Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording Award for opera productions
The Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording3rd Annual Grammy Awards in 1961. The award was originally titled Best Classical Opera Production . The current title has been used since the 4th Annual Grammy Awards in 1962.
Prior to 1961 the awards for operatic and choral performances were combined in a single award for Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral . This award was given at the 1st Annual Grammy Awards and 2nd Annual Grammy Awards .
According to the list of nominees for the 2023 Grammy season , the award goes to the conductor, album producer(s) and principal soloists, and also to the composer and librettist (if applicable) of a world premiere opera recording only.[ 5]
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
Note: Performers who did not receive a nomination and/or an award (such as orchestras, choruses, etc.) are listed between brackets.
Recipients
Year[I]
Recipient(s)
Work
Performing artist(s) (did not receive an award)
Nominees
Ref.
1961
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Birgit Nilsson , Giorgio Tozzi , Jussi Björling , Renata Tebaldi
Puccini : Turandot Rome Opera Orchestra
[ 6]
1962
Gabriele Santini (conductor), Victoria de los Ángeles , Jussi Björling , Miriam Pirazzini , Mario Sereni
Puccini : Madama Butterfly Rome Opera Orchestra
[ 7]
1963
Georg Solti (conductor), Robert Merrill , Leontyne Price , Giorgio Tozzi , Jon Vickers
Verdi : Aida Rome Opera House Orchestra
[ 8]
1964
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Rosalind Elias , Leontyne Price , Richard Tucker
Puccini : Madama Butterfly RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
[ 9]
1965
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) Franco Corelli , Mirella Freni , Robert Merrill , Leontyne Price
Bizet : Carmen Vienna Philharmonic
[ 10]
1966
Karl Böhm (conductor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Evelyn Lear , Fritz Wunderlich
Berg : Wozzeck German Opera Orchestra and Chorus
[ 11]
1967
Georg Solti (conductor), Régine Crespin , Hans Hotter , James King , Christa Ludwig , Birgit Nilsson
Wagner : Die Walküre Vienna Philharmonic
[ 12]
1968
Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry , Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss , Fritz Uhl
Berg : Wozzeck Paris National Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Karl Böhm , conductor; Otto Gerdes & Hans Hirsch , producers – Wagner : Tristan and Isolde "Live"Herbert von Karajan , conductor; Otto Gerdes , producer – Wagner : Die WalkureBerlin Philharmonic )Leonard Bernstein , conductor; Erik Smith , producer – Verdi: Falstaff (Vienna Philharmonic Chorus and Vienna Philharmonic )John Barbirolli , conductor; R. Kinloch Anderson, producer – Puccini : Madama Butterfly Francesco Molinari-Pradelli , conductor; Richard Mohr , producer – Puccini: La rondine (RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra )Julius Rudel , conductor; Peter Dellheim, producer – Handel : Julius CaesarNew York City Opera Chorus Orchestra )
[ 13]
1969
Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Ezio Flagello , Sherrill Milnes , Leontyne Price , Judith Raskin , George Shirley , Tatiana Troyanos
Mozart : Così fan tutte New Philharmonia Orchestra
[ 14]
1970
Otto Gerdes (producer); Herbert von Karajan (conductor); Helga Dernesch , Gerhard Stolze , Jess Thomas
Wagner : Siegfried Berlin Philharmonic
John Barbirolli , conductor; R. Kinloch Anderson, producer – Verdi: Otello (New Philharmonia Chorus and New Philharmonia Orchestra )Lorin Maazel , conductor; John Mordler, producer – Verdi: La Traviata (Deutsche Opera Berlin Chorus and Orchestra )Erich Leinsdorf , conductor; Richard Mohr , producer – Strauss: Salome (London Symphony Orchestra )Rudolf Kempe , conductor; R. Kinloch Anderson & Eberhard Geiler, producers – Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos (Dresden State Opera Orchestra )Karl Böhm , conductor; Gustav Rudolf Sellner , producer – Mozart : The Marriage of FigaroRaymond Leppard , conductor; Michael Bremner, producer – Cavalli: L'Ormindo (Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus)
[ 15]
1971
Erik Smith (producer); Colin Davis (conductor)
Berlioz : Les Troyens Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus
[ 16]
1972
Richard Mohr (producer); Erich Leinsdorf (conductor); Grace Bumbry , Plácido Domingo , Sherrill Milnes , Leontyne Price , Ruggero Raimondi
Verdi : Aida John Aldis Choir and London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez , conductor; Hans Hirsch , producer – Wagner : ParsifalHerbert von Karajan , conductor; R. Kinloch Anderson & Diether Gerhardt Worm, producers – Wagner : Die Meistersinger Von NurnbergDresden State Opera Orchestra )Carlo Maria Giulini , conductor; Christopher Bishop, producer – Verdi: Don Carlo (Ambrosian Opera Chorus and Royal Opera House Orchestra – Covent Garden)Colin Davis , conductor; Erik Smith , producer – Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage (Royal Opera House Orchestra – Covent Garden )Erich Leinsdorf , conductor; Richard Mohr , producer – Puccini: Il Tabarro (John Choir Alldis and New Philharmonia Orchestra )Georg Solti , conductor; Christopher Raeburn , producer – Mozart : The Magic FluteVienna Philharmonic )Julius Rudel , conductor; Michael Williamson, producer – Massenet: Manon (Ambrosian Opera Chorus and New Philharmonia Orchestra )
[ 17]
1973
Erik Smith (producer); Colin Davis (conductor)
Berlioz : Benvenuto Cellini BBC Symphony Orchestra
Wilhelm Furtwängler , conductor; J. D. Bicknell & Radiotelevisione Italiana , producers – Wagner : The Ring of the NibelungRome Symphony Orchestra )Georg Solti , conductor; Raymond Minshull, producer – Wagner : TannhauserVienna Philharmonic )Leonard Bernstein , conductor; John Culshaw , producer – Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Vienna State Opera Chorus and Vienna Philharmonic )Herbert von Karajan , conductor; Raymond Minshull, producer – Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Vienna Boys Choir , Vienna State Opera Chorus and Vienna Philharmonic )Benjamin Britten , conductor; David Harvey, producer – Britten: Owen Wingrave (English Chamber Orchestra )
[ 18]
1974
Tom Mowrey (producer); Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Marilyn Horne , Tom Krause , Adriana Maliponte , James McCracken
Bizet : Carmen Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Herbert von Karajan , conductor; Michel Glotz , producer – Wagner : Tristan Und IsoldeBerlin Philharmonic )Georg Solti , conductor; Raymond Minshull, producer – Wagner : ParsifalVienna Boys Choir & Vienna State Opera Chorus and Vienna Philharmonic )Karl Böhm , conductor; Wolfgang Lohse, producer – Wagner : Der Ring Des NibelungenZubin Mehta , conductor; Raymond Minshull, producer – Puccini: Turandot (John Choir Alldis & Wandsworth School Choir and London Philharmonic )Meredith Davies , conductor; Christopher Bishop, producer – Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet (John Choir Alldis and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra )
