Year[I]
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Recipient(s)
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Work
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Performing artist(s)
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Nominees
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Ref.
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1961
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Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Birgit Nilsson, Giorgio Tozzi, Jussi Björling, Renata Tebaldi
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Puccini: Turandot
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Rome Opera Orchestra
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[2]
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1962
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Gabriele Santini (conductor), Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
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Rome Opera Orchestra
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[3]
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1963
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Georg Solti (conductor), Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price, Giorgio Tozzi, Jon Vickers
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Verdi: Aida
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Rome Opera House Orchestra
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[4]
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1964
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Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Rosalind Elias, Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
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RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
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[5]
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1965
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Herbert von Karajan (conductor) Franco Corelli, Mirella Freni, Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price
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Bizet: Carmen
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Vienna Philharmonic
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[6]
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1966
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Karl Böhm (conductor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Evelyn Lear, Fritz Wunderlich
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Berg: Wozzeck
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German Opera Orchestra and Chorus
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[7]
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1967
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Georg Solti (conductor), Régine Crespin, Hans Hotter, James King, Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson
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Wagner: Die Walküre
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Vienna Philharmonic
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[8]
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1968
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Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry, Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl
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Berg: Wozzeck
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Paris National Opera Orchestra and Chorus
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- Karl Böhm, conductor; Otto Gerdes & Hans Hirsch, producers – Wagner: Tristan and Isolde "Live" (Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Bayreuth Festival Orchestra)
- Herbert von Karajan, conductor; Otto Gerdes, producer – Wagner: Die Walkure (Berlin 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 (Rome Opera Chorus and Rome Opera Orchestra)
- Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor; Richard Mohr, producer – Puccini: La rondine (RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra)
- Julius Rudel, conductor; Peter Dellheim, producer – Handel: Julius Caesar (New York City Opera Chorus Orchestra)
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[9]
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1969
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Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Ezio Flagello, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price, Judith Raskin, George Shirley, Tatiana Troyanos
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Mozart: Così fan tutte
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New Philharmonia Orchestra
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[10]
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1970
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Otto Gerdes (producer); Herbert von Karajan (conductor); Helga Dernesch, Gerhard Stolze, Jess Thomas
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Wagner: Siegfried
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Berlin Philharmonic
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- 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 Figaro (Chorus and Orchestra of the German Opera)
- Raymond Leppard, conductor; Michael Bremner, producer – Cavalli: L'Ormindo (Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus)
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[11]
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1971
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Erik Smith (producer); Colin Davis (conductor)
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
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Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus
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[12]
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1972
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Richard Mohr (producer); Erich Leinsdorf (conductor); Grace Bumbry, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price, Ruggero Raimondi
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Verdi: Aida
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John Aldis Choir and London Symphony Orchestra
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- Pierre Boulez, conductor; Hans Hirsch, producer – Wagner: Parsifal (Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra)
- Herbert von Karajan, conductor; R. Kinloch Anderson & Diether Gerhardt Worm, producers – Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg (Dresden State Opera Chorus, Leipzig Radio Chorus and Dresden 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 Flute (Vienna Philharmonic)
- Julius Rudel, conductor; Michael Williamson, producer – Massenet: Manon (Ambrosian Opera Chorus and New Philharmonia Orchestra)
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[13]
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1973
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Erik Smith (producer); Colin Davis (conductor)
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Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
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BBC Symphony Orchestra
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- Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor; J. D. Bicknell & Radiotelevisione Italiana, producers – Wagner: The Ring of the Nibelung (RAI Chorus and Rome Symphony Orchestra)
- Georg Solti, conductor; Raymond Minshull, producer – Wagner: Tannhauser (Vienna 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)
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[14]
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1974
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Tom Mowrey (producer); Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Marilyn Horne, Tom Krause, Adriana Maliponte, James McCracken
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Bizet: Carmen
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Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
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- Herbert von Karajan, conductor; Michel Glotz, producer – Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde (Berlin Philharmonic)
- Georg Solti, conductor; Raymond Minshull, producer – Wagner: Parsifal (Vienna Boys Choir & Vienna State Opera Chorus and Vienna Philharmonic)
- Karl Böhm, conductor; Wolfgang Lohse, producer – Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra)
- Zubin 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)
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[15]
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1975
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Richard Mohr (producer); Georg Solti (conductor), Judith Blegen, Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi
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Puccini: La bohème
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London Philharmonic Orchestra
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- 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 Giovanni (Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra of Covent Garden)
- Georg Solti, conductor; Christopher Raeburn, producer – Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte (London Philharmonic)
- Kurt Eichhorn, conductor; Fritz Ganss & Theodor Holzinger, producers – Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel (Bavarian Radio Orchestra)
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[16]
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1976
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Erik Smith (producer); Colin Davis (conductor), Richard Van Allan, Janet Baker, Montserrat Caballé, Ileana Cotrubaș, Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Nicolai Gedda
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Mozart: Così fan tutte
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Royal Opera House Orchestra
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- 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)
