GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Opera Recording

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Best Opera Recording

63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2020)

winner

Gershwin: Porgy And Bess

David Robertson, conductor; David Frost, producer; Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore & Eric Owens, soloists; John Kerswell, engineer/mixer (The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

nominees

Floyd, C.: Prince Of Players

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William Boggs, conductor; Alexander Dobson, Keith Phares & Kate Royal; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; Florentine Opera Chorus)

Handel: Agrippina

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Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor; Elsa Benoit, Joyce DiDonato, Franco Fagioli, Jakub Józef Orliński & Luca Pisaroni; Daniel Zalay, producer (Il Pomo D'Oro)

Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg

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Donald Runnicles, conductor; David Butt Philip & Elena Tsallagova; Peter Ghirardini & Erwin Stürzer, producers (Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin)

Dello Joio: The Trial At Rouen

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Gil Rose, conductor; Heather Buck & Stephen Powell; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Odyssey Opera Chorus)

62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2019)

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Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Gil Rose, conductor; John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River & Edwin Vega; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children's Chorus); Joel Gordon & Antonio Oliart, engineers/mixers

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Benjamin: Lessons In Love & Violence

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George Benjamin, conductor; Stéphane Degout, Barbara Hannigan, Peter Hoare & Gyula Orendt; Raphaël Mouterde & James Whitbourn, producers (Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House)

Berg: Wozzeck

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Marc Albrecht, conductor; Christopher Maltman & Eva-Maria Westbroek; François Roussillon, producer (Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Chorus Of Dutch National Opera)

Charpentier: Les Arts Florissants; Les Plaisirs De Versailles

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Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Jesse Blumberg, Teresa Wakim & Virginia Warnken; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble)

Wagner: Lohengrin

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Christian Thielemann, conductor; Piotr Beczała, Anja Harteros, Tomasz Konieczny, Waltraud Meier & Georg Zeppenfeld; Eckhard Glauche, producer (Festspielorchester Bayreuth; Festspielchor Bayreuth)

61st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2018)

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Bates: The (R)evolution Of Steve Jobs

Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett Sorenson & Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra); Mark Donahue & Dirk Sobotka, engineers; Mark Donahue, mixer

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Lully: Alceste

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Christophe Rousset, conductor; Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Judith Van Wanroij; Maximilien Ciup, producer (Les Talens Lyriques; Choeur De Chambre De Namur)

Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier

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Sebastian Weigle, conductor; Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Günther Groissböck & Erin Morley; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Verdi: Rigoletto

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Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Francesco Demuro, Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Nadine Sierra; Vilius Keras & Aleksandra Keriene, producers (Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra; Men Of The Kaunas State Choir)

Adams: Doctor Atomic

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John Adams, conductor; Aubrey Allicock, Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley & Brindley Sherratt; Friedemann Engelbrecht, producer (BBC Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers)

60th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2017)

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Berg: Wozzeck

Hans Graf, conductor; Hans Graf & Brad Sayles, producers; Anne Schwanewilms & Roman Trekel, soloists; Brad Sayles, engineer (Chorus Of Students And Alumni, Shepherd School Of Music, Rice University & Houston Grand Opera Children's Chorus; Houston Symphony)

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Berg: Lulu

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Lothar Koenigs, conductor; Jay David Saks, producer; Daniel Brenna, Marlis Petersen & Johan Reuter, soloists (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

Bizet: Les Pêcheurs De Perles

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Gianandrea Noseda, conductor; Jay David Saks, producer; Diana Damrau, Mariusz Kwiecien, Matthew Polenzani & Nicolas Testé, soloists (The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

Handel: Ottone

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George Petrou, conductor; Jakob Händel, producer; Max Emanuel Cencic & Lauren Snouffer, soloists (Il Pomo D'Oro)

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel

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Valery Gergiev, conductor; Ilya Petrov, producer; Vladimir Feliauer, Aida Garifullina & Andrei Serov, soloists (Mariinsky Chorus; Mariinsky Orchestra)

59th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2016)

winner

Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles

James Conlon, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer & Guanqun Yu, soloists; Mark Donahue, Fred Vogler & David L Williams, engineers (LA Opera Chorus; LA Opera Orchestra)

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Handel: Giulio Cesare

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Giovanni Antonini, conductor; Samuel Theis, producer; Cecilia Bartoli, Philippe Jaroussky, Anne-Sofie von Otter & Andreas Scholl, soloists (Il Giardino Armonico)

Label: Decca

Higdon: Cold Mountain

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Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer; Emily Fons, Nathan Gunn, Isabel Leonard & Jay Hunter Morris, soloists (Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program For Singers; The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)

Label: Pentatone Music

Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Daniel Zalay, producer; Thomas Hampson, Christiane Karg, Luca Pisaroni & Sonya Yoncheva, soloists (Vocalensemble Rastatt; Chamber Orchestra Of Europe)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Szymanowski: Król Roger

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Antonio Pappano, conductor; Jonathan Allen, producer; Georgia Jarman, Mariusz Kwiecien & Saimir Pirgu, soloists (Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House)

Label: Opus Arte

58th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2015)

winner

Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade

Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Dominic Fyfe, producer; Isabel Leonard, soloist; Jonathan Stokes, engineer (SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Chorus; Saito Kinen Orchestra)

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Janáček: Jenůfa

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Donald Runnicles, conductor; Magdalena Herbst, producer; Will Hartmann, Michaela Kaune & Jennifer Larmore, soloists (Chorus Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin; Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin)

Label: Arthaus

Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria

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Martin Pearlman, conductor; Thomas C. Moore, producer; Fernando Guimarães & Jennifer Rivera, soloists (Boston Baroque)

Label: Linn Records

Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Sid McLauchlan, producer; Diana Damrau, Paul Schweinester & Rolando Villazón, soloists (Chamber Orchestra Of Europe)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Steffani: Niobe, Regina Di Tebe

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Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer; Karina Gauvin & Philippe Jaroussky, soloists (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)

Label: Erato

57th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2014)

winner

Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphée Aux Enfers

Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Aaron Sheehan, soloist; Siegbert Ernst, engineer/mixer (Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble)

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Milhaud: L'Orestie D'Eschyle

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Kenneth Kiesler, conductor; Tim Handley, producer; Dan Kempson, Jennifer Lane, Tamara Mumford, Sidney Outlaw, Lori Phillips & Brenda Rae, soloists (UMS Choral Union, University Of Michigan Chamber Choir, University Of Michigan Orpheus Singers & University Of Michigan University Choir; University Of Michigan Percussion Ensemble & University Of Michigan Symphony Orchestra)

Label: Naxos

Rameau: Hippolyte Et Aricie

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William Christie, conductor; Sébastien Chonion, producer; Sarah Connolly, Stéphane Degout, Christiane Karg, Ed Lyon & Katherine Watson, soloists (The Glyndebourne Chorus; Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment)

Label: Opus Arte

Schönberg: Moses Und Aron

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Sylvain Cambreling, conductor; Reinhard Oechsler, producer; Andreas Conrad & Franz Grundheber, soloists (EuropaChorAkademie; SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden Und Freiburg)

Label: Hänssler Classic

Strauss: Elektra

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Christian Thielemann, conductor; Arend Prohmann, producer; Evelyn Herlitzius, Waltraud Meier, René Pape & Anne Schwanewilms, soloists (Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden; Staatskapelle Dresden)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

56th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2013)

winner

Adès: The Tempest

Thomas Adès, conductor; Jay David Saks, producer; Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna & Alan Oke, soloists (The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

nominees

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen

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Christian Thielemann, conductor; Othmar Eichinger, producer; Katarina Dalayman, Albert Dohmen, Stephen Gould, Eric Halfvarson & Linda Watson, soloists (Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper; Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Britten: The Rape Of Lucretia