[ 19]
1975
Richard Mohr (producer); Georg Solti (conductor), Judith Blegen , Montserrat Caballé , Plácido Domingo , Sherrill Milnes , Ruggero Raimondi
Puccini : La bohème London Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlos Kleiber , conductor; Ellen Hickmann, producer – Weber: Der Freischutz (Leipzig Radio Chorus; Dresden State Orchestra)James Levine , conductor; Richard Mohr , producer – Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani (John Choir Alldis and New Philharmonia Orchestra )Rafael Kubelík , conductor; Rudolph Werner, producer – Pfitzner: Palestrina (Bavarian Radio Chorus and Bavarian Radio Orchestra )Colin Davis , conductor; Erik Smith , producer – Mozart : Don GiovanniRoyal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra of Covent Garden )Georg Solti , conductor; Christopher Raeburn , producer – Mozart : Cosi Fan TutteLondon Philharmonic )Kurt Eichhorn , conductor; Fritz Ganss & Theodor Holzinger, producers – Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel (Bavarian Radio Orchestra )
[ 20]
1976
Erik Smith (producer); Colin Davis (conductor), Richard Van Allan , Janet Baker , Montserrat Caballé , Ileana Cotrubaș , Wladimiro Ganzarolli , Nicolai Gedda
Mozart : Così fan tutte Royal Opera House Orchestra
Meredith Davies , conductor; Christopher Bishop, producer – Vaughan Williams: Sir John in Love (John Choir Alldis and New Philharmonia Orchestra )Michael Gielen , conductor; Abkauf von Orf, producer – Schoenberg: Moses Und Aron (Austrian Radio Chorus and Austrian Radio Orchestra)Thomas Schippers , conductor; John Mordler, producer – Rossini: The Siege of Corinth (Ambrosian Opera Chorus and London Symphony Orchestra )James Levine , conductor; Christopher Bishop, producer – Rossini: The Barber of Seville (John Choir Alldis and London Symphony Orchestra )Erich Leinsdorf , conductor; Charles Gerhardt , producer – Korngold: Die Tote Stadt (Bavarian Radio Chorus and Munich Radio Orchestra )Antal Doráti , conductor; James Mallinson , producer – Dallapiccola; Il Prigioniero (University of Maryland Chorus and Washington D.C. National Symphony Orchestra)
[ 21]
1977
Michael Woolcock (producer); Lorin Maazel (conductor), Leona Mitchell , Willard White
Gershwin : Porgy and Bess Cleveland Orchestra
Claudio Abbado , conductor; Rainer Brock, producer – Verdi: Macbeth (La Scala Opera Chorus and La Scala Opera Orchestra)Pierre Boulez , conductor; Paul Myers, producer – Schoenberg: Moses Und Aaron (BBC Symphony Singers & Orpheus Boys Choir and BBC Symphony Orchestra )Lorin Maazel , conductor; Christopher Bishop, producer – Massenet: Thais (John Choir Alldis and New Philharmonia Orchestra )Gunther Schuller , conductor; Tom Mowrey, producer – Joplin: Treemonisha (Original Cast Chorus and Orchestra)Georg Solti , conductor; Christopher Raeburn , producer – Bizet: Carmen (London Philharmonic )
[ 22]
1978
Thomas Z. Shepard (producer); John DeMain (conductor), Donnie Ray Albert , Carol Brice , Clamma Dale
Gershwin : Porgy and Bess Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
Stanley Silverman , conductor; Larry Morton , producer – Weill: Three Penny Opera (New York Shakespeare Festival Orchestra)Georg Solti , conductor; Raymond Minshull, producer – Wagner : The Flying DutchmanChicago Symphony Chorus and Chicago Symphony Orchestra )Eugen Jochum , conductor; Gunther Breest, producer – Wagner : Die Meistersinger Von NurnbergDeutsche Oper Berlin Chorus and Orchestra )Colin Davis , conductor; Erik Smith , producer – Puccini: Tosca (Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra of Covent Garden )Jerzy Semkow , conductor; David Mottley, producer – Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Polish National Radio Symphony Chorus and Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra )Charles Mackerras , conductor; James Mallinson , producer – Janácek : Katya KabanovaVienna Philharmonic )Antal Doráti , conductor; Erik Smith , producer – Haydn: Orlando Paladino (Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne )
[ 23]
1979
George Sponhaltz, John Coveney (producers); Julius Rudel (conductor), Beverly Sills , Alan Titus
Lehár : The Merry Widow New York City Opera Orchestra
Carlos Kleiber , conductor; Hans Hirsch , producer – Verdi: La Traviata (Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra )Gennady Rozhdestvensky , conductor; Severin Pazukhin, producer – Shostakovich: The Nose (Moscow Chamber Opera Chorus and Orchestra)Zubin Mehta , conductor; Gunther Breest, producer – Puccini: La Fanciulla del West (Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra )John Frandsen, conductor; Peter Willemoes , producer – Nielsen: Maskarade (Danish Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra )
Colin Davis , conductor; Erik Smith , producer – Mozart : La Clemenza Di TitoRoyal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra )Julius Rudel , conductor; Christopher Bishop, producer – Charpentier : LouiseChorus and Orchestra of Paris Opera )Herbert von Karajan , conductor; Michel Glotz , producer – R. Strauss: Salome (Berlin Philharmonic )
[ 24]
1980
Vittorio Negri (producer); Colin Davis (conductor), Heather Harper , Jonathan Summers , Jon Vickers
Britten : Peter Grimes Royal Opera House Orchestra
[ 25]
1981
Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath (producers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Toni Blankenheim , Franz Mazura , Hanna Schwarz , Yvonne Minton , Teresa Stratas
Berg : Lulu Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris
[ 26]
1982
James Mallinson (producer), Charles Mackerras (conductor), Jiri Zahradnicek, Ivo Žídek , Václav Zítek (soloists)
Janáček : From the House of the Dead Vienna Philharmonic
Peter Hofmann , Kurt Moll , Siegmund Nimsgern , José van Dam , Dunja Vejzović , Victor von Halem , soloists; Herbert von Karajan , conductor; Gunther Breest, producer – Wagner : ParsifalDeutsche Oper Berlin Chorus ; Berlin Philharmonic )Kathleen Battle , Marilyn Horne , Ernesto Palacio , Samuel Ramey , soloists; Claudio Scimone , conductor; Michel Garcin, producer – Rossini: L'italiana In Algeri (Prague Chorus; I Solisti Veneti)Plácido Domingo , Tito Gobbi , Leo Nucci , Renata Scotto , soloists; Lorin Maazel , conductor; Paul Myers, producer – Puccini: Le Villi (Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; National Philharmonic)Richard Stilwell and Frederica von Stade , soloists; Raymond Leppard , conductor; David Mottley, producer – Monteverdi : Il Ritorno D'ulisse In PatriaLondon Philharmonic )Walter Berry , Ruth Hesse , Siegfried Jerusalem , Éva Marton , soloists; Marek Jankowsky, conductor; George Korngold , producer – Korngold: Violanta (Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Orchestra )Anja Silja , Eberhard Waechter , soloists; Christoph von Dohnanyi , conductor; Michael Haas & Christopher Raeburn , producers – Berg : Wozzeck Vienna Philharmonic )
[ 27]
1983
Andrew Kazdin (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Jeannine Altmeyer , Hermann Becht , Peter Hofmann , Siegfried Jerusalem , Gwyneth Jones , Manfred Jung , Donald McIntyre , Matti Salminen , Ortrun Wenkel , Heinz Zednik (soloists)
