Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Jamie Barton, Will Liverman & Gustavo Dudamel Among Grammy Nominees

By Francisco Salazar

The Grammy nominations have been announced. Here are the vocal performances nominated:

The Best Opera Recording nominees are Heggie’s “Intelligence” (Kwamé Ryan, Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges & Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer), Huang Ruo’s “An American Soldier” (Carolyn Kuan, conductor; Hannah Cho, Alex DeSocio, Nina Yoshida Nelsen & Brian Vu; Adam Abeshouse, Silas Brown & Doron Schachter, producers), Kouyoumdjian’s “Adoration” (Alan Pierson, conductor; Miriam Khalil, Marc Kudisch, David Adam Moore, Omar Najmi, Naomi Louisa O’Connell & Karim Sulayman; Mary Kouyoumdjian, producer), O’Halloran’s “Trade & Mary Motorhead” (Elaine Kelly, conductor; Oisín Ó Dálaigh & John Molloy; Alex Dowling & Emma O’Halloran, producers) and Tesori’s “Grounded” (Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Ben Bliss, Emily
D’Angelo, Greer Grimsley & Kyle Miller; David Frost, producer).

The Best Classical Solo Vocal Album nominees are “Alike – My Mother’s Dream” by Allison Charney and Benjamin Loeb, “Black Pierrot” by Sidney Outlaw and Warren Jones, “In This Short Life” by Devony Smith, Danny Zelibor, and Michael Nicolas, “Kurtág: Kafka Fragments” by Susan Narucki and Curtis Macomber, “Schubert Beatles” by Theo Hoffman, and Steven Blier, pianist (Rupert Boyd, Julia Bullock, Alex Levine, Andrew Owens, Rubén Rengel & Sam Weber), and “Telemann: Ino – Opera Arias For Soprano” by Amanda Forsythe, Robert Mealy, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs/

The Best Choral Performance nominees are “Advena – Liturgies For A Broken World” by Craig Hella Johnson, “Childs: In The Arms Of The Beloved” featuring Grant Gershon, “Lang: Poor Hymnal” conducted by Donald Nally, “Ortiz: Yanga” with Gustavo Dudamel, and “Requiem Of Light” featuring Steven Fox.

“The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II” by Will Liverman and “Ortiz: Yanga” with Gustavo Dudamel are nominated for Best Classical Compendium.

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District featuring Andris Nelsons, Kristine Opolais, Günther Groissböck, Peter Hoare, Brenden Gunnell and Boston Symphony Orchestra was nominated for Best Engineered Album, Classical.

The Grammys will be held on Feb. 1, 2026 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, broadcasting live on the CBS Television Network and streaming live and on demand on Paramount+.

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