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Oliver Knussen, conductor; John Fraser, producer; Ian Bostridge, Peter Coleman-Wright, Susan Gritton & Angelika Kirchschlager, soloists (Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble)

Label: Virgin Classics

Kleiberg: David & Bathsheba

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Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor; Morten Lindberg, producer; Anna Einarsson & Johannes Weisser, soloists (Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Vocal Ensemble; Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)

Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd)

Vinci: Artaserse

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Diego Fasolis, conductor; Ulrich Ruscher, producer; Valer Barna-Sabadus, Daniel Behle, Max Emanuel Cencic, Franco Fagioli & Philippe Jaroussky, soloists (Coro Della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Lugano; Concerto Köln)

Label: Virgin Classics

55th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2012)

winner

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen

James Levine & Fabio Luisi, conductors; Jay David Saks, producer; Hans-Peter König, Jay Hunter Morris, Bryn Terfel & Deborah Voigt, soloists; Jay David Saks, engineer/mixer (The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

nominees

Berg: Lulu

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Michael Boder, conductor; Johannes Müller, producer; Paul Groves, Ashley Holland, Julia Juon & Patricia Petibon, soloists (Symphony Orchestra Of The Gran Teatre Del Liceu)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Handel: Agrippina

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René Jacobs, conductor; Marcos Fink, Sunhae Im, Bejun Mehta, Alexandrina Pendatchanska & Jennifer Rivera, soloists (Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin)

Label: Harmonia Mundi

Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress

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Vladimir Jurowski, conductor; Jean Chatauret, producer; Topi Lehtipuu, Miah Persson & Matthew Rose, soloists (Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: Opus Arte

Vivaldi: Teuzzone

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Jordi Savall, conductor; Manuel Mohino & Jordi Savall, producers; Delphine Galou, Paolo Lopez, Roberta Mameli, Raffaella Milanesi & Furio Zanasi, soloists (Le Concert Des Nations)

Label: Naïve Classique

54th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2011)

winner

Adams: Doctor Atomic

Alan Gilbert, conductor; Jay David Saks, producer; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens, soloists (Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

nominees

Vivaldi: Ercole Sul Termodonte

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Fabio Biondi, conductor; Daniel Zalay, producer; Romina Basso, Patrizia Ciofi, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Vivica Genaux, Philippe Jaroussky, Topi Lehtipuu & Rolando Villazón, soloists (Coro Da Camera Santa Cecilia Di Borgo San Lorenzo; Europa Galante)

Label: Virgin Classics

Britten: Billy Budd

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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)

Label: Opus Arte

Rautavaara: Kaivos

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Hannu Lintu, conductor; Seppo Siirala, producer; Jaakko Kortekangas, Hannu Niemelä, Johanna Rusanen-Kartano & Mati Turi, soloists (Kaivos Chorus; Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: Ondine

Verdi: La Traviata

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Antonio Pappano, conductor; James Whitbourn, producer; Joseph Calleja, Renée Fleming & Thomas Hampson, soloists (Royal Opera Chorus; Nick Gold Orchestra Baobab)

Label: Opus Arte

53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2010)

winner

Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin

Kent Nagano, conductor; Martin Sauer, producer; Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina & Marie-Ange Todorovitch, soloists; Tobias Lehmann, engineer/mixer (Rundfunkchor Berlin; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin)

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Berg: Lulu

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Antonio Pappano, conductor; David Groves, producer; Agneta Eichenholz, Jennifer Larmore, Klaus Florian Vogt & Michael Volle, soloists (Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House)

Label: Opus Arte

Hasse: Marc' Antonio E Cleopatra

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Matthew Dirst, conductor; Keith Weber, producer; Jamie Barton & Ava Pine, soloists (Ars Lyrica Houston)

Label: Dorian Sono Luminus

Shchedrin: The Enchanted Wanderer

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Valery Gergiev, conductor; James Mallinson, producer; Evgeny Akimov, Sergei Aleksashkin & Kristina Kapustinskaya, soloists (Chorus Of The Mariinsky Theatre; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre)

Label: Mariinsky

Sullivan: Ivanhoe

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David Lloyd-Jones, conductor; Brian Pidgeon, producer; Neal Davies, Geraldine McGreevy, James Rutherford, Toby Spence & Janice Watson, soloists (Adrian Partington Singers; BBC National Orchestra Of Wales)

Label: Chandos

52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2009)

winner

Britten: Billy Budd

Daniel Harding, conductor; John Fraser, producer; Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Nathan Gunn, Jonathan Lemalu, Matthew Rose & Gidon Saks, soloists; Neil Hutchinson & Jonathan Stokes, engineers/mixers (Gentlemen Of The London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra)

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Shostakovich: The Nose

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Valery Gergiev, conductor; James Mallinson, producer; Andrei Popov, Sergei Semishkur & Vladislav Sulimsky, soloists (Chorus Of The Mariinsky Theatre; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre)

Label: Mariinsky

Tan Dun: Marco Polo

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Tan Dun, conductor; Ferenc van Damme, producer; Stephen Bryant, Sarah Castle, Nancy Lundy, Stephen Richardson, Charles Workman & Jun Zhang, soloists (Cappella Amsterdam; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)

Label: Opus Arte

Messiaen: Saint François D'Assise

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Ingo Metzmacher, conductor; Ferenc van Damme, producer; Armand Arapian, Hubert Delamboye, Rod Gilfry, Henk Neven, Tom Randle & Camilla Tilling, soloists (Chorus Of De Nederlandse Opera; The Hague Philharmonic)

Label: Opus Arte

Musto, John: Volpone

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Sara Jobin, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; Anne-Carolyn Bird, Lisa Hopkins, Joshua Jeremiah, Museop Kim, Jeremy Little, Rodell Rosel, Steven Sanders & Faith Sherman, soloists (Wolf Trap Opera Company)

Label: Wolf Trap Recordings

51st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2008)

winner

Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny

James Conlon, conductor; Fred Vogler, producer; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald, soloists (Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra)

nominees

Tan Dun: The First Emperor

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Tan Dun, conductor; Jay David Saks, producer; Michelle DeYoung, Placido Domingo, Elizabeth Futral, Paul Groves, Wu Hsing-Kuo & Hao Jiang Tian, soloists (The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

Label: EMI Classics

Lully: Psyché

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Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer; Colin Balzer, Karina Gauvin, Carolyn Sampson & Aaron Sheehan, soloists (Boston Early Music Festival Chorus; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)

Label: CPO

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

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Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor; Jean-Pierre Loisil, producer; Sara Mingardo, Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli & Furio Zanasi, soloists (Concerto Italiano)

Label: Naive Classique

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

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Valery Gergiev, conductor; Jay David Saks, producer; Renée Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Ramon Vargas, soloists (The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

Label: Decca

50th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2007)

winner

Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel

Charles Mackerras, conductor; Brian Couzens, producer; Rebecca Evans, Jane Henschel & Jennifer Larmore, soloists; Ralph Couzens, engineer (New London Children's Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra)

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Lully: Thésée

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Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer; Howard Crook, Ellen Hargis, Laura Pudwell & Harry Van Der Kamp, soloists (Boston Early Music Festival Chorus; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)

Label: CPO

Verdi: La Traviata

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Zubin Mehta, conductor; Andreas Caemmerer & Felix Gargerle, producers; Piotr Beczala, Paolo Gavanelli & Anja Harteros, soloists (Choir Of The Bavarian State Opera; Bavarian State Orchestra)

Label: Farao Classics

Albéniz: Pepita Jiménez

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José De Eusebio, conductor; Michael Haas, producer; Enrique Baquerizo, Carlos Chausson, Placido Domingo, Jane Henschel & Carol Vaness, soloists (Orquesta Y Coro De La Comunidad De Madrid)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Donizetti: Dom Sébastien, Roi De Portugal