Wagner : Der Ring des Nibelungen Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Siegfried Jerusalem , Gwendolyn Killebrew , Siegmund Nimsgern , Lucia Popp , Hermann Prey , soloists; Heinz Wallberg , conductor; George Korngold , producer – Weinberger: Schwanda, The Bagpiper (Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Orchestra )Piero de Palma , Plácido Domingo , Barbara Hendricks , Gottfried Hornik , Ruggero Raimondi , Katia Ricciarelli , soloists; Herbert von Karajan , conductor; Gunther Breest & Michel Glotz , producers – Puccini: Turandot (Vienna Boys Choir & Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic )Renato Bruson , Plácido Domingo , Renata Scotto , soloists; James Levine , conductor; John Willan , producer – Puccini: Tosca (Philharmonia Orchestra)Dalibor Jedlicka, Charles Mackerras , Lucia Popp , Eva Randova, soloists; James Mallinson , producer – Janácek : The Cunning Little Vixen
Philippe Huttenlocher , Jessye Norman , Alain Vanzo , soloists; Charles Dutoit , conductor; Michel Garcin, producer – Faure: Penelope (Orchestre Philharmonique)
[ 28]
1984
Hildegard Behrens , Leonard Bernstein , Brigitte Fassbaender , Peter Hofmann , Carlos Kleiber , René Kollo , Yvonne Minton , Kurt Moll , Margaret Price , Hans Sotin & Bernd Weikl ; Hans Hirsch , John McClure & Erik Smith , producers – Wagner : Tristan Und IsoldeBrenda Boozer , Renato Bruson , Carlo Maria Giulini , Dalmacio Gonzalez, Barbara Hendricks , Leo Nucci , Katia Ricciarelli & Lucia Valentini Terrani ; Gunther Breest & Renate Kupfer, producers – Verdi: Falstaff (Los Angeles Master Chorale ; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra )Claudio Abbado , Plácido Domingo , Nicolai Ghiaurov , Leo Nucci , Elena Obraztsova , Ruggero Raimondi & Katia Ricciarelli ; Rainer Brock, producer – Verdi: Aida (La Scala Opera Chorus; La Scala Opera Orchestra)
[ 29] [ 30]
1985
Michel Glotz (producer), Lorin Maazel (conductor), Julia Migenes-Johnson , Plácido Domingo , Ruggero Raimondi , Faith Esham
Bizet : Carmen Choeurs Et Maitrise De Radio France; Orchestre National de France
Renato Bruson , Plácido Domingo , Mirella Freni , Nicolai Ghiaurov & Riccardo Muti ; John Mordler, producer – Verdi: Ernani (La Scala Theatre Chorus; La Scala Theatre Orchestra)Thomas Allen , Maria Ewing , Elizabeth Gale, Bernard Haitink , Keith Lewis, John Rawnsley , Richard Van Allan & Carol Vaness ; John Fraser & Dimitri Kavrakos, producers – Mozart : Don GiovanniLondon Philharmonic )Peter Dvorský , Charles Mackerras , Wieslav Ochman, Eva Randova & Elisabeth Söderström ; James Mallinson , producer – Janácek : Jenufa Vienna Philharmonic )Colin Davis , Helen Donath , Heather Harper & Robert Tear ; Erik Smith , producer – Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Royal Opera House Orchestra – Covent Garden)
[ 31]
1986
James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Philip Langridge , Franz Mazura
Schoenberg : Moses und Aron Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Peter Hofmann , Kurt Moll , José van Dam , Dunja Vejzović & Herbert von Karajan ; Michel Glotz , producer – Wagner : Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman)Berlin Philharmonic )Riccardo Chailly , Stafford Dean , John Dobson, Philip Langridge , Cathryn Pope, Samuel Ramey & Sarah Walker ; Andrew Cornall, producer – Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (London Sinfonietta Chorus; London Sinfonietta Orchestra)Renato Bruson , Plácido Domingo , Mirella Freni , Robert Gambill , Kurt Rydl & Giuseppe Sinopoli ; Wolfgang Stengel, producer – Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Royal Opera House Chorus Of Covent Garden; Philharmonia Orchestra)Florindo Andreolli, Plácido Domingo , Juan Pons , Georges Prêtre , Alberto Rinaldi & Teresa Stratas ; Rudolph Werner, producer – Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Milano Teatro Alla Scala Chorus; Milano Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra)
[ 32]
1987
Elizabeth Ostrow (producer), John Mauceri (conductor), James Billings , Joyce Castle , Maris Clement, David Eisler, Jack Harrold , John Lankston , Erie Mills, Scott Reeve
Bernstein : Candide New York City Opera Orchestra
Kathleen Battle , Renato Bruson , Christa Ludwig , Luciano Pavarotti , Margaret Price & Georg Solti ; Christopher Raeburn , producer – Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera (The Masked Ball) (National Philharmonic Orchestra)Justino Díaz , Plácido Domingo , Lorin Maazel & Katia Ricciarelli ; David Groves & James Mallinson , producers – Verdi: Otello (La Scala Opera Chorus; La Scala Opera Orchestra)Claudio Abbado , Plácido Domingo , Nicolai Ghiaurov , Leo Nucci , Ruggero Raimondi , Katia Ricciarelli & Lucia Valentini Terrani ; Rainer Brock, producer – Verdi: Don Carlos (La Scala Opera Chorus; La Scala Opera Orchestra)Aldo Baldin , Agnes Baltsa , Barbara Hendricks , Robert Lloyd , Neville Marriner , Felicity Palmer , Lucia Popp , Ruggero Raimondi & José van Dam ; Erik Smith , producer – Mozart : The Marriage of Figaro
[ 33]
1988
Cord Garben (producer), James Levine (conductor), Agnes Baltsa , Kathleen Battle , Gary Lakes , Hermann Prey , Anna Tomowa-Sintow
R. Strauss : Ariadne auf Naxos Vienna Philharmonic
Antonio Barasorda, Riccardo Chailly , Veriano Luchetti , Leo Nucci , Samuel Ramey & Shirley Verrett ; Andrew Cornall, producer – Verdi: Macbeth (Bologna Coro del Teatro Comunale; Bologna Orchestra del Teatro Comunale)
Thomas Allen , Kathleen Battle , Jorma Hynninen , Ann Murray , Riccardo Muti , Margaret Price & Kurt Rydl ; James Mallinson , producer – Mozart : The Marriage of FigaroVienna Philharmonic )Kathleen Battle , Edita Gruberova , Georg Solti , Martti Talvela , Gosta Winbergh & Heinz Zednik ; Christopher Raeburn , producer – Mozart : The Abduction from The SeraglioVienna Philharmonic )Agnes Baltsa , Kathleen Battle , Paata Burchuladze , Ferruccio Furlanetto , Alexander Malta , Samuel Ramey , Anna Tomowa-Sintow , Herbert von Karajan & Gosta Winbergh ; Michel Glotz & Werner Mayer , producers – Mozart : Don GiovanniBerlin Philharmonic )
[ 34]
1989
Christopher Raeburn (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Plácido Domingo , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Siegmund Nimsgern , Jessye Norman , Eva Randova, Hans Sotin
Wagner : Lohengrin Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein , Barbara Daniels , Jerry Hadley , Thomas Hampson & Angelina Reaux; Hans Weber , producer – Puccini: La Boheme (Chorus of Santa Cecilia; Orchestra of Santa Cecilia)Agnes Baltsa , Edita Gruberova , Leo Nucci , Luciano Pavarotti , Lucia Popp & John Pritchard ; Christopher Raeburn , producer – Mozart : IdomeneoVienna Philharmonic )Leonard Bernstein , John Brandstetter, Peter Kazaras , Jean Kraft , Chester Ludgin , Beverly Morgan & Wendy White ; Hans Weber , producer – Bernstein/Wadsworth: A Quiet Place (Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra)Richard Bonynge , Montserrat Caballé , Luciano Pavarotti , Samuel Ramey & Joan Sutherland ; Andrew Cornall, producer – Bellini: Norma (Welsh National Opera Chorus; Welsh National Opera Orchestra)Edo De Waart , John Duykers , Thomas Hammons, James Maddalena , Carolann Page & Sanford Sylvan ; Wilhelm Hellweg, producer – Adams: Nixon in China (Orchestra Of St. Luke's)
