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The GRAMMYs

2026

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Dec 1st, 2025

Best Opera Recording

Best Opera Recording

Nominees for The GRAMMY Awards

2026

Previous Winner

Adriana Mater (Kaija Saariaho)

Field

Classical

Criteria

Award to the conductor, album producer(s) and principal soloists; also to the composer/librettist for a world premiere opera recording.

Award to the conductor, album producer(s) and principal soloists; also to the composer/librettist for a world premiere opera recording.

The nominees for The GRAMMYs Best Opera Recording 2026 are Heggie: Intelligence, Huang Ruo: An American Soldier, Kouyoumdjian: Adoration, O'Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead, Tesori: Grounded.

Read on for more information about all the nominees and their contributors..

Best Opera Recording

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Best Opera Recording

GRAMMY Winner 2026

Aug 29, 2025

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Heggie: Intelligence

Jamie Barton

1

nomination

J'Nai Bridges

1

nomination

Janai Brugger

2

nominations

Producers

Blanton Alspaugh

Conductors

Kwamé Ryan

Related Info

Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer

Best Opera Recording

GRAMMY Winner 2026

Aug 29, 2025

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Self-released

Heggie: Intelligence

Jamie Barton

1

nomination

J'Nai Bridges

1

nomination

Janai Brugger

2

nominations

Producers

Blanton Alspaugh

Conductors

Kwamé Ryan

Related Info

Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer

Best Opera Recording

GRAMMY Winner 2026

Aug 29, 2025

Listen on Spotify

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Heggie: Intelligence

Jamie Barton

1

nomination

J'Nai Bridges

1

nomination

Janai Brugger

2

nominations

Producers

Blanton Alspaugh

Conductors

Kwamé Ryan

Related Info

Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer

May 23, 2025

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Huang Ruo: An American Soldier

Hannah Cho

1

nomination

Alex DeSocio

1

nomination

Nina Yoshida Nelsen

1

nomination

Brian Vu

1

nomination

Producers

Adam Abeshouse

Silas Brown

Doron Schachter

Conductors

Carolyn Kuan

Related Info

American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang

May 23, 2025

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Platoon

Huang Ruo: An American Soldier

Hannah Cho

1

nomination

Alex DeSocio

1

nomination

Nina Yoshida Nelsen

1

nomination

Brian Vu

1

nomination

Producers

Adam Abeshouse

Silas Brown

Doron Schachter

Conductors

Carolyn Kuan

Related Info

American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang

May 23, 2025

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Platoon

Huang Ruo: An American Soldier

Hannah Cho

1

nomination

Alex DeSocio

1

nomination

Nina Yoshida Nelsen

1

nomination

Brian Vu

1

nomination

Producers

Adam Abeshouse

Silas Brown

Doron Schachter

Conductors

Carolyn Kuan

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American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang

Aug 15, 2025

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Signum Records

O'Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead

Oisín Ó Dálaigh

1

nomination

John Molloy

1

nomination

Producers

Alex Dowling

Emma O'Halloran

Conductors

Elaine Kelly

Related Info

Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran

Aug 15, 2025

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O'Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead

Oisín Ó Dálaigh

1

nomination

John Molloy

1

nomination

Producers

Alex Dowling

Emma O'Halloran

Conductors

Elaine Kelly

Related Info

Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran

Aug 15, 2025

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Signum Records

O'Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead

Oisín Ó Dálaigh

1

nomination

John Molloy

1

nomination

Producers

Alex Dowling

Emma O'Halloran

Conductors

Elaine Kelly

Related Info

Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran

Oct 19, 2024

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Deutsche Grammophon

Tesori: Grounded

Ben Bliss

1

nomination

Emily D'Angelo

1

nomination

Greer Grimsley

1

nomination

Kyle Miller

1

nomination

Producers

David Frost

Conductors

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Related Info

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; George Brant

Oct 19, 2024

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Deutsche Grammophon

Tesori: Grounded

Ben Bliss

1

nomination

Emily D'Angelo

1

nomination

Greer Grimsley

1

nomination

Kyle Miller

1

nomination

Producers

David Frost

Conductors

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Related Info

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; George Brant

Oct 19, 2024

Listen on Spotify

Deutsche Grammophon

Tesori: Grounded

Ben Bliss

1

nomination

Emily D'Angelo

1

nomination

Greer Grimsley

1

nomination

Kyle Miller

1

nomination

Producers

David Frost

Conductors

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Related Info

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; George Brant

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