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Mark Elder, conductor; Patric Schmid, producer; Carmelo Corrado Caruso, Giuseppe Filianoti, Vesselina Kasarova, Simon Keenlyside & Alastair Miles, soloists (The Royal Opera Chorus; The Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)

Label: Opera Rara

49th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2006)

winner

Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears

Robert Spano, conductor; Valerie Gross & Sid McLauchlan, producers; Kelley O'Connor, Jessica Rivera & Dawn Upshaw, soloists; Stephan Flock & Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, engineers (Women Of The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)

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Bennett: The Mines Of Sulphur

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Stewart Robertson, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; Brian Anderson, Dorothy Byrne, Beth Clayton, Kristopher Irmiter, Brandon Jovanovich, James Maddalena, Michael Todd Simpson & Caroline Worra, soloists (Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra)

Label: Chandos

Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito

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René Jacobs, conductor; Martin Sauer, producer; Marie-Claude Chappuis, Bernarda Fink, Sergio Foresti, Sunhae Im, Mark Padmore & Alexandrina Pendatchanska, soloists (RIAS Kammerchor; Freiburger Barockorchester)

Label: Harmonia Mundi

Smetana: The Bartered Bride

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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 (The Royal Opera Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra)

Label: Chandos Opera In English

Verdi: La Traviata

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Carlo Rizzi, conductor; Rainer Maillard, producer; Thomas Hampson, Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazón, soloists (Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Philharmoniker)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)

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Verdi: Falstaff

Colin Davis, conductor; James Mallinson, producer; Carlos Alvarez, Bulent Bezduz, Marina Domashenko, Jane Henschel, Ana Ibarra, Maria José Moreno & Michele Pertusi, soloists; Neil Hutchinson & Jonathan Stokes, engineers (London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra)

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Strauss, R.: Daphne

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Semyon Bychkov, conductor; Michael Haas, producer; Johan Botha, Renée Fleming, Anna Larsson, Michael Schade & Kwanchul Youn, soloists (West German Radio Symphony Orchestra (Köln))

Label: Decca

Vivaldi: Bajazet

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Fabio Biondi, conductor; Nicolas Bartholomeé, producer; Patrizia Ciofi, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, David Daniels, Elina Garanca, Vivica Genaux & Marijana Mijanovic, soloists (Europa Galante)

Britten: Death In Venice

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Richard Hickox, CBE, conductor; Brian Couzens, producer; Michael Chance, Philip Langridge & Alan Opie, soloists (BBC Singers; City Of London Sinfonia)

Label: Chandos Records Ltd

Conradi: Ariadne

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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 (Boston Early Music Festival Chorus; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)

Label: CPO

47th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2004)

winner

Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro

René Jacobs, conductor; Martin Sauer, producer; Patrizia Ciofi, Véronique Gens, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager & Lorenzo Regazzo, soloists; Reiner Kühl & Sebastian Roth, engineers/mixers (Concerto Köln)

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Monteverdi: L'Orféo

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Emmanuelle Haïm; Daniel Zalay, producer; Ian Bostridge, Patrizia Ciofi & Natalie Dessay, soloists (European Voices; Le Concert D'Astrée)

Label: Virgin Classics

Montsalvatge: El Gato Con Botas

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Antoni Ros Marbá, conductor; Antoni Parera Fons, producer; Antonio Comas, Enric Martínez-Castignani, Marisa Martins, Isabel Monar & Stefano Palatchi, soloists (Orquestra Simfònica Del Gran Teatre Del Liceu)

Label: Columna Música

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas

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Emmanuelle Haïm; Daniel Zalay, producer; Ian Bostridge & Susan Graham, soloists (European Voices; Le Concert D'Astrée)

Label: Virgin Classics

Scarlatti, A.: Griselda

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René Jacobs, conductor; Martin Sauer, producer; Dorothea Röschmann & Lawrence Zazzo, soloists (Akademie Für Alte Musik, Berlin)

Label: Harmonia Mundi

46th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2003)

winner

Janácek: Jenufa

Bernard Haitink, conductor; Wolfram Graul, producer; Jerry Hadley, Karita Mattila, Eva Randová, Anja Silja & Jorma Silvasti, soloists; Jean Chatauret, engineer (Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)

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Rameau: Zoroastre

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William Christie, conductor; Arnaud Moral, producer; Nathan Berg, Gaëlle Méchaly, Mark Padmore & Anna-Maria Panzarella, soloists (Les Arts Florissants)

Label: Erato Disques

Thomas: Desire Under The Elms

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George Manahan, conductor; Thomas Z. Shepard, producer; Jerry Hadley, Jeffrey Lentz, Victoria Livengood, James Morris & Mel Ulrich, soloists (London Symphony Orchestra)

Label: Naxos

Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle, Op. 11

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Peter Eötvös, conductor; Dietmar Wolf, producer; Péter Fried & Cornelia Kallisch, soloists (Radio-Sinfonieorchester, Stuttgart des SWR)

Label: Hänssler Classic

Halévy: La Juive

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Simone Young, conductor; Harald Steger, producer; Soile Isokoski, Alastair Miles, Regina Schörg, Neil Shicoff & Zoran Todorovic, soloists (Chor der Wiener Staatsoper; Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper)

Label: RCA Red Seal

45th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2002)

winner

Wagner: Tannhäuser

Jane Eaglen, Thomas Hampson, Waltraud Meier, Rene Pape & Peter Seiffert; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Christoph Classen, producer; Tobias Lehmann & Eberhard Sengpiel, engineers (Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin; Staatskapelle Berlin)

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Britten: The Turn Of The Screw

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Ian Bostridge & Joan Rodgers; Daniel Harding, conductor; John Fraser, producer (Mahler Cham. Orch.)

Label: Virgin Classics

Gluck: Alceste

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Paul Groves & Anne Sofie von Otter; Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor; Martha de Francisco, producer (Monteverdi Chorus; English Baroque Soloists)

Label: Philips

Handel: Hercules

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Richard Croft, David Daniels, Lynne Dawson, Gidon Saks & Anne Sofie von Otter; Marc Minkowski, conductor; Michel Gache & Arend Prohmann, producers (Cho. des Musiciens du Louvre)

Label: Archiv Produktion

Mozart: Idomeneo

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Ian Bostridge, Barbara Frittoli, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson & Lisa Milne; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; John Fraser, producer (Scottish Chamber Orchestra)

Label: Emi Classics

44th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2001)

winner

Berlioz: Les Troyens

Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo & Kenneth Tarver; Colin Davis, conductor; James Mallinson, producer; Simon Rhodes, engineer (Royal Opera House Chorus - Covent Garden; London Symphony Orchestra)

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Ruders: Handmaid's Tale

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Anne Margrethe Dahl, Poul Elming, Hanne Fischer, Aage Haugland, Susanne Resmark & Marianne Rorholm; Michael Schonwandt, conductor; Henrik Sleiborg, producer (Royal Danish Orchestra)

Label: Da Capo

Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos

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Natalie Dessay, Albert Dohmen, Ben Heppner, Deborah Voigt & Anne Sofie von Otter; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor; Sid McLauchlan, producer (Staatskapelle Dresden)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Janácek: Sárka

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Jaroslav Brezina, Ivan Kusnjer, Peter Straka & Eva Urbanová; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; Petr Vít, producer (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: Supraphon - A. S.

