(Graphic courtesy of the Recording Academy) The Grammy Awards have announced updates to various categories, including the classical field. The Recording Academy announced that in the classical field categories, composers and lyricists/librettists will now be eligible for GRAMMY recognition alongside all other key creative personnel, including artists, producers, and engineers on winning albums. Other updates were made in the General {…}
The Grammy Awards announced its 2025 winners on Feb. 2, 2025. Here is a look at the classical music winners. The Best Opera Recording went to “Saariaho: Adriana Mater.” The award was shared by Kaija Saariaho, Amin Maalouf, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra. Best Classical Vocal Album went to Karen {…}
The Grammy Awards have announced their nominations for 2023 with the Metropolitan Opera leading the field in the classical categories. In the Best Opera Recording category Matthew Aucoin’s “Eurydice” was nominated alongside Terrence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut up in my Bones” and Anthony Davis’ “X – The Life And Times Of Malcolm X” “Eurydice” features Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Barry Banks, Nathan Berg, {…}
The Grammy Awards Ceremony has been moved to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 3, 2022. Previously, the ceremony was scheduled to be on Jan. 31, 2022 at Crypto.com Arena (formerly known as the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California). Many artists and executives spoke up to postpone and relocate the show because of the COVID-19 {…}
The Grammy Awards have been postponed indefinitely due to coronavirus-related concerns. According to Variety, an Academy spokesperson confirmed the news. No new date has been confirmed as of yet. The awards ceremony was originally set to take place on Jan. 31 before a full audience at its traditional venue, the Crypto.com Arena in downt0own Los Angeles. However, the recent surge {…}
The Grammy nominations have been announced with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Metropolitan Opera leading the opera nominations. The nominees for Best Opera Recording included Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” starring Susanna Mälkki, Mika Kares and Szilvia Vörös; Glass’s “Akhnaten” with Karen Kamensek, J’Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James, and Dísella Lárusdóttir; and Janáček’s “The Cunning Little Vixen” with Simon Rattle, Sophia Burgos, Lucy {…}
The Metropolitan Opera won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. The company won for its recording of “Porgy and Bess” which was conducted by David Robertson and starred Angel Blue and Eric Owens. The cast also included Latonia Moore, Ryan Speedo Green, Alfred Walker, Golda Schultz, Denyce Graves, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Sarah Brailey and {…}
UPDATE: The Grammy Awards are being postponed until March 14. In a statement signed by Harvey Mason jr., Chair & Interim President/CEO of the Recording Academy; Jack Sussman, Executive Vice President, Specials, Music, Live Events and Alternative Programming, CBS; and Ben Winston, Grammy Awards Executive Producer, Fulwell 73 Productions, they said, “After thoughtful conversations with health experts, our host and artists {…}
The Grammy Nominations have been announced with Joyce DiDonato, Angel Blue, and Cecilia Bartoli among the artists shortlisted for top prizes. In the Best Opera Recording category Dello Joio’s “The Trial At Rouen” featuring Gil Rose, Heather Buck, Stephen Powell, and Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Odyssey Opera Chorus were nominated alongside Floyd’s “Prince Of Players” with William Boggs, Keith {…}
The Grammy awards announced its annual accolades on Feb. 10, 2019 awarding numerous producers and opera singers. The Best Opera recording award went to Bates’ “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.” Among the winners were composer Mason Bates, librettist Mark Campbell, the Santa Fe Opera, conductor Michael Christie, and the cast, which included Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett {…}
The nominations for the 2018 Grammy Awards have been announced as of Nov. 28th, 2017. This year’s list of nominees are notable for the inclusion of two works by Austrian composer Alban Berg, as well as the strong presence in the lists from the Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Also included in the nominees is Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, whose {…}