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Awards.

During the years, Nina Stemme has been rewarded with numerous prestigious awards for the work she has done.

She has been appointed Swedish Court Singer and Austrian “Kammersängerin”, received the “Premio Abbiati” critics’ award (2010), the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera (2010), the International Opera Award for the Best Female Singer (2013) and the Opera News Award (2013), to name but a few. The German specialist journal “Opernwelt” has crowned her Singer of the Year twice, in 2005 and 2012, and in 2018 she received the largest prize in the history of classical music; The Birgit Nilsson Prize.

The Birgit Nilsson Prize

2018

For her internationally praised interpretations of the dramatic soprano repertoire, her respect for the composer’s intentions, tireless dedication to the dramatic soprano repertoire and for being a great Wagnerian soprano.

The Birgit Nilsson Stipendium

1996

In 1996 Nina Stemme received The Birgit Nilsson Stipendium given to promising young singers. The Stipendium was constituted in memory of Birgit’s first singing teacher, Ragnar Blennow from Åstorp.

The Birgit Nilsson Prize

2018

For her internationally praised interpretations of the dramatic soprano repertoire, her respect for the composer’s intentions, tireless dedication to the dramatic soprano repertoire and for being a great Wagnerian soprano.

The Birgit Nilsson Stipendium

1996

In 1996 Nina Stemme received The Birgit Nilsson Stipendium given to promising young singers. The Stipendium was constituted in memory of Birgit’s first singing teacher, Ragnar Blennow from Åstorp.

List of awards

Ehrenmitglied der Wiener Staatsoper – Honorary member of the Vienna State Opera

2023

San Francisco Opera Medal

2023

Appointed Bayerische Kammersängerin by the Bavarian Ministry of Culture

2022

Stockholms Studentsångares Sångarpris – Singer Award, Stockholms Studentsångare

2020

Singer Award, Royal Philharmonic Society

2019

Europäischer Kulturpreis – European Culture Award

2019

The Birgit Nilsson Prize

2018

International Swede of the Year

2018

S:t Eriksmedaljen – Saint Eric medal, The City of Stockholm

2017

Per Gannevik’s Scholarship

2017

Jussi Björlingstipendiet – The Jussi Björling Award

2016

Honorary Doctor’s Degree, Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, Lund University

2016

The Government’s Music Export Prize for extraordinary services to Swedish music exports

2016

Medaljen för tonkonstens främjande – The Medal for Promotion of the Art of Music, The Royal Swedish Academy of Music

2016

Lunds Studentsångares solistpris – Soloist award, Lund University Male Voice Choir

2015

Årets svenska kvinna – Swedish Woman of the Year, Swedish Women’s Educational Association 

2014

Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg – Duisburg Music Prize

2014

Stockholms Stads Hederspris – City of Stockholm Honorary Prize

2014

Opera News Award

2014

World’s leading female opera singer, International Opera Awards

2014

Sängerin des Jahres – Female singer of the year, Opernwelt Magazine

2012

The Gramophone Award for best Opera Record – Beethoven’s Fidelio

2012

Appointed Österreichische Kammersängerin by the Federal President of Austria

2012

Premios Líricos Teatro Campoamor

2010

Premio Abbiati, Associazione Nazionale Critici Musicali

2010

The Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera

2010

Medal Litteris et Artibus by Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

2008

Spelmannen – The Fiddler, Expressen

2006

Appointed Court singer by Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

2006

Sängerin des Jahres – Female singer of the year, Opernwelt Magazine

2005

Svenska Dagbladet’s Opera Prize

2004

Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music

2004

Swedish Opera Magazine’s Award

1996/1995

The Birgit Nilsson Stipendium

1996

Girestastipendiet – Giresta Scholarship, Giresta Kyrkas Musikstiftelse

1993

Finalist BBC Cardiff singer of the world

1993

Winner of Operalia, The World Opera Competition

1993