The Pocket Opera Company has been awarded a great many awards and honors over the years, including the following:

  • “Star of the Year” by the AZ Nürnberg (newspaper) for “Ho(w)ly Trip – Die Reise des Alessio” (2011)
  • “Star of the Year” by the AZ Nürnberg for  “Love Me Tender!” (2008)
  • “Star of the Year” by the AZ Nürnberg  for soprano Elizabeth Kingdon as “Personality of the Year” (2008)
  • Award by the Internationale Theaterinstitut Deutschland for “Il canto della pelle (SEX unlimited)” (2008)
  • Cultural Award of the city of Nuremberg for Peter Beat Wyrsch, co-founder and longstanding artistic director of the Pocket Opera Company (2006)
  • Friedrich-Baur-Award for the Performing Arts (2006)
  • Wolfram-von-Eschenbach-Award for Heinrich Hartl, composer of the opera “Die Welt ist eine Scheibe” (2006)

Nuremberg’s lord mayor Dr. Ulrich Maly congratulates Elizabeth Kingdon on her 80th birthday.

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