Helpmann Award for Best Opera

Helpmann Award for Best Opera
Country Australia
Presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA)
First awarded 2001
Currently held by Ring Cycle (2014)
Official website www.helpmannawards.com.au

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".[1] 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".[2] The award is presented to the producer of an opera, that is first performed in Australia during the eligibility period.[3][4]

Winners and nominees

  Winners are listed first and marked in a separate colour, in boldface.[5][6]
Year Title Production company(ies)
2001
(1st)		 The Eighth Wonder Opera Australia
2001
(1st)		 Così fan tutte Opera Queensland
2001
(1st)		 Wozzeck Opera Australia
2001
(1st)		 Writing to Vermeer Adelaide Festival Corporation
2002
(2nd)		 Batavia Opera Australia and Melbourne Festival
2002
(2nd)		 L'elisir d'amore Opera Australia
2002
(2nd)		 Parsifal State Opera of South Australia
2002
(2nd)		 The Fiery Angel (The Kirov Opera) Melbourne Festival
2003
(3rd)		 Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Opera Australia
2003
(3rd)		 Love in the Age of Therapy Sydney Festival and Oz Opera in association with
Melbourne Festival and Victorian Arts Centre Trust
2003
(3rd)		 The Marriage of Figaro Opera Australia
2003
(3rd)		 Il trovatore West Australian Opera, State Opera of South Australia
and Opera Queensland
2004
(4th)		 Dead Man Walking State Opera of South Australia
2004
(4th)		 Otello Opera Australia
2005
(5th)		 The Ring Cycle State Opera of South Australia
2005
(5th)		 The Love for Three Oranges Opera Australia
2005
(5th)		 Madeline Lee Opera Australia
2005
(5th)		 Der Rosenkavalier Opera Australia
2006
(6th)		 Flight Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts 2006, Glyndebourne Festival Opera
and State Opera of South Australia
2006
(6th)		 La bohème The Opera Conference
2006
(6th)		 The Magic Flute State Theatre Company of South Australia
2006
(6th)		 Romeo and Juliet Opera Australia
2007
(7th)		 Rusalka Opera Australia
2007
(7th)		 Alcina Opera Australia
2007
(7th)		 Satyagraha State Opera of South Australia, Leigh Warren & Dancers
and The Adelaide Vocal Project
2007
(7th)		 The Love of the Nightingale West Australian Opera, UWA Perth International Arts Festival,
Opera Queensland and Queensland Music Festival
2008
(8th)		 Arabella Opera Australia
2008
(8th)		 Les contes d'Hoffmann Opera Australia
2008
(8th)		 Dead Man Walking Andrew McManus Presents and Alexander Productions
2008
(8th)		 Little Women State Opera of South Australia and State Theatre Company of South Australia
2009
(9th)		 Billy Budd Opera Australia
2009
(9th)		 The Coronation of Poppea Victorian Opera
2009
(9th)		 The Navigator Brisbane Festival 2008 and Melbourne International Arts Festival
2009
(9th)		 Aida West Australian Opera
2010
(10th)		 Peter Grimes Opera Australia
2010
(10th)		 Bliss Opera Australia
2010
(10th)		 Le Grand Macabre Adelaide Festival in association
with State Opera of South Australia
2010
(10th)		 King Lear 10 Days on the Island
2011
(11th)		 Partenope Opera Australia
2011
(11th)		 La fanciulla del West Opera Australia
2011
(11th)		 The Threepenny Opera Malthouse Theatre and Victorian Opera
2011
(11th)		 María de Buenos Aires State Opera of South Australia and Leigh Warren & Dancers
2012
(12th)		 Moby-Dick State Opera of South Australia
2012
(12th)		 The Barbarians MONA FOMA and IHOS Opera
2012
(12th)		 The Rake's Progress Victorian Opera
2012
(12th)		 Elektra West Australian Opera, ThinIce, Perth International Arts Festival and Opera Australia
2013
(13th)		 Salome Opera Australia
2013
(13th)		 L'isola disabitata Hobart Baroque and Royal Opera House
2013
(13th)		 Die tote Stadt Opera Australia
2013
(13th)		 Un ballo in maschera Opera Australia
2014
(14th)		 Melbourne Ring Cycle Opera Australia

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About us". Live Performance Australia (LPA) (Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA)). Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "About". Helpmann Awards (Live Performance Australia). Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  3. ↑ "Chapter 3, Rule 7.1(d) - Eligible Productions" (PDF). Rules of the Helpmann Awards. Helpmann Awards. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Chapter 3, Rule 6.6 - Award Categories" (PDF). Rules of the Helpmann Awards. Helpmann Awards. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Nominees". Helpmann Awards (Live Performance Australia). Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  6. ↑ "Pandora Archive 2001 Helpmann Awards Nominees". Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA). Pandora Archive. Retrieved 4 October 2011.

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