The Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording has been handed since 1961, although it was called Best Classical Opera Production in its initial year. In 1962, the title was officially changed to best Opera Recording. Before 1961 the awards for Opera and Choral performances were awarded together under the category Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral. Opera is a form of art in which singers and musicians combine text and musical score. Opera is a part of western classical music tradition and is often accompanied by elements of theatre like acting, scenery and costumes. The winners for Best Opera Recording at the Grammys are given below.
Winners: Grammys Best Opera Recording
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Year
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Winner/s
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Recording
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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; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; Los Angeles Opera Chorus
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Kurt Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny
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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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2007
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Robert Spano (conductor); Kelley O'Connor, Jessica Rivera & Dawn Upshaw; Valérie Gross & Sid McLauchlan (producers) (Women Of The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
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Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears
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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) (London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra)
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Verdi: Falstaff
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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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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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Janáèek: Jenùfa performed by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Chorus & various artists
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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, the Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin & the Staatskapelle Berlin
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
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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 & the London Symphony Orchestra
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
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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 & the Orchestre de l'Opera Nationale de Lyon
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Busoni: Doktor Faust
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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, the Monteverdi Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra
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Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
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1999
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Pierre Boulez (conductor), Jessye Norman, László Polgár & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
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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, Rene Pape, Iris Vermillion & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
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1997
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Brian Couzens (producer), Richard Hickox (conductor), Philip Langridge, Alan Opie, Janice Watson, the London Symphony Chorus & the City of London Sinfonia
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Britten: Peter Grimes
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1996
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Raymond Minshull (producer), Charles Dutoit (conductor), Gary Lakes, Francoise Pollet, Gino Quilico, Deborah Voigt & L'Orchestra Symphonie Montreal & Chorus
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
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1995
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Martin Sauer (producer), Kent Nagano (conductor), Kenn Chester, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Cheryl Studer, & the Orchestre of Opera De Lyon & Chorus
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Floyd: Susannah
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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, the Ambrosian Opera Chorus & the English Chamber Orchestra
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Handel: Semele
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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, Julia Varady & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
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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, & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
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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 & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
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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 & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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Wagner: Die Walküre
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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, & the Vienna State Opera Orchestra
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Wagner: Lohengrin
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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, & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
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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 & the New York City Opera Orchestra
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Bernstein: Candide
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1986
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James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Philip Langridge, Franz Mazura & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Schoenberg: Moses und Aron
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1985
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Michel Glotz (producer), Lorin Maazel (conductor), the Choeurs et Maitrise de Radio France & the Orchestre National de France
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Bizet: Carmen (Original Soundtrack)
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1984
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Christopher Raeburn (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Thomas Allen, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kurt Moll, Lucia Popp, Samuel Ramey, Frederica von Stade & the London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
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Jay David Saks, Max Wilcox (producers), James Levine (conductor), Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Teresa Stratas, & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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Verdi: La Traviata
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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 & the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
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1982
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James Mallinson (producer), Charles Mackerras (conductor), Jiri Zahradnicek, Ivo Žídek, Václav Zítek & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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Janáèek: From the House of the Dead
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1981
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Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath (producers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Toni Blankenheim, Franz Mazura, Yvonne Minton, Teresa Stratas & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris
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Berg: Lulu
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1980
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Vittorio Negri (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), Heather Harper, Jonathan Summers, Jon Vickers & the Royal Opera House Orchestra
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Britten: Peter Grimes
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1979
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George Sponhaltz, John Coveney (producers), Julius Rudel (conductor), Beverly Sills, Alan Titus & the New York City Opera Orchestra
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Lehár: The Merry Widow
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1978
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Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), John De Main (conductor), Donnie Ray Albert, Carol Brice, Clamma Dale & the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
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1977
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Michael Woolcock (producer), Lorin Maazel (conductor), Leona Mitchell, Willard White & the Cleveland Orchestra
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
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1976
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Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), Richard van Allan, Janet Baker, Montserrat Caballé, Ileana Cotrubaº, Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Nicolai Gedda & the Royal Opera House Orchestra
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Mozart: Così fan tutte
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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 & the London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Puccini: La bohème
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1974
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Tom Mowrey (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Marilyn Horne, Tom Krause, Adriana Maliponte, James McCracken & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
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Bizet: Carmen
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1973
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Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor) the BBC Symphony Orchestra & various artists
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Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
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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, the John Aldis Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra
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Verdi: Aida
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1971
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Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), the Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus & various artists
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
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1970
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Otto Gerdes (producer), Herbert von Karajan (conductor), Helga Dernesch, Thomas Stolze, Jess Thomas & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
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Wagner: Siegfried
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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 & the New Philharmonia Orchestra
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Mozart: Così fan tutte
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1968
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Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Walter Berry, Ingeborg Lasser, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl & the Paris National Opera Orchestra & Chorus
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Berg: Wozzeck
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1967
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Georg Solti (conductor), Regine Crespin, Hans Hotter, James King, Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson, & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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Wagner: Die Walküre
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1967
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George Bragg (conductor), Gregg Smith (choir director), the Gregg Smith Singers, the Ithaca College Concert Choir, the Texas Boys Choir & the Columbia Chamber Orchestra
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Ives: Music - Chorus
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1966
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Karl Böhm (conductor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Evelyn Lear Fritz Wunderlich & the German Opera Orchestra & Chorus
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Berg: Wozzeck
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1965
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Herbert von Karajan (conductor) Franco Corelli, Mirella Freni, Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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Bizet: Carmen
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1964
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Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Rosalind Elias, Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
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1963
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Georg Solti (conductor), Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price, Giorgio Tozzi, Jon Vickers, & the Rome Opera House Orchestra
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Verdi: Aida
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1962
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Gabriele Santini (conductor), Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni & the Rome Opera Orchestra
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
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1961
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Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Birgit Nilsson, Giorgio Tozzi, Jussi Björling, Renata Tebaldi & the Rome Opera Orchestra
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Puccini: Turandot
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