[ 35]
1990
Cord Garben (producer), James Levine (conductor), Hildegard Behrens , Gary Lakes , Christa Ludwig , Kurt Moll , James Morris , Jessye Norman , Marilyn Mims
Wagner : Die Walküre Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Thomas Allen , Paata Burchuladze , Mirella Freni , Rosemarie Lang , James Levine , Neil Shicoff & Anne Sofie von Otter ; Cord Garben, producer – Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin (Dresden State Orchestra)Hildegard Behrens , Jorma Hynninen , Christa Ludwig , Seiji Ozawa , Nadine Secunde & Ragnar Ulfung ; Wilhelm Hellweg, producer – R. Strauss: Elektra (Tanglewood Chorus ; Boston Symphony Orchestra )Gregg Baker , Harolyn Blackwell , Cynthia Clarey , Damon Evans , Cynthia Haymon , Bruce Hubbard , Simon Rattle & Willard White ; David R. Murray, producer – Gershwin : Porgy and Bess London Philharmonic )Claudio Abbado , Hildegard Behrens , Franz Grundheber , Aage Haugland , Philip Langridge , Walter Raffeiner & Heinz Zednik ; Christopher Alder & Werner Mayer , producers – Berg : Wozzeck Vienna Philharmonic )
[ 36]
1991
Cord Garben (producer), James Levine (conductor), Siegfried Jerusalem , Christa Ludwig , Kurt Moll , James Morris , Jan Hendrik Rootering, Ekkehard Wlaschiha , Heinz Zednik
Wagner : Das Rheingold Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Mario Adorf , Helga Dernesch , René Kollo , Ute Lemper , John Mauceri & Milua; Michael Haas, producer – Weill: The Threepenny Opera (Berlin RIAS Sinfonietta)Ernesto Gavazzi, Riccardo Muti , Samuel Ramey , Neil Shicoff , Cheryl Studer , Giorgio Surian & Giorgio Zancanaro ; David Groves , producer – Verdi: Attila (Milano Teatro Alla Scala Chorus; Milano Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra)
Gabriel Bacquier , Jules Bastin , Catherine Dubosc , Georges Gautier, Kent Nagano & Jean-Luc Viala; Arend Prohmann, producer – Prokofiev: The Love For Three Oranges (Lyon Opera Chorus; Orchestra De Lyon)Nicolai Gedda , Paul Plishka , Ruggero Raimondi , Kenneth Riegel , Mstislav Rostropovich , Romauld Tesarowicz & Galina Vichnievskaia; Michel Garcin, producer – Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (National Symphony Orchestra)
[ 37]
1992
Cord Garben (producer), James Levine (conductor), Hildegard Behrens , Reiner Goldberg , Matti Salminen , Hanna Schwarz , Cheryl Studer , Bernd Weikl , Ekkehard Wlaschiha
Wagner : Götterdämmerung Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Marjana Lipovšek , Éva Marton , Wolfgang Sawallisch , Cheryl Studer , Bernd Weikl & Hermann Winkler ; Wilhelm Meister , producer – Strauss: Elektra (Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Orchestra)Claudio Abbado , Robert Gambill , Thomas Hampson , Robert Holl , Karita Mattila , Laszlo Polgar , Josef Protschka & Cheryl Studer ; Christopher Alder, producer – Schubert: Fierrabras (Chamber Orchestra of Europe)Claudio Abbado , Vladimir Atlantov , Paata Burchuladze , Aage Haugland , Anatoly Kotcherga , Marjana Lipovšek & Vladimir Popov; Christopher Alder, producer – Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)John Eliot Gardiner , Hillevi Martinpelto , Sylvia McNair , Nigel Robson, Anthony Rolf-Johnson & Anne Sofie von Otter ; Karl-August Naegler, producer – Mozart : IdomeneoEnglish Baroque Soloists )Collette Alliot-Lugaz, Gilles Cachemaille, Claudine Carlson, Charles Dutoit , Francois Golfier, Didier Henry & Pierre Thau; Raymond Minshull, producer – Debussy Pelleas Et Melisande (Montreal Symphony Orchestra )
[ 38]
1993
Christopher Raeburn , Stephen Trainor, Morten Winding (producers), Georg Solti (conductor), Hildegard Behrens , José van Dam , Plácido Domingo , Sumi Jo , Reinhild Runkel, Júlia Várady
R. Strauss : Die Frau ohne Schatten Vienna Philharmonic
Kathleen Battle , Hildegard Behrens , Reiner Goldberg , James Levine , Kurt Moll , James Morris , Birgitta Svenden , Ekkehard Wlaschiha & Heinz Zednik ; Cord Garben, producer – Wagner : SiegfriedMetropolitan Opera Orchestra )Vladimir Atlantov , Katherine Ciesinski , Maureen Forrester , Mirella Freni , Dmitri Hvorostovsky , Sergei Leiferkus & Seiji Ozawa ; Jay David Saks , producer – Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades) (Boston Symphony Orchestra )Thomas Allen , Gwyne Howell, Diana Montague , Simon Rattle , Robert Tear & Lillian Watson ; David Murray, producer – Janácek : The Cunning Little Vixen Bernards Fink, Rene Jacobs , Oliver Lallouette, Jennifer Larmore , Derek Lee Ragin , Marianne Rorholm, Barbara Schlick , Dominique Visse & Furio Zanasi; Thomas Gallia & Klaus L. Neuman, producers – Handel : Giulio Cesare
[ 39]
1994
Steven Paul (producer), John Nelson (conductor), John Aler , Kathleen Battle , Michael Chance , Mark S. Doss , Marilyn Horne , Neil Mackie , Sylvia McNair , Samuel Ramey
Handel : Semele Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the English Chamber Orchestra
Olga Borodina , Vassily Gerelo, Alxandr Gergalov, Valery Gergiev , Gegam Gregoriam, Yuri Marusin, Nikolay Okhotnikov [ru ] & Yelena Prokina; Erik Smith , producer – Prokofiev: War and Peace (Kirov Opera Chorus and Orchestra St. Petersburg )Thomas Allen , Sylvie Brunet , Riccardo Muti , Giorgio Surian, Carol Vaness & Gosta Winbergh ; David Mottley, producer – Gluck: Iphigenie En Tauride (La Scala Theatre Chorus (Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala); La Scala Theatre Orchestra (Orch. Del Teatro Alla Scala))John Mark Ainsley , Josephine Barstow , Della Jones , Yvonne Kenny , Philip Langridge , Charles Mackerras , Everett Opie, John Shirley-Quirk , Jonathan Summers , Bryn Terfel , Richard Van Allan & Willard White ; Andrew Cornall & Morten Winding, producers – Britten: Gloriana (Welsh National Opera Chorus; Welsh National Opera Orchestra)Stephanie Friedman, Thomas Hammons, James Maddalena , Sheila Nadler, Kent Nagano & Sanford Sylvan ; John McClure , producer – Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer (Orchestre of Opera de Lyon)
[ 40]
1995
Martin Sauer (producer), Kent Nagano (conductor), Kenn Chester, Jerry Hadley , Samuel Ramey , Cheryl Studer
Floyd : Susannah Orchestre of Opéra de Lyon and Chorus
Ben Heppner , Cornelia Kallisch , Siegfried Lorenz , Kurt Moll , Wolfgang Sawallisch , Cheryl Studer , Deon Van Der Walt & Bernd Weikl ; Wilhelm Meister , producer – Wagner : Die Meistersinger Von NurnbergMyung-Whun Chung , Maria Ewing , Aage Haugland , Anatoly Kotcherga , Philip Langridge , Sergei Larin , Kurt Moll , Elena Zaremba & Heinz Zednik ; Lennart Dehn, producer – Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Choeurs De L'Opera Bastille; Orchestre de L'Opera Bastille)Jennifer Larmore , Frank Lopardo , Ion Marin , Samuel Ramey & Cheryl Studer ; Arend Prohmann, producer – Rossini: Semiramide (Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; London Symphony Orchestra )Gunter Appenheimer, Stefan Dahlberg, Mechthild Gessendorf, Wolfgang Holzmair , Philippe Huttenlocher , Michael Kraus , Susan Mentzer, Thomas Mohr , Kent Nagano , Ernst Theo Richter, Anne-Marie Rodde, Mark Schafer, Franz-Josef Selig , Gabriele Sima & Falk Struckmann ; Arend Prohmann & Martin Sauer, producers – Busoni: Arlecchino and Turandot (Orchestre of Opera De Lyon)
