Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

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

YearConductorProducer 
2009James ConlonFred Vogler 
2008Sir Charles MackerrasBrian Couzens 
2007Robert SpanoSid McLauchlan 
2006Sir Colin DavisJames Mallinson 
2005René JacobsMartin Sauer 
2004Bernard HaitinkWolfram Graul 
2003Daniel BarenboimChristoph Classen 
2002Colin DavisJames Mallinson 
2001Kent NaganoMartin Sauer 
2000John Eliot GardinerNicholas Parker 
1999Pierre Boulez- 
1998Georg SoltiMichael Woolcock 
1997Richard HickoxBrian Couzens 
1996Charles DutoitRaymond Minshull 
1995Kent NaganoMartin Sauer 
1994John NelsonSteven Paul 
1993Georg SoltiMorten Winding 
1992James LevineCord Garben 
1991James LevineCord Garben 
1990James LevineCord Garben 
1989Georg SoltiChristopher Raeburn 
1988James LevineCord Garben 
1987John MauceriElizabeth Ostrow 
1986Georg SoltiJames Mallinson 
1985Lorin MaazelMichel Glotz 
1984Georg SoltiChristopher Raeburn 
1983Pierre BoulezAndrew Kazdin 
1982Charles MackerrasJames Mallinson 
1981Pierre BoulezMichael Horwath 
1980Colin DavisVittorio Negri 
1979Julius RudelJohn Coveney 
1978John De MainThomas Z. Shepard 
1977Lorin MaazelMichael Woolcock 
1976Colin DavisErik Smith 
1975Georg SoltiRichard Mohr 
1974Leonard BernsteinTom Mowrey 
1973Colin DavisErik Smith 
1972Erich LeinsdorfRichard Mohr 
1971Colin DavisErik Smith 
1970Herbert von KarajanOtto Gerdes 
1969Erich LeinsdorfRichard Mohr 
1968Pierre BoulezThomas Z. Shepard 
1967Georg Solti- 
1966George Bragg- 
1965Karl Böhm- 
1964Herbert von Karajan- 
1963Erich Leinsdorf- 
1962Gabriele Santini- 
1961Erich Leinsdorf- 
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