The Grammy Awards have announced the 2018 nominees selecting a diverse group of operas and performers. 

In the category of Best Opera Recording the John Adams’ “Doctor Atomic ” recording starring Aubrey Allicock, Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley & Brindley Sherratt and produced by Friedemann Engelbrecht was nominated alongside Mason Bates and Martin Campbell’s “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.” The recording is conducted by Michael Christie and stars Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edwards Parks, Garrett Sorenson and Wei Wu.  Elizabeth Ostrow produced. 

Also nominated in the category are Lully’s “Alceste” produced by Maximilien Ciup, conducted by Christophe Rousset and starring Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro and Judith Van Wanroij with the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier.” The DVD recording stars Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Günther Groissböck and Erin Morley and is conducted by Sebastian Weigle and produced by David Frost. 

The final recording in the category is Verdi’s “Rigoletto” starring Dmitri Hvorostovsky, who receives his second posthumous nomination in a row. The recording also stars Nadine Sierra, Francesco Demuro and is conducted by Constantine Orbelian. Vilius Keras & Aleksandra Keriene produced the recording. 

In the Best Classical Vocal Album, Anthony Roth Costanzo’s “ARC” was nominated alongside Philippe Jaroussky’s ‘The Handel Album,” Sabine Devieilhe’s “Mirages,” Randall Scarlata’s “Winterreise,” and Karim Sulayman “Song of Orpheus-Monteverdi, Caccini, D’India and Landi.”

Two opera recordings were nominated in the Best Contemporary Classical Composition including the aforementioned “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” and Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally’s “Great Scott” conducted by Patrick Summers and starring Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nathan Gunn, Frederica von Stade, Ailyn Pérez, and Joyce DiDonato. 

The Classical Producers of the Year included Blanton Alspaugh, David Frost,  Elizabeth Ostrow, Judith Sherman, and Dirk Sobtka.