[ 41]
1996
Raymond Minshull (producer), Charles Dutoit (conductor), Gary Lakes , Françoise Pollet , Gino Quilico , Deborah Voigt
Berlioz : Les Troyens L'Orchestra Symphonie Montreal and Chorus
Anna Maria di Micco, Sumi Jo , Lucretia Lendi, Stanford Olsen , Ewa Podles , Pietro Spagnoli & Alberto Zedda ; Gunter Appenheimer, producer – Rossini: Tancredi (Capella Brugensis Chorus; Collegium Instrumentale Brugense)
Cecilia Bartoli , Barbara Bonney , Gilles Cachemaille, Uwe Heilmann, Christopher Hogwood , Della Jones & Diana Montague ; Christopher Sayers , Morten Winding & Michael Woolcock, producers – Mozart : La Clemenza Di TitoAcademy of Ancient Music )Julian Clarkson , Ildebrando D'Arcangelo , John Eliot Gardiner , Rodney Gilfry , Eirian James, Charlotte Margiono , Luba Orgonasova , Christoph Pregardien & Andrea Silvestrelli; Karl-August Naegler, producer – Mozart : Don GiovanniMonteverdi Chorus ; English Baroque Soloists )Olga Borodina , Nikolai Gassiev, Valery Gergiev , Galina Gorchakova , Gegam Gregoriam & Mikhail Kit; Anna Barry, producer – Borodin: Prince Igor (Kirov Opera Chorus and Orchestra St. Petersburg )
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1997
Brian Couzens (producer), Richard Hickox (conductor), Philip Langridge , Alan Opie , Janice Watson
Britten : Peter Grimes London Symphony Chorus and the City of London Sinfonia
Gilles Cachemaille, Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Wolfgang Holzmair , Kurt Moll , Luba Orgonasova , Matti Salminen , Christine Schafer & Endrik Wottrich ; Helmet Muhle, producer – Weber: Der Freischutz (Berlin Philharmonic )
Henriette Bonde-Hansen , Inger Dam-Jensen , Thomas Dausgaard , Gert Henning-Jensen, Johannes Mannov , Inga Nielsen , Guido Paevatalu, Johan Reuter & Marianne Rorholm; Claus Due, producer – Kunzen: Holger Danske (Danish National Radio Symphony Chorus; Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra)Alison Hagley , Jennifer Larmore , Donald Runnicles & Dawn Upshaw ; James Mallinson , producer – Gluck: Orphee et Eurydice (San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra )Phyllis Bryn-Julson , Howard Haskin, Jorma Hynninen & Esa-Pekka Salonen ; David Mottley, producer – Dallapiccola: Il Prigioniero (Eric Chamber Chorus Ericson & Swedish Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra )
[ 43]
1998
Michael Woolcock (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), José van Dam , Ben Heppner , Herbert Lippert , Karita Mattila , Alan Opie , René Pape , Iris Vermillion
Wagner : Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Chicago Symphony Orchestra
William Christie , Lorraine Hunt , Eirian James, Laurent Naouri , Mark Padmore & Anna-Maria Panzarella; Martin Sauer, producer – Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (Les Arts Florissants Chorus; Les Arts Florissants Orchestra)Renee Fleming , Ann Murray , Michele Pertusi , Georg Solti & Bryn Terfel ; Michael Woolcock, producer – Mozart : Don GiovanniLondon Philharmonic )Gennady Bezzubenkov, Larissa Diadkova , Valery Gergiev , Galina Gorchakova , Anna Netrebko & Vladimir Ognovienko; Stan Taal, producer – Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila (Kirov Opera Chorus and Orchestra St. Petersburg )
Matthias Gorne, Wolfgang Holzmair , Michael Kraus , Hellen Kwon, Endrik Wottrich & Lothar Zagrosek ; Morten Winding & Michael Woolcock, producers – Braunfels: Die Vogel (Rundfunkchor Berlin; Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin)
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1999
Pierre Boulez (conductor), Jessye Norman , László Polgár
Bartók : Bluebeard's Castle Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sergei Alexashkin, Larissa Diadkova , Valery Gergiev & Nikolai Putilin; Stan Taal, producer – Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa (Kirov Opera Chorus and Orchestra St. Petersburg )
Paul Agnew , William Christie , Sarah Connolly , Sophie Daneman & Thierry Felix; Jean-Pierre Loisil, producer – Rameau: Les Fetes D'Hebe (Les Arts Florissants Chorus; Les Arts Florissants Orchestra)Larissa Diadkova , Nikolai Gassiev & Valery Gergiev ; Stan Taal, producer – Prokofiev: Betrothal in a Monastery (Kirov Opera Chorus and Orchestra St. Petersburg )Horacio Ferrer , Jairo , Gidon Kremer & Julia Zenko ; Helmut Muhle, producer – Piazzolla: Maria de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Coral Lirico)
[ 45]
2000
Nicholas Parker (producer), John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Ian Bostridge , Anne Sofie von Otter , Bryn Terfel , Deborah York
Stravinsky : The Rake's Progress Monteverdi Choir and London Symphony Orchestra
Henriette Bonde-Hansen , Aage Haugland , Gert-Henning Jensen, Kurt Ravn, Susanne Resmark, Ulf Schirmer & Bo Skovhus ; Chris Hazell, producer – Nielsen: Maskarade (Danish National Radio Chorus)Kent Nagano , Dawn Upshaw & José Van Dam ; Sid McLauchlan, producer – Messiaen: Saint François D'Assise (Arnold Schoenberg Chorus; Hallé Orchestra)Laura Claycomb , Sibylle Ehlert, Charlotte Hellekant , Derek Lee Ragin , Esa-Pekka Salonen & Jard van Nes; Ulrich Schneider, producer – Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre (London Sinfonietta Voices; Philharmonia Orchestra )Renée Fleming , Ben Heppner & Charles Mackerras ; Michael Haas, producer – Dvorák: Rusalka (Kuhn Mixed Chorus; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra )Thomas Adès , Valdine Anderson, Roger Bryson, Jill Gomez & Niall Morris ; Chris de Souza , producer – Adès: Powder Her Face (Almeida Ensemble)
[ 46]
2001
Martin Sauer (producer), Jean Chatauret (engineer), Kent Nagano (conductor), Kim Begley, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Dietrich Henschel , Markus Hollop, Eva Jenis, Torsten Kerl
Busoni : Doktor Faust Orchestre de l'Opera Nationale de Lyon
John Mark Ainsley , Véronique Gens & Laurent Naouri ; Marc Minkowski , conductor; Michel Gache & Arend Prohmann, producers – Rameau: Dardanus (Les Musiciens du Louvre)Lyudmila Filatova, Viktor Lutsiuk, Tatiana Pavlovskaya & Olga Savova; Valery Gergiev , conductor; Stan Taal, producer – Prokofiev: Semyon Kotko (Kirov Orchestra )
Simon Keenlyside , Philip Langridge & John Tomlinson ; Richard Hickox , conductor; Brian Couzens , producer – Britten: Billy Budd (London Symphony Orchestra )Angela Denoke & Bo Skovhus ; Ingo Metzmacher , conductor; John Fraser, producer – Berg : Wozzeck Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra )
[ 47]
2002
James Mallinson (producer), Simon Rhodes (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), Michelle DeYoung , Ben Heppner , Petra Lang , Peter Mattei , Stephen Milling , Sara Mingardo , Kenneth Tarver
Berlioz : Les Troyens London Symphony Orchestra
Natalie Dessay , Albert Dohmen , Ben Heppner , Deborah Voigt & Anne Sofie von Otter ; Giuseppe Sinopoli , conductor; Sid McLauchlan, producer – Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos (Staatskapelle Dresden )Anne Margrethe Dahl, Poul Elming , Hanne Fischer , Aage Haugland , Susanne Resmark & Marianne Rorholm; Michael Schonwandt , conductor; Henrik Sleiborg, producer – Ruders: Handmaid's Tale (Royal Danish Orchestra)