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[17]
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1977
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Michael Woolcock (producer); Lorin Maazel (conductor), Leona Mitchell, Willard White
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
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Cleveland Orchestra
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- 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)
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[18]
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1978
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Thomas Z. Shepard (producer); John DeMain (conductor), Donnie Ray Albert, Carol Brice, Clamma Dale
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
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Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
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- Stanley Silverman, conductor; Larry Morton, producer – Weill: Three Penny Opera (New York Shakespeare Festival Orchestra)
- Georg Solti, conductor; Raymond Minshull, producer – Wagner: The Flying Dutchman (Chicago Symphony Chorus and Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
- Eugen Jochum, conductor; Gunther Breest, producer – Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg (Deutsche 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 Kabanova (Vienna Philharmonic)
- Antal Doráti, conductor; Erik Smith, producer – Haydn: Orlando Paladino (Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne)
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[19]
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1979
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George Sponhaltz, John Coveney (producers); Julius Rudel (conductor), Beverly Sills, Alan Titus
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Lehár: The Merry Widow
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New York City Opera Orchestra
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- 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 Tito (Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra)
- Julius Rudel, conductor; Christopher Bishop, producer – Charpentier: Louise (Chorus and Orchestra of Paris Opera)
- Herbert von Karajan, conductor; Michel Glotz, producer – R. Strauss: Salome (Berlin Philharmonic)
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[20]
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1980
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Vittorio Negri (producer); Colin Davis (conductor), Heather Harper, Jonathan Summers, Jon Vickers
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Britten: Peter Grimes
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Royal Opera House Orchestra
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[21]
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1981
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Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath (producers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Toni Blankenheim, Franz Mazura, Hanna Schwarz, Yvonne Minton, Teresa Stratas
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Berg: Lulu
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Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris
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[22]
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1982
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James Mallinson (producer), Charles Mackerras (conductor), Jiri Zahradnicek, Ivo Žídek, Václav Zítek (soloists)
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Janáček: From the House of the Dead
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Vienna Philharmonic
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- Peter Hofmann, Kurt Moll, Siegmund Nimsgern, José van Dam, Dunja Vejzović, Victor von Halem, soloists; Herbert von Karajan, conductor; Gunther Breest, producer – Wagner: Parsifal (Deutsche 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 Patria (Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus; London 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 State Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic)
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[23]
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1983
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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)
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
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Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
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- 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 (Vienna Philharmonic)
- Philippe Huttenlocher, Jessye Norman, Alain Vanzo, soloists; Charles Dutoit, conductor; Michel Garcin, producer – Faure: Penelope (Orchestre Philharmonique)
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[24]
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1984
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- 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 Isolde (Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra)
- Brenda 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)
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[25][26]
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1985
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Michel Glotz (producer), Lorin Maazel (conductor), Julia Migenes-Johnson, Plácido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi, Faith Esham
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Bizet: Carmen
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Choeurs Et Maitrise De Radio France; Orchestre National de France
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- 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 Giovanni (Glyndebourne Chorus; London 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)
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[27]
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1986
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James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Philip Langridge, Franz Mazura
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Schoenberg: Moses und Aron
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
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- Peter Hofmann, Kurt Moll, José van Dam, Dunja Vejzović & Herbert von Karajan; Michel Glotz, producer – Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman) (Vienna State Opera Chorus; 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: Il Pagliacci (Milano Teatro Alla Scala Chorus; Milano Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra)
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[28]
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1987
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Elizabeth Ostrow (producer), John Mauceri (conductor), James Billings, Joyce Castle, Maris Clement, David Eisler, Jack Harrold, John Lankston, Erie Mills, Scott Reeve
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Bernstein: Candide
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New York City Opera Orchestra
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- 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 (Academy of St. Martin-In-The-Fields)
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[29]
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1988
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Cord Garben (producer), James Levine (conductor), Agnes Baltsa, Kathleen Battle, Gary Lakes, Hermann Prey, Anna Tomowa-Sintow
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R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
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Vienna Philharmonic
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- 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 Figaro (Vienna Philharmonic Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic)
- Kathleen Battle, Edita Gruberova, Georg Solti, Martti Talvela, Gosta Winbergh & Heinz Zednik; Christopher Raeburn, producer – Mozart: The Abduction from The Seraglio (Vienna Philharmonic Chorus; Vienna 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 Giovanni (Berlin Philharmonic Chorus; Berlin Philharmonic)
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[30]
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1989
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Christopher Raeburn (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Plácido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Siegmund Nimsgern, Jessye Norman, Eva Randova, Hans Sotin
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Wagner: Lohengrin
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Vienna State Opera Orchestra
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- 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: Idomeneo (Vienna Philharmonic Chorus; Vienna 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)
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[31]
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1990
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Cord Garben (producer), James Levine (conductor), Hildegard Behrens, Gary Lakes, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jessye Norman, Marilyn Mims
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Wagner: Die Walküre
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Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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- 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)
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[32]
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1991
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Cord Garben (producer), James Levine (conductor), Siegfried Jerusalem, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jan Hendrik Rootering, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Heinz Zednik
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
