The Helpmann Award for Best Opera is an award presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA), the "peak body for Australia’s live entertainment and performing arts industry". It has been handed out since 2001 at the annual Helpmann Awards, which "recognise distinguished artistic achievement and excellence in the many disciplines of Australia's vibrant live performance sectors". The award is presented to the producer of an opera, that is first performed in Australia during the eligibility period.
Winners and nominees
Year Title Production company(ies) 2001(1st) The Eighth Wonder Opera Australia Così fan tutte Opera Queensland Wozzeck Opera Australia Writing to Vermeer Adelaide Festival Corporation 2002(2nd) Batavia Opera Australia and Melbourne Festival L'elisir d'amore Opera Australia Parsifal State Opera of South Australia The Fiery Angel (The Kirov Opera) Melbourne Festival 2003(3rd) Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Opera Australia Love in the Age of Therapy Sydney Festival and Oz Opera in association with Melbourne Festival and Victorian Arts Centre Trust The Marriage of Figaro Opera Australia Il trovatore West Australian Opera, State Opera of South Australia and Opera Queensland 2004(4th) Dead Man Walking State Opera of South Australia Otello Opera Australia 2005(5th) The Ring Cycle State Opera of South Australia The Love for Three Oranges Opera Australia Madeline Lee Opera Australia Der Rosenkavalier Opera Australia 2006(6th) Flight Adelaide Festival of Arts, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and State Opera of South Australia La bohème The Opera Conference The Magic Flute State Theatre Company of South Australia Romeo and Juliet Opera Australia 2007(7th) Rusalka Opera Australia Alcina Opera Australia Satyagraha State Opera of South Australia, Leigh Warren & Dancers and The Adelaide Vocal Project The Love of the Nightingale West Australian Opera, UWA Perth International Arts Festival, Opera Queensland and Queensland Music Festival 2008(8th)Arabella Opera Australia Les contes d'Hoffmann Opera Australia Dead Man Walking Andrew McManus Presents and Alexander Productions Little Women State Opera of South Australia and State Theatre Company of South Australia 2009(9th) Billy Budd Opera Australia The Coronation of Poppea Victorian Opera The Navigator Brisbane Festival 2008 and Melbourne International Arts Festival Aida West Australian Opera 2010(10th) Peter Grimes Opera Australia Bliss Opera Australia Le Grand Macabre Adelaide Festival in association with State Opera of South Australia King Lear 10 Days on the Island 2011(11th) Partenope Opera Australia La fanciulla del West Opera Australia The Threepenny Opera Malthouse Theatre and Victorian Opera María de Buenos Aires State Opera of South Australia and Leigh Warren & Dancers 2012(12th) Moby-Dick State Opera of South Australia The Barbarians MONA FOMA and IHOS Opera The Rake's Progress Victorian Opera Elektra West Australian Opera, ThinIce, Perth International Arts Festival and Opera Australia 2013(13th) Salome Opera Australia L'isola disabitata Hobart Baroque and Royal Opera House Die tote Stadt Opera Australia Un ballo in maschera Opera Australia 2014(14th) Melbourne Ring Cycle Opera AustraliaLa TraviataState Opera of South Australia, New Zealand Opera, Opera QueenslandNixon in ChinaVictorian OperaThe Turk in ItalyOpera Australia 2015(15th)FaramondoBrisbane Baroque in association with QPACFaustOpera Australia in association with The Opera ConferenceMadama ButterflyEnglish National Opera, Metropolitan Opera and Lithuanian National Opera in association with West Australian Opera and Perth International Arts FestivalPhilip Glass TrilogyState Opera of South Australia 2016(16th)AgrippinaBrisbane Baroque in association with QPACFly Away PeterArts Centre Melbourne and Sydney Chamber Opera in association with Melbourne FestivalLuisa MillerOpera AustraliaThe Marriage of FigaroOpera Australia 2017(17th)SaulGlyndebourne Festival Opera and Adelaide Festival in association with the State Opera of South Australia, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Adelaide Festival CentreCavalleria Rusticana & I PagliacciOpera AustraliaCosì fan tutteOpera AustraliaKing RogerOpera Australia 2018(18th)HamletGlyndebourne Festival, Adelaide Festival, State Opera of South Australia and the Adelaide Symphony OrchestraThe NoseOpera AustraliaCunning Little VixenVictorian OperaBlack Rider: The Casting of the Magic BulletsMalthouse Theatre and Victorian Opera 2019(19th) Komische Oper Berlin's The Magic FluteArts Projects Australia, Adelaide Festival and Perth Festival Wozzeck Opera Australia Metamorphosis Opera Australia Artaserse Pinchgut Opera
See also Helpmann Awards
References
External links The official Helpmann Awards website