GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Opera Recording

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

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Lorin Maazel; Michael Woolcock, producer (Cleveland Orchestra)

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

Georg Solti; Richard Mohr, producer (London Philharmonic)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Georg Solti (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Karl Bohm (German Opera Chorus; German Opera Orchestra)

Herbert von Karajan (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Erich Leinsdorf (RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra)

Georg Solti (Rome Opera House Orchestra)

Gabriele Santini (Rome Opera Orchestra)

Erich Leinsdorf (Rome Opera Orchestra)