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Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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- 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 – Moussorgsky: Boris Godunov (National Symphony Orchestra)
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[33]
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1992
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Cord Garben (producer), James Levine (conductor), Hildegard Behrens, Reiner Goldberg, Matti Salminen, Hanna Schwarz, Cheryl Studer, Bernd Weikl, Ekkehard Wlaschiha
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
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Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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- 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 Orchesta 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: Idomeneo (English 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)
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[34]
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1993
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Christopher Raeburn, Stephen Trainor, Morten Winding (producers), Georg Solti (conductor), Hildegard Behrens, José van Dam, Plácido Domingo, Sumi Jo, Reinhild Runkel, Júlia Várady
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R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
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Vienna Philharmonic
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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 – Wagner: Siegfried (Metropolitan 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 (Royal Opera House Orchestra – Covent Garden)
- 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 (Concerto Koln)
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[35]
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1994
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Steven Paul (producer), John Nelson (conductor), John Aler, Kathleen Battle, Michael Chance, Mark S. Doss, Marilyn Horne, Neil Mackie, Sylvia McNair, Samuel Ramey
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Handel: Semele
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Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the English Chamber Orchestra
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- Olga Borodina, Vassily Gerelo, Alxandr Gergalov, Valery Gergiev, Gegam Gregoriam, Yuri Marusin, Nikolai Okhotnikov & 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)
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[36]
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1995
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Martin Sauer (producer), Kent Nagano (conductor), Kenn Chester, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Cheryl Studer
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Floyd: Susannah
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Orchestre of Opéra de Lyon and Chorus
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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 – Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg (Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra)
- Myung-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, Ion Maron, 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: Arlecchini and Turandot (Orchestre of Opera De Lyon)
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[37]
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1996
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Raymond Minshull (producer), Charles Dutoit (conductor), Gary Lakes, Françoise Pollet, Gino Quilico, Deborah Voigt
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
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L'Orchestra Symphonie Montreal and Chorus
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- 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 Tito (Academy of Ancient Music Chorus; Academy 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 Giovanni (Monteverdi 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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[38]
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1997
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Brian Couzens (producer), Richard Hickox (conductor), Philip Langridge, Alan Opie, Janice Watson
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Britten: Peter Grimes
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London Symphony Chorus and the City of London Sinfonia
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- 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)
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[39]
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1998
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Michael Woolcock (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), José van Dam, Ben Heppner, Herbert Lippert, Karita Mattila, Alan Opie, René Pape, Iris Vermillion
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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- 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 Giovanni (London Voices; London 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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[40]
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1999
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Pierre Boulez (conductor), Jessye Norman, László Polgár
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Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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- 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)
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[41]
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2000
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Nicholas Parker (producer), John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Ian Bostridge, Anne Sofie von Otter, Bryn Terfel, Deborah York
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Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
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Monteverdi Choir and London Symphony Orchestra
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- 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)
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[42]
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2001
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Martin Sauer (producer), Jean Chatauret (engineer), Kent Nagano (conductor), Kim Begley, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich Henschel, Markus Hollop, Eva Jenis, Torsten Kerl
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Busoni: Doktor Faust
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Orchestre de l'Opera Nationale de Lyon
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- 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)
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[43]
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2002
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James Mallinson (producer), Simon Rhodes (engineer), Colin Davis (conductor), Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
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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: Sárka (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra)
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[44]
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2003
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Christoph Classen (producer), Eberhard Sengpiel, Tobias Lehmann (engineers), Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Jane Eaglen, Thomas Hampson, Waltraud Meier, René Pape, Peter Seiffert
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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: Idomeneo (Scottish Chamber Orchestra)
- Richard Croft, David Daniels, Lynne Dawson, Gidon Saks & Anne Sofie von Otter; Marc Minkowski, conductor; Michel Gache & Arend Prohmann, producers – Handel: Hercules (Chorus des Musiciens du Louvre)
- Paul 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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[45]
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2004
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Wolfram Graul (producer), Bernard Haitink (conductor), Jerry Hadley, Karita Mattila, Eva Randová, Anja Silja, Jorma Silvasti
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Janáček: Jenůfa
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Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Chorus
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- 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)
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[46]
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2005
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Martin Sauer (producer), René Jacobs (conductor), Patrizia Ciofi, Véronique Gens, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Lorenzo Regazzo
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
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Concerto Köln
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- 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 (European Voices; Le Concert D'Astrée)
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[47]
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2006
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Sir Colin Davis (conductor); Carlos Alvarez, Bülent Bezdüz, Marina Domashenko, Jane Henschel, Ana Ibarra, Maria Josè Moreno, Michele Pertusi; James Mallinson (producer)
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Verdi: Falstaff
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London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra
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- 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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[48]
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2007