Roberto Alagna & Angela Gheorghiu ; Antonio Pappano , conductor; David Groves, producer – Massenet: Manon (Orch. Sym. de la Monnaie)Jaroslav Brezina, Ivan Kusnjer , Peter Straka & Eva Urbanová ; Sir Charles Mackerras , conductor; Petr Vít, producer – Janácek : SárkaCzech Philharmonic Orchestra )
[ 48]
2003
Christoph Classen (producer), Eberhard Sengpiel , Tobias Lehmann (engineers), Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Jane Eaglen , Thomas Hampson , Waltraud Meier , René Pape , Peter Seiffert
Wagner : Tannhäuser Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin and the Staatskapelle Berlin
Ian Bostridge , Barbara Frittoli , Anthony Rolfe Johnson , Lorraine Hunt Lieberson & Lisa Milne ; Sir Charles Mackerras , conductor; John Fraser, producer – Mozart : IdomeneoScottish Chamber Orchestra )Richard Croft , David Daniels , Lynne Dawson , Gidon Saks & Anne Sofie von Otter ; Marc Minkowski , conductor; Michel Gache & Arend Prohmann, producers – Handel : HerculesPaul Groves & Anne Sofie von Otter ; Sir John Eliot Gardiner , conductor; Martha de Francisco, producer – Gluck: Alceste (Monteverdi Choir ; English Baroque Soloists )Ian Bostridge & Joan Rodgers ; Daniel Harding , conductor; John Fraser, producer – Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Mahler Chamber Orchestra )
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2004
Wolfram Graul (producer), Bernard Haitink (conductor), Jerry Hadley , Karita Mattila , Eva Randová , Anja Silja , Jorma Silvasti
Janáček : Jenůfa Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Chorus
George Manahan , conductor; Thomas Z. Shepard, producer; Jerry Hadley , Jeffrey Lentz, Victoria Livengood , James Morris & Mel Ulrich, soloists – Thomas: Desire Under The Elms (London Symphony Orchestra )William Christie , conductor; Arnaud Moral, producer; Nathan Berg , Gaëlle Méchaly , Mark Padmore & Anna-Maria Panzarella, soloists – Rameau: Zoroastre (Les Arts Florissants)Simone Young , conductor; Harald Steger, producer; Soile Isokoski , Alastair Miles , Regina Schörg , Neil Shicoff & Zoran Todorovic , soloists – Halévy: La Juive (Chor der Wiener Staatsoper; Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper)Peter Eötvös , conductor; Dietmar Wolf, producer; Péter Fried & Cornelia Kallisch , soloists – Bartók : Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11 Radio-Sinfonieorchester, Stuttgart )
[ 50]
2005
Martin Sauer (producer), René Jacobs (conductor), Patrizia Ciofi , Véronique Gens , Simon Keenlyside , Angelika Kirchschlager , Lorenzo Regazzo
Mozart : Le nozze di Figaro Concerto Köln
René Jacobs , conductor; Martin Sauer, producer; Dorothea Röschmann & Lawrence Zazzo , soloists – Scarlatti, A.: Griselda (Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin )Emmanuelle Haïm ; Daniel Zalay, producer; Ian Bostridge & Susan Graham , soloists – Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (European Voices; Le Concert D'Astrée)Antoni Ros Marbá, conductor; Antoni Parera Fons, producer; Antonio Comas, Enric Martínez-Castignani , Marisa Martins, Isabel Monar & Stefano Palatchi , soloists – Montsalvatge: El Gato con Botas (Orquestra Simfònica Del Gran Teatre Del Liceu)
Emmanuelle Haïm ; Daniel Zalay, producer; Ian Bostridge , Patrizia Ciofi & Natalie Dessay , soloists – Monteverdi : L'Orféo
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2006
Sir Colin Davis (conductor); Carlos Alvarez , Bülent Bezdüz , Marina Domashenko , Jane Henschel , Ana Ibarra, Maria Josè Moreno, Michele Pertusi ; James Mallinson (producer)
Verdi : Falstaff London Symphony Chorus ; London Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Biondi , conductor; Nicolas Bartholomeé, producer; Patrizia Ciofi , Ildebrando D'Arcangelo , David Daniels , Elina Garanca , Vivica Genaux & Marijana Mijanovic, soloists – Vivaldi: Bajazet (Europa Galante )Semyon Bychkov , conductor; Michael Haas, producer; Johan Botha , Renée Fleming , Anna Larsson , Michael Schade & Kwanchul Youn, soloists – Strauss, R.: Daphne (West German Radio Symphony Orchestra (Köln) )Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs , conductors; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer; Barbara Borden, Karina Gauvin , Ellen Hargis, Jan Kobow , Julian Podger , Marek Rzepka , James Taylor & Matthew White, soloists – Conradi: Ariadne (Boston Early Music Festival Chorus; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)Richard Hickox , conductor; Brian Couzens , producer; Michael Chance , Philip Langridge & Alan Opie , soloists – Britten: Death in Venice (BBC Singers ; City of London Sinfonia )
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2007
Robert Spano (conductor); Kelley O'Connor , Jessica Rivera , Dawn Upshaw ; Valérie Gross and Sid McLauchlan (producers)
Golijov : Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears Women Of The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Carlo Rizzi , conductor; Rainer Maillard, producer; Thomas Hampson , Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazón , soloists – Verdi: La Traviata (Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Philharmoniker )Charles Mackerras , conductor; Brian Couzens , producer; Yvette Bonner, Paul Charles Clarke, Neal Davies, Susan Gritton , Kit Hesketh-Harvey , Yvonne Howard, Robin Leggate, Diana Montague , Geoffrey Moses , Timothy Robinson & Peter Rose , soloists – Smetana: The Bartered Bride (The Royal Opera Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra )René Jacobs , conductor; Martin Sauer, producer; Marie-Claude Chappuis , Bernarda Fink , Sergio Foresti, Sunhae Im , Mark Padmore & Alexandrina Pendatchanska , soloists – Mozart : La Clemenza Di TitoFreiburger Barockorchester )Stewart Robertson , conductor; Blanton Alspaugh , producer; Brian Anderson, Dorothy Byrne , Beth Clayton , Kristopher Irmiter, Brandon Jovanovich , James Maddalena , Michael Todd Simpson & Caroline Worra, soloists – Bennett: The Mines of Sulphur (Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra)
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2008
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor); Brian Couzens (producer); Jane Henschel , Jennifer Larmore , Rebecca Evans (soloists); Ralph Couzens, engineer,
Engelbert Humperdinck : Hansel and Gretel New London Children's Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra
Zubin Mehta , conductor; Andreas Caemmerer & Felix Gargerle, producers; Piotr Beczala , Paolo Gavanelli & Anja Harteros , soloists – Verdi: La Traviata (Choir of the Bavarian State Opera; Bavarian State Orchestra)Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs , conductors; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer; Howard Crook , Ellen Hargis, Laura Pudwell & Harry Van Der Kamp, soloists – Lully: Thésée (Boston Early Music Festival Chorus and Orchestra )Mark Elder , conductor; Patric Schmid, producer; Carmelo Corrado Caruso, Giuseppe Filianoti , Vesselina Kasarova , Simon Keenlyside & Alastair Miles , soloists – Donizetti: Dom Sébastien, Roi De Portugal (The Royal Opera Chorus; The Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)José de Eusebio , conductor; Michael Haas, producer; Enrique Baquerizo, Carlos Chausson, Plácido Domingo , Jane Henschel & Carol Vaness , soloists – Albéniz: Pepita Jiménez (Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad De Madrid )
