Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

The Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording has been awarded since 1961. The award was originally titled Best Classical Opera Production. The current title has been used since 1962.

Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
Awarded forquality classical opera productions and recordings
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1961
Currently held byGil Rose, John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River, Edwin Vega, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, & Boston Children's Chorus Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2020)
Websitegrammy.com

Prior to 1961 the awards for operatic and choral performances were combined in a single award for Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral.

The award goes to the conductor, the album producer(s) and the principal soloists.

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.

2020s

2021

  • Winner TBA on 31 January 2021

Nominees

  • Gil Rose (conductor/producer); Heather Buck & Steven Powell (soloists) - Dello Joio: The Trial at Rouen (Boston Modern Opera Project; Odyssey Opera Chorus)
  • William Boggs (conductor); Keith Phares & Kate Royal (soloists); Blanton Alspaugh (producer) - Floyd: Prince of Players (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra;

Florentine Opera Chorus)

  • David Robertson (conductor); Angel Blue & Eric Owens (soloists); David Frost (producer) - Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
  • Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor); Joyce DiDonato (soloist); Daniel Zalay (producer) - Handel: Agrippina (Il Pomo d'Oro)
  • Donald Runnicles (conductor); David Butt Philip & Elena Tsallagova (soloists); Peter Ghirardini & Erwin Stürzer (producers) - Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg (Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin)


2020

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2010s

2000s

1990s

1980s

1970s

1960s

References
  1. "55th Annual Grammy Award Nominees", grammy.com. Accessed 3 January 2013
  2. "The 2012 Classical Grammy Awards announced!" by Melissa Lesnie, Limelight, 13 February 2012. Accessed 3 January 2013
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