Massenet: Manon

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Roberto Alagna & Angela Gheorghiu; Antonio Pappano, conductor; David Groves, producer (Orch. Sym. de la Monnaie)

Label: Emi Classics

43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2000)

winner

Busoni: Doktor Faust

Kim Begley, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich Henschel, Markus Hollop, Eva Jenis & Torsten Kerl; Kent Nagano, conductor; Martin Sauer, producer; Jean Chatauret, engineer (Orchestre De L'Opera Nationale De Lyon)

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Berg: Wozzeck (Album)

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Angela Denoke & Bo Skovhus; Ingo Metzmacher, conductor; John Fraser, producer (Hamburg Phil. Staatsorch)

Label: Emi Classics

Britten: Billy Budd (Album)

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Simon Keenlyside, Philip Langridge & John Tomlinson; Richard Hickox, conductor; Brian Couzens, producer (London Symphony Orchestra)

Label: Chandos

Prokofiev: Semyon Kotko (Album)

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Lyudmila Filatova, Viktor Lutsiuk, Tatiana Pavlovskaya & Olga Savova; Valery Gergiev, conductor; Stan Taal, producer (Kirov Orchestra)

Label: Philips

Rameau: Dardanus (Album)

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John Mark Ainsley, Véronique Gens & Laurent Naouri; Marc Minkowski, conductor; Michel Gache & Arend Prohmann, producers (Les Musiciens du Louvre)

Label: Archiv Produktion

42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1999)

winner

Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress

Ian Bostridge, Bryn Terfel, Anne Sofie von Otter & Deborah York; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor; Nicholas Parker, producer (Monteverdi Choir; London Symphony Orchestra)

nominees

Nielsen: Maskarade (Album)

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Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Aage Haugland, Gert-Henning Jensen, Kurt Ravn, Susanne Resmark, Ulf Schirmer & Bo Skovhus; Chris Hazell, producer (Danish National Radio Chorus)

Label: Decca

Adès: Powder Her Face (Album)

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Thomas Adès, Valdine Anderson, Roger Bryson, Jill Gomez & Niall Morris; Chris de Souza, producer (Almeida Ensemble)

Label: Emi Classics

Dvorák: Rusalka (Album)

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Renée Fleming, Ben Heppner & Charles Mackerras; Michael Haas, producer (Kuhn Mixed Chorus; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: London/Decca

Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre (Album)

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Laura Claycomb, Sibylle Ehlert, Charlotte Hellekant, Derek Lee Ragin, Esa-Pekka Salonen & Jard van Nes; Ulrich Schneider, producer (London Sinfonietta Voices; Philharmonia Orchestra)

Label: Sony Classical

Messiaen: Saint François D'Assise (Album)

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Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw & José Van Dam; Sid McLauchlan, producer (Arnold Schoenberg Chorus; Hallé Orchestra)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

41st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1998)

winner

Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

Jessye Norman & Laszlo Polgar; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Karl-August Naegler, producer (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

nominees

Piazzolla: Maria De Buenos Aires (Album)

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Horacio Ferrer, Jairo, Gidon Kremer & Julia Zenko; Helmut Muhle, producer (Buenos Aires Coral Lirico)

Label: Teldec Classics International

Prokofiev: Betrothal In A Monastery (Album)

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Larissa Diadkova, Nikolai Gassiev & Valery Gergiev; Stan Taal, producer (Kirov Opera Chorus St. Petersburg; Kirov Opera Orchestra St. Petersburgh)

Label: Philips Music Group

Rameau: Les Fetes D'Hebe (Album)

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Paul Agnew, William Christie, Sarah Connolly, Sophie Daneman & Thierry Felix; Jean-Pierre Loisil, producer (Les Arts Florissants Chorus; Les Arts Florissants Orchestra)

Label: Erato

Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa (Album)

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Sergei Alexashkin, Larissa Diadkova, Valery Gergiev & Nikolai Putilin; Stan Taal, producer (Kirov Opera Chorus St. Petersburg; Kirov Opera Orchestra St. Petersburgh)

Label: Philips Music Group

40th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1997)

winner

Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg

Ben Heppner, Herbert Lippert, Karita Mattila, Alan Opie, Rene Pape, Jose Van Dam & Iris Vermillion; Georg Solti, conductor; Michael Woolcock, producer (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

nominees

Rameau: Hippolyte Et Aricie (Album)

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William Christie, Lorraine Hunt, Eirian James, Laurent Naouri, Mark Padmore & Anna-Maria Panzarella; Martin Sauer, producer (Les Arts Florissants Chorus; Les Arts Florissants Orchestra)

Label: Erato

Braunfels: Die Vogel (Album)

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Matthias Gorne, Wolfgang Holzmair, Michael Kraus, Hellen Kwon, Endrik Wottrich & Lothar Zagrosek; Morten Winding & Michael Woolcock, producers (Rundfunkchor Berlin; Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin)

Label: London

Glinka: Ruslan And Lyudmila (Album)

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Gennady Bezzubenkov, Larissa Diadkova, Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Anna Netrebko & Vladimir Ognovienko; Stan Taal, producer (Kirov Chorus St. Petersburgh; Kirov Orchestra St. Petersburg)

Label: Philips

Mozart: Don Giovanni (Album)

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Renee Fleming, Ann Murray, Michele Pertusi, Georg Solti & Bryn Terfel; Michael Woolcock, producer (London Voices; London Philharmonic)

Label: London

39th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1996)

winner

Britten: Peter Grimes

Philip Langridge, Alan Opie & Janice Watson; Richard Hickox, conductor; Brian Couzens, producer (London Symphony Chorus; City Of London Sinfonia)

nominees

Dallapiccola: Il Prigioniero (Album)

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Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Howard Haskin, Jorma Hynninen & Esa-Pekka Salonen; David Mottley, producer (Eric Chamber Chorus Ericson & Swedish Radio Symphony Chorus; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Label: Sony Classical

Gluck: Orphee Et Eurydice (Album)

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Alison Hagley, Jennifer Larmore, Donald Runnicles & Dawn Upshaw; James Mallinson, producer (San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Opera Orchestra)

Label: Teldec

Kunzen: Holger Danske (Album)

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Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Inger Dam-Jensen, Thomas Dausgaard, Gert Henning-Jensen, Johannes Mannov, Inga Nielsen, Guido Paevatalu, Johan Reuter & Marianne Rorholm; Claus Due, producer (Danish National Radio Symphony Chorus; Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Label: Dacapo

Weber: Der Freischutz (Album)

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Gilles Cachemaille, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wolfgang Holzmair, Kurt Moll, Luba Orgonasova, Matti Salminen, Christine Schafer & Endrik Wottrich; Helmet Muhle, producer (Berliner Philharmonic)

Label: Teldec

38th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1995)

winner

Berlioz: Les Troyens

Gary Lakes, Francoise Pollet, Gino Quilico & Deborah Voigt; Charles Dutoit, conductor; Raymond Minshull, producer (Chorus De L'Orchestre Symphonie Montreal; L'Orchestra Symphonie Montreal)

nominees

Mozart: Don Giovanni (Album)

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Julian Clarkson, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, John Eliot Gardiner, Rodney Gilfry, Eirian James, Charlotte Margiono, Luba Orgonasova, Christoph Pregardien & Andrea Silvestrelli; Karl-August Naegler, producer (Monteverdi Chorus; English Baroque Soloists)

Label: Archiv Produktion

Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito (Album)

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Cecilia Bartoli, Barbara Bonney, Gilles Cachemaille, Uwe Heilmann, Christopher Hogwood, Della Jones & Diana Montague; Christopher Sayers, Morten Winding & Michael Woolcock, producers (Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus; Academy Of Ancient Music)

Label: L'oiseau - Lyre

Rossini: Tancredi (Album)

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Anna Maria di Micco, Sumi Jo, Lucretia Lendi, Stanford Olsen, Ewa Podles, Pietro Spagnoli & Alberto Zedda; Gunter Appenheimer, producer (Capella Brugensis Chorus; Collegium Instrumentale Brugense)

Label: Naxos

Borodin: Prince Igor (Album)

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Olga Borodina, Nikolai Gassiev, Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Gegam Gregoriam & Mikhail Kit; Anna Barry, producer (Kirov Opera Chorus; Kirov Orchestra St. Petersburg)

