The Helpmann Award for Best Female Performer in an Opera is an award presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) (the trade name for the Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA)), an employers' organisation which serves as the peak body in the live entertainment and performing arts industries in Australia. The accolade is handed out at the annual Helpmann Awards, which celebrates achievements in musical theatre, contemporary music, comedy, opera, classical music, theatre, dance and physical theatre. __TOC__
Winners and nominees In the following list winners are listed first and marked in gold, in boldface, and the nominees are listed below with no highlight.
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Year Actor Production Character(s) 2001(1st) Anke Höppner Madama Butterfly Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly) 2001(1st) Clare Gormley The Eighth Wonder Alexandra Mason 2001(1st) Yvonne Kenny Capriccio The Countess 2001(1st) Regina Schörg La traviata Violetta Valéry 2002(2nd) Lisa Gasteen Tristan und Isolde Isolde 2002(2nd) Kate Ladner The Marriage of Figaro Countess Rosina Almaviva 2002(2nd) Margaret Medlyn Parsifal Kundry 2002(2nd) Elizabeth Whitehouse Andrea Chénier Maddalena de Coigny 2003(3rd) Elizabeth Whitehouse Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Katerina Lvovna Izmailova 2003(3rd) Elizabeth Campbell Il trovatore Azucena 2003(3rd) Joanna Cole Lindy Lindy Chamberlain 2003(3rd) Elizabeth Connell Ariadne auf Naxos Ariadne 2004(4th) Emma Matthews Lulu Lulu 2004(4th) Kirsti Harms Dead Man Walking Sister Helen Prejean 2004(4th) Nicole Youl Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci Santuzza 2004(4th) Shu Cheen Yu The Possessed Judou 2005(5th) Lisa Gasteen The Ring Cycle Brünnhilde 2005(5th) Cheryl Barker Tosca Floria Tosca 2005(5th) Bernadette Cullen Il trovatore Azucena 2005(5th) Tiffany Speight The Magic Flute Pamina/Papagena 2006(6th) Emma Matthews Lakmé Lakmé 2006(6th) Elizabeth Connell Nabucco Abigaille 2006(6th) Rachelle Durkin Rinaldo Almirena 2006(6th) Emma Matthews Romeo & Juliet Juliet 2007(7th) Emma Matthews The Love of the Nightingale Philomele 2007(7th) Cheryl Barker Rusalka Rusalka 2007(7th) Elvira Fatykhova La traviata Violetta Valéry 2007(7th) Susan Bullock Tristan und Isolde Isolde 2008(8th) Cheryl Barker Arabella Arabella 2008(8th) Emma Matthews Les Contes d'Hoffmann Antonia, Giulietta, Olympia and Stella 2008(8th) Kirsti Harms Dead Man Walking Sister Helen Prejean 2008(8th) Elvira Fatykhova Rigoletto Gilda 2009(9th) Tiffany Speight The Coronation of Poppea Poppea 2009(9th) Rachelle Durkin A Flowering Tree Kumudha 2009(9th) Susan Bullock Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Katerina Lvovna Izmailova 2009(9th) Cheryl Barker The Makropoulos Secret Elina Makropulos 2010(10th) Emma Matthews La sonnambula Amina 2010(10th) Susan Gritton Peter Grimes Ellen Orford 2010(10th) Takesha Meshé Kizart Tosca Floria Tosca 2010(10th) Lorina Gore Bliss Honey B 2011(11th) Emma Matthews Partenope Partenope 2011(11th) Rachelle Durkin La sonnambula Amina 2011(11th) Rinat Shaham Carmen Carmen 2011(11th) Patricia Racette Madama Butterfly Cio-Cio San 2012(12th) Emma Matthews La traviata Violetta Valéry 2012(12th) Rachelle Durkin The Tales of Hoffmann Antonia, Giulietta, Olympia and Stella 2012(12th) Susan Foster Turandot Princess Turandot 2012(12th) Eva Johansson Elektra Elektra 2013(13th) Cheryl Barker Salome Salome 2013(13th) Sara Macliver L'Orfeo Euridice 2013(13th) Emma Matthews Lucia di Lammermoor Lucia 2013(13th) Tamar Iveri Un ballo in maschera Amelia 2014(14th) Christine Goerke Elektra Elektra 2014(14th) Kathryn Lewek Orlando Angelica 2014(14th) Emma Matthews The Turk in Italy Fiorilla 2014(14th) Jessica Pratt La traviata Violetta 2015(15th) Jennifer Rivera Faramondo Faramondo 2015(15th) Nicole Car Faust Marguerite 2015(15th) Caitlin Hulcup Iphigénie en Tauride Griselda 2015(15th) Latonia Moore Aida Aida 2016(16th) Nicole Car Luisa Miller Luisa Miller 2016(16th) Latonia Moore Don Carlos Elisabeth de Valois 2016(16th) Jessica Pratt Lucia di Lammermoor Lucia 2016(16th) Ulrike Schneider Agrippina Agrippina 2017(17th) Lise Lindstrom The Ring Cycle Brünnhilde 2017(17th) Nicole Car Così fan tutte Fiordiligi 2017(17th) Rachelle Durkin Armida Armida 2017(17th) Antoinette Halloran Tosca Tosca 2018(18th) Nicole Car La Traviata Violetta Valéry 2018(18th) Taryn Fiebig Triple Bill: Anacréon, Pigmalion and Erighetta e Don Chilone The Priestess of Bacchus, The Statue and Erighetta 2018(18th) Helen Sherman Coronation of Poppea Poppea 2018(18th) Dimity Shepherd Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets Käthchen 2019(19th)Lise LindstromSalomeSalome2019(19th)Vivica GenauxArtaserseMandane2019(19th)Lorina GoreWozzeckMarie2019(19th)Jessica PrattLucia di LammermoorLucia
References
External links Official Helpmann Awards website