The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of the "world-class status of London theatre." The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
This award was first presented in 1993, becoming only the second Olivier Award focused solely on opera, along with the award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera (introduced in 1977).
Winners and nominees 1990s Year Production Company 1993 Stiffelio The Royal Opera Death in Venice The Royal Opera Der Fliegende Hollander The Fiery Angel 1994 La damnation de Faust The Royal Opera Ariodante English National Opera Gloriana Opera North Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg The Royal Opera 1995 Khovanshchina English National Opera Così fan tutte The Royal Opera Don Quixote English National Opera Roméo et Juliette The Royal Opera 1996 Billy Budd The Royal Opera A Midsummer Night's Dream English National Opera Salome The Royal Opera Siegfried 1997 Tristan und Isolde English National Opera Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci Welsh National Opera Fidelio English National Opera 1998 Paul Bunyan The Royal Opera Falstaff English National Opera and Opera North Palestrina The Royal Opera Platée 1999 La clemenza di Tito Welsh National Opera Boris Godunov English National Opera L'Orfeo Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Il trittico English National Opera
2000s Year Production Company 2000 Hansel and Gretel Welsh National Opera Alcina English National Opera Parsifal Semele 2001 The Greek Passion The Royal Opera Pelléas and Mélisande English National Opera L'incoronazione di Poppea War and Peace The Kirov Opera 2002 Boulevard Solitude The Royal Opera Jenůfa The Royal Opera The Rape of Lucretia English National Opera Rigoletto The Royal Opera 2003 Wozzeck The Royal Opera Ariadne auf Naxos The Royal Opera Bluebeard's Castle and Erwartung Lulu English National Opera 2004 Les Troyens (Parts I and II)| English National Opera|- | Così fan tutte | English National Opera |- | Madama Butterfly | rowspan="2" | The Royal Opera |- | Orlando |- ! rowspan="4" align="center"| 2005 |- style="background:#B0C4DE" | Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District The Royal Opera Les Paladins Les Arts Florissants Peter Grimes The Royal Opera 2006 Madama Butterfly English National Opera Billy Budd English National Opera La clemenza di Tito On the Town 2007 Jenůfa English National Opera The Makropulos Affair English National Opera Orfeo Peter Grimes Opera North 2008 Pelléas et Mélisande The Royal Opera Agrippina English National Opera La fille du régiment The Royal Opera The Turn of the Screw English National Opera 2009 Partenope English National Opera Don Carlos The Royal Opera The Minotaur I Pagliacci English National Opera
2010s Year Production Company 2010 Tristan und Isolde The Royal Opera Der Fliegende Holländer The Royal Opera Lulu Peter Grimes English National Opera 2011 Bohème OperaUpClose (at Soho Theatre) A Dog's Heart English National Opera Adriana Lecouvreur The Royal Opera Elegy for Young Lovers English National Opera 2012 Castor et Pollux English National Opera Clemency ROH2 A Midsummer Night's Dream English National Opera The Passenger 2013 Einstein on the Beach Robert Wilson and Philip Glass Billy Budd English National Opera Caligula La traviata 2014 Les vêpres siciliennes The Royal Opera The Firework-Maker's Daughter The Royal Opera Wozzeck English National Opera 2015 The Mastersingers of Nuremberg English National Opera Benvenuto Cellini English National Opera Dialogues des Carmélites The Royal Opera Die Frau ohne Schatten 2016 Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci The Royal Opera Morgen und Abend The Royal Opera The Force of Destiny English National Opera 2017 Akhnaten English National Opera 4.48 Psychosis The Royal Opera Così Fan Tutte Lulu English National Opera2018SemiramideThe Royal OperaLa bohèmeKing's Head TheatreThe Exterminating AngelThe Royal Opera2019Katya KabanovaRoyal Opera HouseLessons in Love and ViolenceRoyal Opera HouseThe Turn of the ScrewRegent's Park Open Air Theatre
2020s Year Production Company2020Billy BuddRoyal Opera HouseBereniceRoyal Opera HouseHansel and GretelRegent's Park Open Air Theatre and English National OperaNoye's FluddeTheatre Royal Stratford East and English National Opera 2021 Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic2022JenůfaThe Royal OperaBajazetIrish National Opera and The Royal OperaThe Cunning Little VixenEnglish National OperaTheodoraThe Royal Opera2023AlcinaThe Royal OperaLeast Like the OtherIrish National Opera & The Royal OperaPeter GrimesThe Royal OperaSibylWilliam Kentridge2024InnocenceThe Royal OperaBlueEnglish National OperaPicture A Day Like ThisThe Royal OperaThe RhinegoldEnglish National Opera2025FestenThe Royal OperaDuke Bluebeard's CastleEnglish National OperaL'OlimpiadeIrish National Opera, The Royal Opera & Nouvel Opéra FribourgThe Tales of HoffmannThe Royal Opera
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