Label: Philips Classics

37th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1994)

winner

Floyd: Susannah

Kenn Chester, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey & Cheryl Studer; Kent Nagano, conductor; Martin Sauer, producer (Chorus Of Opera De Lyon; Orchestre Of Opera De Lyon)

nominees

Busoni: Arlecchini And Turandot (Album)

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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 (Orchestre Of Opera De Lyon)

Label: Virgin Classics

Rossini: Semiramide (Album)

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Jennifer Larmore, Frank Lopardo, Ion Marin, Ion Maron, Samuel Ramey & Cheryl Studer; Arend Prohmann, producer (Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk (Album)

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Myung-Whun Chung, Maria Ewing, Aage Haugland, Anatoly Kotcherga, Philip Langridge, Sergei Larin, Kurt Moll, Elena Zaremba & Heinz Zednik; Lennart Dehn, producer (Choeurs De L'Opera Bastille; Orchestre de L'Opera Bastille)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg (Album)

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Ben Heppner, Cornelia Kallisch, Siegfried Lorenz, Kurt Moll, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Cheryl Studer, Deon Van Der Walt & Bernd Weikl; Wilhelm Meister, producer (Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra)

Label: Emi Classics

36th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1993)

winner

Handel: Semele

John Aler, Kathleen Battle, Michael Chance, Mark S. Doss, Marilyn Horne, Neil Mackie, Sylvia McNair & Samuel Ramey; John Nelson, conductor; Steven Paul, producer (Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra)

nominees

Gluck: Iphigenie En Tauride

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Thomas Allen, Sylvie Brunet, Riccardo Muti, Giorgio Surian, Carol Vaness & Gosta Winbergh; David Mottley, producer (La Scala Theatre Chorus (Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala); La Scala Theatre Orchestra (Orch. Del Teatro Alla Scala))

Label: Sony Classical

Prokofiev: War And Peace

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Olga Borodina, Vassily Gerelo, Alexandr Gergalov, Valery Gergiev, Gegam Gregoriam, Yuri Marusin, Nikolai Okhotnikov & Yelena Prokina; Erik Smith, producer (Kirov Opera Chorus; Kirov Orchestra St. Petersburg)

Label: Philips Classics

Adams: The Death Of Klinghoffer (Album)

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Stephanie Friedman, Thomas Hammons, James Maddalena, Sheila Nadler, Kent Nagano & Sanford Sylvan; John McClure, producer (Orchestre Of Opera De Lyon)

Label: Elektra Nonesuch

Britten: Gloriana

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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 (Welsh National Opera Chorus; Welsh National Opera Orchestra)

Label: Argo

35th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1992)

winner

R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten

Hildegard Behrens, Placido Domingo, Sumi Jo, Reinhild Runkel, Jose Van Dam & Julia Varady; Georg Solti, conductor; Christopher Raeburn, Stephen Trainor & Morten Winding, producers (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

nominees

Handel: Giulio Cesare

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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 (Concerto Koln)

Label: Harmonia Mundi

Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen

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Thomas Allen, Gwyne Howell, Diana Montague, Simon Rattle, Robert Tear & Lillian Watson; David Murray, producer (Royal Opera House Orchestra - Covent Garden)

Label: Emi Classics

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (The Queen Of Spades)

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Vladimir Atlantov, Katherine Ciesinski, Maureen Forrester, Mirella Freni, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Sergei Leiferkus & Seiji Ozawa; Jay David Saks, producer (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Label: RCA Victor Red Seal

Wagner: Siegfried

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Kathleen Battle, Hildegard Behrens, Reiner Goldberg, James Levine, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Birgitta Svenden, Ekkehard Wlaschiha & Heinz Zednik; Cord Garben, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

34th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1991)

winner

Wagner: Gotterdammerung

Hildegard Behrens, Reiner Goldberg, Matti Salminen, Hanna Schwarz, Cheryl Studer, Bernd Weikl & Ekkehard Wlaschiha; James Levine, conductor; Cord Garben, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

nominees

Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (Album)

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Claudio Abbado, Vladimir Atlantov, Paata Burchuladze, Aage Haugland, Anatoly Kotcherga, Marjana Lipovsek & Vladimir Popov; Christopher Alder, producer (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)

Label: Dg

Schubert: Fierrabras (Album)

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Claudio Abbado, Robert Gambill, Thomas Hampson, Robert Holl, Karita Mattila, Laszlo Polgar, Josef Protschka & Cheryl Studer; Christopher Alder, producer (Chamber Orchesta Of Europe)

Label: Dg

Strauss: Elektra (Album)

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Marjana Lipovsek, Eva Marton, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Cheryl Studer, Bernd Weikl & Hermann Winkler; Wilhelm Meister, producer (Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Orchestra)

Label: Angel/Emi Classics

Debussy Pelleas Et Melisande (Album)

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Collette Alliot-Lugaz, Gilles Cachemaille, Claudine Carlson, Charles Dutoit, Francois Golfier, Didier Henry & Pierre Thau; Raymond Minshull, producer (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)

Label: London

Mozart: Idomeneo (Album)

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John Eliot Gardiner, Hillevi Martinpelto, Sylvia McNair, Nigel Robson, Anthony Rolf-Johnson & Anne Sofie von Otter; Karl-August Naegler, producer (English Baroque Soloists)

Label: Archiv

33rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1990)

winner

Wagner: Das Rheingold

Siegfried Jerusalem, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jan Hendrik Rootering, Ekkehard Wlaschiha & Heinz Zednik; James Levine, conductor; Cord Garben, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

nominees

Moussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Album)

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Nicolai Gedda, Paul Plishka, Ruggero Raimondi, Kenneth Riegel, Mstislav Rostropovich, Romauld Tesarowicz & Galina Vichnievskaia; Michel Garcin, producer (National Symphony Orchestra)

Label: Erato

Prokofiev: The Love For Three Oranges (Album)

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Gabriel Bacquir, Jules Bastin, Catherine Dubosc, Georges Gautier, Kent Nagano & Jean-Luc Viala; Arend Prohmann, producer (Lyon Opera Chorus; Orchestra De Lyon)

Label: Virgin Classics

Verdi: Attila (Album)

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Ernesto Gavazzi, Riccardo Muti, Samuel Ramey, Neil Shicoff, Cheryl Studer, Giorgio Surian & Giorgio Zancanaro; David Groves, producer (Milano Teatro Alla Scala Chorus; Milano Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Weill: The Threepenny Opera (Album)

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Mario Adorf, Helga Dernesch, Rene Kollo, Ute Lemper, John Mauceri & Milua; Michael Haas, producer (Berlin RIAS Sinfonietta (RIAS Sinfonietta Berlin))

Label: London

32nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1989)

winner

Wagner: Die Walkuere

Hildegard Behrens, Gary Lakes, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris & Jessye Norman; James Levine, conductor; Cord Garben, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

nominees

Gershwin: Porgy And Bess (Album)

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Gregg Baker, Harolyn Blackwell, Cynthia Clarey, Damon Evans, Cynthia Haymon, Bruce Hubbard, Simon Rattle & Willard White; David R. Murray, producer (London Philharmonic)

Label: Angel

R. Strauss: Elektra (Album)

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Hildegard Behrens, Jorma Hynninen, Christa Ludwig, Seiji Ozawa, Nadine Secunde & Ragnar Ulfung; Wilhelm Hellweg, producer (Tanglewood Chorus; Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Label: Philips

Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin (Album)

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Thomas Allen, Paata Burchuladze, Mirella Freni, Rosemarie Lang, James Levine, Neil Shicoff & Anne Sofie von Otter; Cord Garben, producer (Dresden State Orchestra)

Label: Dg

Berg: Wozzeck (Album)

