It has been a rich season for Nobel prizes – with awards in Physics for work on Black Holes, in medical science on the mysteries of Hepatitis C and in Chemistry for “the development of a method for genome editing.” Each is a big story, with, uniquely, the Chemistry prize being given to two brilliant female scientists: Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna.
The success of the International Opera Awards is intellectual rigour
At the awards ceremony in Munich this year, a jury dug deep into the purpose of opera and its impact on society.Â