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Robert Spano (conductor); Kelley O'Connor, Jessica Rivera, Dawn Upshaw; Valérie Gross and Sid McLauchlan (producers)
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Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears
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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 Tito (RIAS Kammerchor; Freiburger 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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[49]
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2008
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Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor); Brian Couzens (producer); Jane Henschel, Jennifer Larmore, Rebecca Evans (soloists); Ralph Couzens, engineer,
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Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
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New London Children's Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra
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- 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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[50]
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2009
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James Conlon (conductor); Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler (producer); Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich, Robert Wörle
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Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
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Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; Los Angeles Opera Chorus
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- 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'Orfeo (Concerto Italiano)
- Paul 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)
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[51]
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2010
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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)
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Britten: Billy Budd
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(London Symphony Orchestra; Gentlemen of The London Symphony Chorus
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- 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)
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[52]
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2011
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Kent Nagano (conductor); Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina, Marie-Ange Todorovitch; Martin Sauer, producer
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Kaija Saariaho: L'Amour de loin
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Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Rundfunkchor Berlin
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- 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 (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House)
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[53]
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2012
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Alan Gilbert, conductor; Jay David Saks, producer; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens, soloists
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Adams: Doctor Atomic
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Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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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 – 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)
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[54]
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2013
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James Levine and Fabio Luisi (conductors), Hans-Peter König, Jay Hunter Morris, Bryn Terfel, Deborah Voigt (soloists), Jay David Saks (producer)
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
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The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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- Michael Boder (conductor), Paul Groves, Ashley Holland, Julia Juon, Patricia Petibon (soloists), Johannes Müller (producer) – Berg: Lulu (Symphony Orchestra Of The Gran Teatre Del Liceu)
- 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)
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[55]
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2014
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Thomas Adès (conductor); Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna, William Burden, Alan Oke (soloists); Jay David Saks (producer)
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Adès: The Tempest
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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 Bathsheba (Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Vocal Ensemble; Trondheim 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 (Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper; Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper)
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[56]
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2015
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Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs (conductors); Aaron Sheehan (soloist); Siegbert Ernst, (engineer/mixer)
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Charpentier: La descente d'Orphée aux enfers
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Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble and Chamber Ensemble
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- Kenneth Kiesler (conductor); Dan Kempson, Jennifer Lane, Tamara Mumford, Julianna Di Giacomo, and Brenda Rae (soloists); Tim Handley (producer) – Milhaud: L'Orestie d'Eschyle (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)
- 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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[57]
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2016
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Seiji Ozawa (conductor); Isabel Leonard (soloist); Dominic Fyfe (producer); Jonathan Stokes (engineer)
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Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges; Shéhérazade
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SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Chorus; Saito Kinen Orchestra
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- 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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[58]
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2017
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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)
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Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles
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Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus
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2018
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Hans Graf (conductor); Anne Schwanewilms & Roman Trekel (soloists); Hans Graf & Brad Sayles (producers); Brad Sayles (engineer)
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Berg: Wozzeck
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Houston Symphony; Chorus Of Students And Alumni, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University & Houston Grand Opera Children's Chorus
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[60]
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2019
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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)
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Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
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Santa Fe Opera Orchestra
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[61]
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2020
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Gil Rose (conductor and producer); John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River & Edwin Vega (soloists); Joel Gordon & Antonio Oliart (engineers/mixers)
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Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox
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Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children's Chorus
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[62]
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2021
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David Robertson (conductor); Angel Blue & Eric Owens (soloists); David Frost (producer); John Kerswell (engineer/mixer)
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
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The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
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2022
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Karen Kamensek (conductor); J’Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James & Dísella Lárusdóttir (soloists); David Frost (producer)
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Glass: Akhnaten
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The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
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- 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 Songs (The 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
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor); Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore and Walter Russell III (soloists); David Frost (producer)
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Blanchard: Fire Shut Up In My Bones
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The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
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