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Claudio Abbado, Hildegard Behrens, Franz Grundheber, Aage Haugland, Philip Langridge, Walter Raffeiner & Heinz Zednik; Christopher Alder & Werner Mayer, producers (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: Dg

31st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1988)

winner

Wagner: Lohengrin

Placido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Siegmund Nimsgern, Jessye Norman, Eva Randova & Hans Sotin; Georg Solti, conductor; Christopher Raeburn, producer (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)

nominees

Adams: Nixon In China (Album)

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Edo De Waart, John Duykers, Thomas Hammons, James Maddalena, Carolann Page & Sanford Sylvan; Wilhelm Hellweg, producer (Orchestra Of St. Luke's)

Label: Elektra Nonesuch

Bellini: Norma (Album)

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Richard Bonynge, Montserrat Caballe, Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey & Joan Sutherland; Andrew Cornall, producer (Welsh National Opera Chorus; Welsh National Opera Orchestra)

Label: London

Bernstein/Wadsworth: A Quiet Place (Album)

–

Leonard Bernstein, John Brandstetter, Peter Kazaras, Jean Kraft, Chester Ludgin, Beverly Morgan & Wendy White; Hans Weber, producer (Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Label: Dg

Mozart: Idomeneo (Album)

–

Agnes Baltsa, Edita Gruberova, Leo Nucci, Luciano Pavarotti, Lucia Popp & John Pritchard; Christopher Raeburn, producer (Vienna Philharmonic Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: London

Puccini: La Boheme (Album)

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Leonard Bernstein, Barbara Daniels, Jerry Hadley, Thomas Hampson & Angelina Reaux; Hans Weber, producer (Chorus Of Santa Cecilia; Orchestra Of Santa Cecilia)

Label: Dg

30th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1987)

winner

R. Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos

Agnes Baltsa, Kathleen Battle, Gary Lakes, Hermann Prey & Anna Tomowa-Sintow; James Levine, conductor; Cord Garben, producer (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

nominees

Mozart: The Marriage Of Figaro (Album)

–

Thomas Allen, Kathleen Battle, Jorma Hynninen, Ann Murray, Riccardo Muti, Margaret Price & Kurt Rydl; James Mallinson, producer (Vienna Philharmonic Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Verdi: Macbeth (Album)

–

Antonio Barasorda, Riccardo Chailly, Veriano Luchetti, Leo Nucci, Samuel Ramey & Shirley Verrett; Andrew Cornall, producer (Bologna Coro Del Teatro Comunale; Bologna Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale)

Label: London

Mozart: Don Giovanni (Album)

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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 (Berlin Philharmonic Chorus; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: Dg

Mozart: The Abduction From The Seraglio (Album)

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Kathleen Battle, Edita Gruberova, Georg Solti, Martti Talvela, Gosta Winbergh & Heinz Zednik; Christopher Raeburn, producer (Vienna Philharmonic Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: London

29th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1986)

winner

Bernstein: Candide

James Billings, Joyce Castle, Maris Clement, David Eisler, Jack Harrold, John Lankston, Erie Mills & Scott Reeve; John Mauceri, conductor; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (New York City Opera Orchestra)

nominees

Mozart: The Marriage Of Figaro (Album)

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Aldo Baldin, Agnes Baltsa, Barbara Hendricks, Robert Lloyd, Neville Marriner, Felicity Palmer, Lucia Popp, Ruggero Raimondi & Jose Van Dam; Erik Smith, producer (Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields)

Label: Philips Classics

Verdi: Don Carlos (Album)

–

Claudio Abbado, Placido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Leo Nucci, Ruggero Raimondi, Katia Ricciarelli & Lucia Valentini Terrani; Rainer Brock, producer (La Scala Opera Chorus; La Scala Opera Orchestra)

Label: Dg

Verdi: Otello (Album)

–

Justino Diaz, Placido Domingo, Lorin Maazel & Katia Ricciarelli; David Groves & James Mallinson, producers (La Scala Opera Chorus; La Scala Opera Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera (The Masked Ball) (Album)

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Kathleen Battle, Renato Bruson, Christa Ludwig, Luciano Pavarotti, Margaret Price & Georg Solti; Christopher Raeburn, producer (National Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: London

28th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1985)

winner

Schoenberg: Moses Und Aron

Philip Langridge & Franz Mazura; Georg Solti, conductor; James Mallinson, producer (Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

nominees

Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Album)

–

Renato Bruson, Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Robert Gambill, Kurt Rydl & Giuseppe Sinopoli; Wolfgang Stengel, producer (Royal Opera House Chorus Of Covent Garden; Philharmonia Orchestra)

Label: Dg

Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Album)

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Riccardo Chailly, Stafford Dean, John Dobson, Philip Langridge, Cathryn Pope, Samuel Ramey & Sarah Walker; Andrew Cornall, producer (London Sinfonietta Chorus; London Sinfonietta Orchestra)

Label: London

Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman) (Album)

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Peter Hofmann, Kurt Moll, Jose Van Dam, Dunja Vejzovic & Herbert von Karajan; Michel Glotz, producer (Vienna State Opera Chorus; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Leoncavallo: Il Pagliacci (Original Soundtrack) (Album)

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Florindo Andreolli, Placido Domingo, Juan Pons, Georges Pretre, Alberto Rinaldi & Teresa Stratas; Rudolph Werner, producer (Milano Teatro Alla Scala Chorus; Milano Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra)

Label: Philips/Polygram Classics

27th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1984)

winner

Bizet: Carmen

Placido Domingo, Faith Esham, Julia Migenes & Ruggero Raimondi; Lorin Maazel, conductor; Michel Glotz, producer (Choeurs Et Maitrise De Radio France; Orchestre National De France)

nominees

Britten: The Turn Of The Screw (Album)

–

Colin Davis, Helen Donath, Heather Harper & Robert Tear; Erik Smith, producer (Royal Opera House Orchestra - Covent Garden)

Label: Philips

Janácek: Jenufa

–

Peter Dvorsky, Charles Mackerras, Wieslav Ochman, Eva Randova & Elisabeth Soderstrom; James Mallinson, producer (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: London

Mozart: Don Giovanni (Album)

–

Thomas Allen, Maria Ewing, Elizabeth Gale, Bernard Haitink, Keith Lewis, John Rawnsley, Richard Van Allan & Carol Vaness; John Fraser & Dimitri Kavrakos, producers (Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic)

Label: Angel

Verdi: Ernani (Album)

–

Renato Bruson, Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov & Riccardo Muti; John Mordler, producer (La Scala Theatre Chorus (Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala); La Scala Theatre Orchestra (Orch. Del Teatro Alla Scala))

Label: Angel

26th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1983)

winner

Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro

Thomas Allen, Kurt Moll, Lucia Popp, Samuel Ramey, Kiri Te Kanawa & Frederica von Stade; Georg Solti, conductor; Christopher Raeburn, producer (London Philharmonic)

winner

Verdi: La Traviata

Placido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil & Teresa Stratas; James Levine, conductor; Jay David Saks & Max Wilcox, producers (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

nominees

Verdi: Aida (Album)

–

Claudio Abbado, Placido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Leo Nucci, Elena Obraztsova, Ruggero Raimondi & Katia Ricciarelli; Rainer Brock, producer (La Scala Opera Chorus; La Scala Opera Orchestra)

Label: Dg

Verdi: Falstaff (Album)

–

Brenda Boozer, Renato Bruson, Carlo Maria Giulini, Dalmacio Gonzalez, Barbara Hendricks, Leo Nucci, Katia Ricciarelli & Lucia Valentini Terrani; Gunther Breest & Renate Kupfer, producers (Los Angeles Master Chorale; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: Dg

Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde (Album)

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Hildegard Behrens, Leonard Bernstein, Brigitte Fassbaender, Peter Hofmann, Carlos Kleiber, Rene Kollo, Yvonne Minton, Kurt Moll, Margaret Price, Hans Sotin & Bernd Weikl; Hans Hirsch, John McClure & Erik Smith, producers (Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Label: Philips

