Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming, Ailyn Pérez, Nicholas Phan, Will Liverman, Karen Slack & Yannick Nézet-Séguin Lead Classical Grammy 2025 Nominees
By Francisco SalazarThe Grammy nominations have been announced. For this article, we will focus on the vocal and operatic nominations.
The Best Opera Recording nominees are “Adams: Girls Of The Golden West” featuring John Adams, Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny, and Davóne Tines, Dmitriy Lipay, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Los Angeles Master Chorale, “Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas” featuring Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez, Gabriella Reyes, David Frost, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, and “Moravec: The Shining” featuring Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce & Edward Parks, Blanton Alspaugh, Kansas City Symphony, and Lyric Opera Of Kansas City Chorus.
Also in the category are “Puts: The Hours” with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming & Kelli O’Hara; David Frost, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and Metropolitan Opera Chorus and “Saariaho: Adriana Mater” featuring Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, and Timo Kurkikangas.
Best Choral Performance albums nominated were “Clear Voices In The Dark” conducted by Matthew Guard, “A Dream So Bright: Choral Music Of Jake Runestad” conducted byEric Holtan, “Handel: Israel in Egypt” conducted by Jeannette Sorrell, “Ochre” conducted by Donald Nally and featuring The Crossing, and “Sheehan: Akathist” conducted by Elaine Kelly.
Meanwhile, Joyce Didonato and Maxim Emelyanychev led the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for their work on “Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder.” They were joined by Karen Slack and Michelle Cann for “Beyond The Years – Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price,” Nicholas Phan and the Palaver Strings for “A Change Is Gonna Come,” and Will Liverman and Jonathan King for “Show Me The Way.” “Newman: Bespoke Songs” featuring Fotina Naumenko and Marika Bournaki rounded out the category.
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