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2009
James Conlon (conductor); Anthony Dean Griffey , Patti LuPone , Audra McDonald ; Fred Vogler (producer); Donnie Ray Albert , John Easterlin , Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich, Robert Wörle
Weill : Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; Los Angeles Opera Chorus
Valery Gergiev , conductor; Jay David Saks , producer; Renée Fleming , Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Ramon Vargas – Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)Rinaldo Alessandrini , conductor; Jean-Pierre Loisil, producer; Sara Mingardo , Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli & Furio Zanasi, soloists – Monteverdi : L'OrfeoPaul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs , conductors; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer; Colin Balzer, Karina Gauvin , Carolyn Sampson & Aaron Sheehan , soloists – Lully: Psyché (Boston Early Music Festival Chorus and Orchestra )Tan Dun , conductor; Jay David Saks , producer; Michelle DeYoung , Plácido Domingo , Elizabeth Futral , Paul Groves, Wu Hsing-Kuo & Hao Jiang Tian , soloists – Tan Dun: The First Emperor (The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
[ 55]
2010
Daniel Harding (conductor); Ian Bostridge , Neal Davies, Nathan Gunn , Jonathan Lemalu , Matthew Rose, Gidon Saks, Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Teadt, Andrew Tortise, Rodrick Williams, John Fraser (producer)
Britten : Billy Budd (London Symphony Orchestra ; Gentlemen of The London Symphony Chorus
Tan Dun , conductor; Ferenc van Damme, producer; Stephen Bryant , Sarah Castle , Nancy Lundy, Stephen Richardson , Charles Workman & Jun Zhang, soloists – Tan Dun: Marco Polo (Cappella Amsterdam; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra )Valery Gergiev , conductor; James Mallinson , producer; Andrei Popov, Sergei Semishkur & Vladislav Sulimsky, soloists – Shostakovich: The Nose (Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre; Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre)Sara Jobin , conductor; Blanton Alspaugh , producer; Anne-Carolyn Bird, Lisa Hopkins , Joshua Jeremiah, Museop Kim, Jeremy Little, Rodell Rosel, Steven Sanders & Faith Sherman, soloists – Musto, John: Volpone (Wolf Trap Opera Company )Ingo Metzmacher , conductor; Ferenc van Damme, producer; Armand Arapian, Hubert Delamboye, Rod Gilfry , Henk Neven, Tom Randle & Camilla Tilling , soloists – Messiaen: Saint François D'Assise (Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera; The Hague Philharmonic)
[ 56]
2011
Kent Nagano (conductor); Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina, Marie-Ange Todorovitch ; Martin Sauer, producer
Kaija Saariaho : L'Amour de loin Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin ; Rundfunkchor Berlin
David Lloyd-Jones , conductor; Brian Pidgeon, producer; Neal Davies, Geraldine McGreevy, James Rutherford , Toby Spence & Janice Watson, soloists – Sullivan: Ivanhoe (Adrian Partington Singers; BBC National Orchestra of Wales )Valery Gergiev , conductor; James Mallinson , producer; Evgeny Akimov, Sergei Aleksashkin & Kristina Kapustinskaya, soloists – Shchedrin: The Enchanted Wanderer (Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre )Matthew Dirst, conductor; Keith Weber , producer; Jamie Barton & Ava Pine, soloists – Hasse: Marc' Antonio E Cleopatra (Ars Lyrica Houston)
Antonio Pappano , conductor; David Groves , producer; Agneta Eichenholz, Jennifer Larmore , Klaus Florian Vogt & Michael Volle , soloists – Berg : Lulu
[ 57]
2012
Alan Gilbert , conductor; Jay David Saks , producer; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke , Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley , Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens , soloists
Adams : Doctor Atomic Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Fabio Biondi , conductor; Daniel Zalay, producer; Romina Basso , Patrizia Ciofi , Diana Damrau , Joyce DiDonato , Vivica Genaux , Philippe Jaroussky , Topi Lehtipuu & Rolando Villazón , soloists – Vivaldi: Ercole Sul Termodonte (Coro Da Camera Santa Cecilia Di Borgo San Lorenzo; Europa Galante )Antonio Pappano , conductor; James Whitbourn , producer; Joseph Calleja , Renée Fleming & Thomas Hampson , soloists – Verdi: La Traviata (Royal Opera Chorus; Nick Gold Orchestra Baobab)Hannu Lintu , conductor; Seppo Siirala, producer; Jaakko Kortekangas, Hannu Niemelä, Johanna Rusanen-Kartano & Mati Turi, soloists – Rautavaara: Kaivos (Kaivos Chorus; Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra)Mark Elder , conductor; James Whitbourn , producer; John Mark Ainsley , Phillip Ens, Jacques Imbrailo , Darren Jeffery , Iain Paterson & Matthew Rose , soloists (Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra )
[ 58]
2013
James Levine and Fabio Luisi (conductors), Hans-Peter König , Jay Hunter Morris , Bryn Terfel , Deborah Voigt (soloists), Jay David Saks (producer)
Wagner : Der Ring des Nibelungen The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Michael Boder (conductor), Paul Groves , Ashley Holland, Julia Juon, Patricia Petibon (soloists), Johannes Müller (producer) – Berg : Lulu René Jacobs (conductor), Marcos Fink , Sunhae In, Bejun Mehta , Alexandrina Pendatchanska , Jennifer Rivera (soloists) – Handel : Agrippina Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin )Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Topi Lehtipuu , Miah Persson , Matthew Rose (soloists), Jean Chatauret (producer) – Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra )Jordi Savall (conductor), Delphine Galou , Paolo Lopez, Roberta Mameli, Raffaela Milanesi, Furio Zanasi – Vivaldi: Teuzzone (Le Concert des Nations )
[ 59]
2014
Thomas Adès (conductor); Simon Keenlyside , Isabel Leonard , Audrey Luna , William Burden, Alan Oke (soloists); Jay David Saks (producer)
Adès: The Tempest
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Oliver Knussen (conductor); Ian Bostridge , Peter Coleman-Wright , Susan Gritton , Angelika Kirchschlager (soloists); John Fraser (producer) – Britten: The Rape of Lucretia (Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble)Tönu Kaljuste (conductor); Anna Eimarsson and Johannes Weisser (soloists); Morten Lindberg (producer) – Kleiberg : David and BathshebaTrondheim Symphony Orchestra )
Diego Fasolis (conductor); Valer Barna-Sabadus , Daniel Behle , Max Emanuel Cenčić , Franco Fagioli , Philippe Jaroussky (soloists); Ulrich Russcher (producer) – Vinci: Artaserse (Coro Della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Lugano; Concerto Köln )Christian Thielemann (conductor); Katarina Dalayman , Albert Dohmen , Stephen Gould , Eric Halfvarson , Linda Watson (soloists); Ohmar Eichinger (producer) – Wagner : Der Ring des Nibelungen
