traviata / Canadian Opera Company
David Woodhead: Titanic: The Musical / David Mirvish in association with Michael Harrison and Paul Elliott
Greg Barnes: Kinky Boots / Mirvish Productions

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN

Bonnie Beecher: Grey Gardens / Acting Up Stage Company
David Finn: Siegfried / Canadian Opera Company
Helen Todd: Apocalypsis / Luminato Festival
Marcus Doshi: La Traviata / Canadian Opera Company
Olaf Winter: The Marriage of Figaro / Canadian Opera Company

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY

Cressida Carr’e: Titanic: The Musical / David Mirvish in association with Michael Harrison and Paul Elliott
Dayna Tekatch: The Wizard of Oz / Young People’s Theatre
Jerry Mitchell: Kinky Boots / Mirvish Productions
Kate Alton: Century Song / Volcano Theatre
Monica Dottor: Marat/Sade / Soulpepper Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION

Johannes Debus: Siegfried / Canadian Opera Company
Jordan Armstrong: One Night Only: The Greatest Musical Never Written / Golden Ages Productions
Marco Guidarini: La Traviata / Canadian Opera Company
Reza Jacobs: The Wizard of Oz / Young People’s Theatre
Stephen Oremus/Elizabeth Baird: Kinky Boots / Mirvish Productions

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