25th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1982)

winner

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen

Jeannine Altmeyer, Hermann Becht, Peter Hofmann, Siegfried Jerusalem, Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jung, Donald McIntyre, Matti Salminen, Ortrun Wenkel & Heinz Zednik; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Andrew Kazdin, producer (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra)

nominees

Faure: Penelope (Album)

–

Charles Dutoit, Philippe Huttenlocher, Jessye Norman & Alain Vanzo; Michel Garcin, producer (Orchestre Philharmonique)

Label: Erato

Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen

–

Dalibor Jedlicka, Charles Mackerras, Lucia Popp & Eva Randova; James Mallinson, producer (Vienna Philharmonic)

Label: London

Puccini: Tosca (Album)

–

Renato Bruson, Placido Domingo, James Levine & Renata Scotto; John Willan, producer (Philharmonia Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Puccini: Turandot (Album)

–

Piero De Palma, Placido Domingo, Barbara Hendricks, Gottfried Hornik, Ruggero Raimondi, Katia Ricciarelli & Herbert von Karajan; Gunther Breest & Michel Glotz, producers (Vienna Boys Choir & Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Weinberger: Schwanda, The Bagpiper (Album)

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Siegfried Jerusalem, Gwendolyn Killebrew, Siegmund Nimsgern, Lucia Popp, Hermann Prey & Heinz Wallberg; George Korngold, producer (Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Orchestra)

Label: Cbs

24th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1981)

winner

Janácek: From The House Of The Dead

Jiri Zahradnicek, Ivo Zidek & Vaclav Zitek; Charles Mackerras, conductor; James Mallinson, producer (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

nominees

Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'ulisse In Patria (Album)

–

Raymond Leppard, Richard Stilwell & Frederica von Stade; David Mottley, producer (Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic)

Label: Cbs

Puccini: Le Villi (Album)

–

Placido Domingo, Tito Gobbi, Lorin Maazel, Leo Nucci & Renata Scotto; Paul Myers, producer (Ambrosian Opera Chorus; National Philharmonic)

Label: Cbs Masterworks

Rossini: L'italiana In Algeri (Album)

–

Kathleen Battle, Marilyn Horne, Ernesto Palacio, Samuel Ramey & Claudio Scimone; Michel Garcin, producer (Prague Chorus; I Solisti Veneti)

Label: RCA

Wagner: Parsifal (Album)

–

Peter Hofmann, Kurt Moll, Siegmund Nimsgern, Jose Van Dam, Dunja Vejzovic, Victor von Halem & Herbert von Karajan; Gunther Breest, producer (Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: Dg

Berg: Wozzeck (Album)

–

Anja Silja, Christoph von Dohnanyi & Eberhard Waechter; Michael Haas & Christopher Raeburn, producers (Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: London

Korngold: Violanta (Album)

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Walter Berry, Ruth Hesse, Marek Jankowsky, Siegfried Jerusalem & Eva Marton; George Korngold, producer (Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Orchestra)

Label: Cbs Masterworks

23rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1980)

winner

Berg: Lulu (Complete Version)

Pierre Boulez, conductor; Gunther Breest & Michael Horwath, producers (Orchestre De L'Opera De Paris)

nominees

Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

–

Georg Solti; Christopher Raeburn, producer (London Philharmonic)

Label: London

Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande

–

Herbert von Karajan; Michel Glotz, producer (Berliner Philharmonic)

Label: Angel

Puccini: La Boheme (Album)

–

James Levine; John Mordler, producer (Ambrosian Opera Chorus; National Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Weill: Silverlake (Album)

–

Julius Rudel; Eric Salzman, producer (New York City Opera Chorus; New York City Opera Orchestra)

Label: Nonesuch

22nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1979)

winner

Britten: Peter Grimes

Colin Davis, conductor; Vittorio Negri, producer (Royal Opera House Orchestra - Covent Garden)

nominees

Verdi: Otello (Album)

–

James Levine; Richard Mohr, producer (National Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: RCA

Verdi: Rigoletto (Album)

–

Julius Rudel; John Fraser, producer (Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Hindemith: Mathis Der Maler (Album)

–

Rafael Kubelik; Friedrich Welz & John Willan, producers (Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk (Album)

–

Mstislav Rostropovich; Suvi Raj Grubb, producer (Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic)

Label: Angel

21st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1978)

winner

Lehar: The Merry Widow

Julius Rudel, conductor; John Coveney & George Sponhaltz, producers (New York City Opera Orchestra)

nominees

Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito (Album)

–

Colin Davis; Erik Smith, producer (Royal Opera House Chorus Of Covent Garden; Royal Opera House Orchestra - Covent Garden)

Label: Philips

Nielsen: Maskarade (Album)

–

John Frandsen; Peter Willemoes, producer (Danish Radio Symphony Chorus; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Label: Unicorn

Puccini: La Fanciulla Del West (Album)

–

Zubin Mehta; Gunther Breest, producer (Royal Opera House Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Shostakovich: The Nose (Album)

–

Gennady Rozhdestvensky; Severin Pazukhin, producer (Moscow Chamber Opera Chorus; Moscow Chamber Opera Orchestra)

Label: Columbia

Verdi: La Traviata (Album)

–

Carlos Kleiber; Hans Hirsch, producer (Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra)

Label: Dg

(R.) Strauss: Salome (Album)

–

Herbert von Karajan, conductor; Michel Glotz, producer (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Charpentier: Louise (Album)

–

Julius Rudel; Christopher Bishop, producer (Chorus Of Paris Opera; Orchestra Of Paris Opera)

Label: Angel

20th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1977)

winner

Gershwin: Porgy And Bess

John De Main; Thomas Z. Shepard, producer (Houston Grand Opera Orchestra)

nominees

Haydn: Orlando Paladino (Album)

–

Antal Dorati; Erik Smith, producer (Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne)

Label: Philips

Janácek: Katya Kabanova

–

Charles Mackerras; James Mallinson, producer (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: London

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Album)

–

Jerzy Semkow; David Mottley, producer (Polish National Radio Symphony Chorus; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Puccini: Tosca (Album)

–

Colin Davis; Erik Smith, producer (Royal Opera House Chorus Of Covent Garden; Royal Opera House Orchestra - Covent Garden)

Label: Philips

Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg (Album)

–

Eugen Jochum; Gunther Breest, producer (Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus; Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Wagner: The Flying Dutchman (Album)

–

Georg Solti; Raymond Minshull, producer (Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Label: London

Weill: Three Penny Opera (Album)

–

Stanley Silverman; Larry Morton, producer (New York Shakespeare Festival Orchestra)

Label: Columbia

19th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1976)

winner

Gershwin: Porgy And Bess

Lorin Maazel; Michael Woolcock, producer (Cleveland Orchestra)

nominees

Bizet: Carmen (Album)

–

Georg Solti; Christopher Raeburn, producer (London Philharmonic)

Label: London

Joplin: Treemonisha (Album)

–

Gunther Schuller; Tom Mowrey, producer (Original Cast Chorus; Original Cast Orchestra)

Label: Dg

Massenet: Thais (Album)

–

Lorin Maazel; Christopher Bishop, producer (John Choir Alldis; New Philharmonia Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Schoenberg: Moses Und Aaron (Album)

–

Pierre Boulez; Paul Myers, producer (BBC Symphony Singers & Orpheus Boys Choir; BBC Symphony Orchestra)

Label: Columbia

Verdi: Macbeth (Album)

–

Claudio Abbado; Rainer Brock, producer (La Scala Opera Chorus; La Scala Opera Orchestra)

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

18th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1975)

winner

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte

Colin Davis; Erik Smith, producer (Royal Opera House Orchestra - Covent Garden)

nominees

Rossini: The Barber Of Seville (Album)

