The awards will celebrate winners in 23 categories, including best female singer, best male singer, best conductor, best opera company, and best chorus.

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Last year's winners included British conductor Antonio Pappano, named best male artist, and operatic quartet Il Divo, who were crowned artists of the decade.

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Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti won the award for top female artist, while the best male artist award went to Vasily Petrenko, the Russian conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

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British conductor Antonio Pappano has also been shortlisted twice in the best male category and critics' award categories.

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In the best male category he will compete against Mexican lyric tenor Rolando Villazon and conductor Sir Colin Davis, who won the award in 2002.

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The BBC said cinema audiences would have "the best seats in the house" with key cameras in front of the conductor and a remote camera within the orchestra.

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