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2015
Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs (conductors); Aaron Sheehan (soloist); Siegbert Ernst, (engineer/mixer)
Charpentier : La descente d'Orphée aux enfers Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble and Chamber Ensemble
Kenneth Kiesler (conductor); Dan Kempson, Jennifer Lane, Tamara Mumford, Julianna Di Giacomo , and Brenda Rae (soloists); Tim Handley (producer) – Milhaud : L'Orestie d'Eschyle William Christie (conductor); Sarah Connolly , Stéphane Degout , Christiane Karg , Ed Lyon and Katherine Watson (soloists); Sébastien Chonion (producer) – Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (The Glyndebourne Chorus; Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment)Sylvain Cambreling (conductor); Andreas Conrad and Franz Grundheber (soloists); Reinhard Oechsler (producer) – Schoenberg: Moses und Aron (EuropaChorAkademie ; SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg )Christian Thielemann (conductor); Evelyn Herlitzius , Waltraud Meier , René Pape and Anne Schwanewilms (soloists); Magdalene Herbst (producer) – Strauss: Elektra (Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden; Staatskapelle Dresden )
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2016
Seiji Ozawa (conductor); Isabel Leonard (soloist); Dominic Fyfe (producer); Jonathan Stokes (engineer)
Ravel : L'enfant et les sortilèges ; Shéhérazade SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Chorus; Saito Kinen Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor), Will Hartmann, Michaela Kaune & Jennifer Larmore (soloists), Magdalena Herbst (producer) – Janácek : Jenufa Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ])Martin Pearlman (conductor), Fernando Guimarães & Jennifer Riviera (soloists), Thomas C. Moore (producer) – Monteverdi : Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria Boston Baroque )
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Diana Damrau , Paul Schweinester & Rolando Villazón (soloists), Sid McLauchlan (producer) – Mozart : Die Entführung aus dem Serail Chamber Orchestra of Europe )Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs (conductors), Karina Gauvin & Philippe Jaroussky (soloists), Renate Wolter-Seevers (producer) – Steffani : Niobe, regina di Tebe Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra )
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2017
James Conlon (conductor); Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman , Lucas Meachem , Patricia Racette , Lucy Schaufer, & Guanqun Yu (soloists); Blanton Alspaugh (producer); Mark Donahue, Fred Vogler & David L Williams (engineers)
Corigliano : The Ghosts of Versailles Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus
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2018
Hans Graf (conductor); Anne Schwanewilms & Roman Trekel (soloists); Hans Graf & Brad Sayles (producers); Brad Sayles (engineer)
Berg : Wozzeck Houston Symphony ; Chorus Of Students And Alumni, Shepherd School of Music , Rice University & Houston Grand Opera Children's Chorus
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2019
Michael Christie (conductor); Sasha Cooke , Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett Sorenson & Wei Wu (soloists); Elizabeth Ostrow (producer); Mark Donahue & Dirk Sobotka (engineers); Mark Donahue (mixer)
Bates : The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs Santa Fe Opera Orchestra
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2020
Gil Rose (conductor and producer); John Brancy , Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River & Edwin Vega (soloists); Joel Gordon & Antonio Oliart (engineers/mixers)
Picker : Fantastic Mr. Fox Boston Modern Orchestra Project ; Boston Children's Chorus
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2021
David Robertson (conductor); Angel Blue & Eric Owens (soloists); David Frost (producer); John Kerswell (engineer/mixer)
Gershwin : Porgy and Bess The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
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2022
Karen Kamensek (conductor); J’Nai Bridges , Anthony Roth Costanzo , Zachary James & Dísella Lárusdóttir (soloists); David Frost (producer)
Glass : Akhnaten The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Susanna Mälkki (conductor); Mika Kares & Szilvia Vöröss (soloists); Robert Suff (producer) – Bartók : Bluebeard's Castle Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra )Simon Rattle (conductor); Sophia Burgos, Lucy Crowe , Gerald Finley , Peter Hoare , Anna Lapkovskaja, Paulina Malefane, Jan Martinik & Hanno Müller-Brachmann (soloists); Andrew Cornall (producer) – Janácek : Cunning Little Vixen London Symphony Orchestra , London Symphony Chorus & LSO Discovery Voices )Corrado Rovaris (conductor); Jonathan McCullough (soloist); James Darrah, David T. Little , Lewis Pesacov & John Toia (producers) – Little : Soldier SongsThe Opera Philadelphia Orchestra )
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor); Karen Cargill , Isabel Leonard , Karita Mattila , Erin Morley & Adrianne Pieczonka (soloists); David Frost (producer) – Poulenc : Dialogues des Carmélites
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2023
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor); Angel Blue , Will Liverman , Latonia Moore and Walter Russell III (soloists); David Frost (producer)
Blanchard : Fire Shut Up In My Bones The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
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2024
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor); Ryan Speedo Green , Latonia Moore & Eric Owens (soloists); David Frost (producer)
Blanchard : Champion The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
2025
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor); Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves (soloists); Jason O'Connell (producer)
Saariaho : Adriana Mater San Francisco Symphony ; San Francisco Symphony Chorus ; Timo Kurkilangas
John Adams (conductor); Paul Appleby , Julia Bullock , Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack , Elliot Madore , Ryan McKinny & Davóne Tines (soloists); Dmitriyi Lipay (producer) - Adams : Girls of the Golden West Los Angeles Philharmonic ; Los Angeles Master Chorale )Yannick Nézet-Seguin (conductor); Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi , Greer Grimsley , Nancy Fabiola Herrera , Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez & Gabriella Reye (soloists); David Frost (producer) - Catán : Florencia en el Amazonas The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus )Gerard Schwarz (conductor); Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce & Edward Parks (soloists); Blanton Alspaugh (producer) - Moravec : The Shining Kansas City Symphony ; Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus)Yannick Nézet-Seguin (conductor); Joyce DiDonato , Renée Fleming & Kelli O'Hara (soloists); David Frost (producer) - Puts : The Hours
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