–

James Levine; Christopher Bishop, producer (John Choir Alldis; London Symphony Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Rossini: The Siege Of Corinth (Album)

–

Thomas Schippers; John Mordler, producer (Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Schoenberg: Moses Und Aron (Album)

–

Michael Gielen; Abkauf von Orf, producer (Austrian Radio Chorus; Austrian Radio Orchestra)

Label: Philips

Vaughan Williams: Sir John In Love (Album)

–

Meredith Davies; Christopher Bishop, producer (John Choir Alldis; New Philharmonia Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Dallapiccola; Il Prigioniero (Album)

–

Antal Dorati; James Mallinson, producer (University Of Maryland Chorus; Washington D.C. National Symphony Orchestra)

Label: London

Korngold: Die Tote Stadt (Album)

–

Erich Leinsdorf; Charles Gerhardt, producer (Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Orchestra)

Label: RCA

17th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1974)

winner

Puccini: La Boheme

Georg Solti; Richard Mohr, producer (London Philharmonic)

nominees

Humperdinck: Hansel And Gretel (Album)

–

Kurt Eichhorn; Fritz Ganss & Theodor Holzinger, producers (Bavarian Radio Orchestra)

Label: RCA

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte (Album)

–

Georg Solti; Christopher Raeburn, producer (London Philharmonic)

Label: London

Mozart: Don Giovanni (Album)

–

Colin Davis; Erik Smith, producer (Royal Opera House Chorus Of Covent Garden; Royal Opera House Orchestra - Covent Garden)

Label: Philips

Pfitzner: Palestrina (Album)

–

Rafael Kubelik; Rudolph Werner, producer (Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Orchestra)

Label: Dg

Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani (Album)

–

James Levine; Richard Mohr, producer (John Choir Alldis; New Philharmonia Orchestra)

Label: RCA

Weber: Der Freischutz (Album)

–

Carlos Kleiber; Ellen Hickmann, producer (Leipzig Radio Chorus; Dresden State Orchestra)

Label: Dg

16th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1973)

winner

Bizet: Carmen

Leonard Bernstein; Tom Mowrey, producer (Manhattan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

nominees

Wagner: Parsifal (Album)

–

Georg Solti; Raymond Minshull, producer (Vienna Boys Choir & Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: London

Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde (Album)

–

Herbert von Karajan; Michel Glotz, producer (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Delius: A Village Romeo And Juliet (Album)

–

Meredith Davies; Christopher Bishop, producer (John Choir Alldis; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Puccini: Turandot (Album)

–

Zubin Mehta; Raymond Minshull, producer (John Choir Alldis & Wandsworth School Choir; London Philharmonic)

Label: London

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Album)

–

Karl Bohm; Wolfgang Lohse, producer (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra)

Label: Philips

15th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1972)

winner

Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini

Colin Davis; Erik Smith, producer (BBC Symphony Orchestra)

nominees

Britten: Owen Wingrave

–

Benjamin Britten; David Harvey, producer (English Chamber Orchestra)

Label: London

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Album)

–

Herbert von Karajan; Raymond Minshull, producer (Vienna Boys Choir & Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: London

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Album)

–

Leonard Bernstein; John Culshaw, producer (Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: Columbia

Wagner: Tannhauser (Album)

–

Georg Solti; Raymond Minshull, producer (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: London

Wagner: The Ring Of The Nibelung (Album)

–

Wilhelm Furtwangler; J.D. Bicknell & Radiotelevisione Italiana, producers (RAI Chorus; Rome Symphony Orchestra)

Label: Seraphim

14th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1971)

winner

Verdi: Aida

Erich Leinsdorf; Richard Mohr, producer (John Aldis Choir; London Symphony Orchestra)

nominees

Massenet: Manon (Album)

–

Julius Rudel; Michael Williamson, producer (Ambrosian Opera Chorus; New Philharmonia Orchestra)

Label: ABC/Audio Treas

Mozart: The Magic Flute (Album)

–

Georg Solti; Christopher Raeburn, producer (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: London

Puccini: Il Tabarro (Album)

–

Erich Leinsdorf; Richard Mohr, producer (John Choir Alldis; New Philharmonia Orchestra)

Label: RCA

Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage (Album)

–

Colin Davis; Erik Smith, producer (Royal Opera House Orchestra - Covent Garden)

Label: Philips

Verdi: Don Carlo (Album)

–

Carlo Maria Giulini; Christopher Bishop, producer (Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra - Covent Garden)

Label: Angel

Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg (Album)

–

Herbert von Karajan; R. Kinloch Anderson & Diether Gerhardt Worm, producers (Dresden State Opera Chorus & Leipzig Radio Chorus; Dresden State Opera Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Wagner: Parsifal (Album)

–

Pierre Boulez; Hans Hirsch, producer (Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra)

Label: Dg

13th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1970)

winner

Berlioz: Les Troyens

Colin Davis; Erik Smith, producer (Royal Opera House Chorus - Covent Garden; Royal Opera House Orchestra - Covent Garden)

nominees

R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Album)

–

Georg Solti; Christopher Raeburn, producer (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: London

Verdi: Il Trovatore (Album)

–

Zubin Mehta; Richard Mohr, producer (Ambrosian Opera Chorus; New Philharmonia Orchestra)

Label: RCA

Wagner: Gotterdammerung (Album)

–

Herbert von Karajan; Otto Gerdes, producer (Deutsch Opera Chorus; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: RCA

Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande (Album)

–

Pierre Boulez; Paul Myers, producer (Royal Opera House Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra)

Label: Columbia

12th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1969)

winner

Wagner: Siegfried

Herbert von Karajan; Otto Gerdes, producer (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)

nominees

Cavalli: L'Ormindo (Album)

–

Raymond Leppard; Michael Bremner, producer (Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus)

Label: Argo

Mozart: The Marriage Of Figaro (Album)

–

Karl Bohm; Gustav Rudolf Sellner, producer (Chorus Of The German Opera; Orchestra Of The German Opera)

Label: Dg

Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos (Album)

–

Rudolf Kempe; R. Kinloch Anderson & Eberhard Geiler, producers (Dresden State Opera Orchestra)

Label: Angel

Strauss: Salome (Album)

–

Erich Leinsdorf; Richard Mohr, producer (London Symphony Orchestra)

Label: RCA

Verdi: La Traviata (Album)

–

Lorin Maazel; John Mordler, producer (Deutsche Opera - Berlin Chorus; Deutsche Opera - Berlin, Orchestra)

Label: London

Verdi: Otello (Album)

–

John Barbirolli; R. Kinloch Anderson, producer (New Philharmonia Chorus; New Philharmonia Orchestra)

Label: Angel

11th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1968)

winner

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte

Erich Leinsdorf; Richard Mohr, producer (New Philharmonia Orchestra)

nominees

R. Strauss: Elektra (Album)

–

Georg Solti; John Culshaw, producer (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Label: London

Wagner: Das Rheingold (Album)

–

Herbert Von Karajan; Otto Gerdes, producer (Berliner Philharmonic)

Label: Dg

Berg: Lulu (Album)

–

Karl Bohm; Hans Hirsch, producer (Orchestra Of The German Opera-Berlin)

Label: Dg

Ginastera: Bomarzo (Album)

–

Julius Rudel; Thomas Z. Shepard, producer (Washington Opera Society)

Label: Columbia

10th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1967)

winner

Berg: Wozzeck

Pierre Boulez; Thomas Z. Shepard, producer (Choeur Nationale De Paris; National Opera Orchestra Of Paris)

nominees

Handel: Julius Caesar (Album)

–

Julius Rudel; Peter Dellheim, producer (New York City Opera Chorus; New York City Opera Orchestra)

Label: RCA Red Seal

Puccini: La Rondine (Album)

–

Francesco Molinari-Pradelli;