The GRAMMYs

2026

Best Opera Recording

Best Opera Recording

Dec 1st, 2025

Best Opera Recording

Best Opera Recording

Best Opera Recording

Nominees for The GRAMMY Awards

2026

Previous Winner

Adriana Mater (Kaija Saariaho)

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.

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

Heggie: Intelligence

Heggie: Intelligence

Heggie: Intelligence

Huang Ruo: An American Soldier

Huang Ruo: An American Soldier

Huang Ruo: An American Soldier

O'Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead

Conductors

Related Info

Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran

O'Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead

Conductors

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Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran

O'Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead

Conductors

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Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran

Tesori: Grounded

Producers

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

Tesori: Grounded

Producers

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

Tesori: Grounded

Producers

Related Info

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

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