Helpmann Award for Best Opera

The Helpmann Award for Best Opera is an award presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA), the "peak body for Australia’s live entertainment and performing arts industry".^[1] It has been handed out since 2001 at the annual Helpmann Awards, which "recognise distinguished artistic achievement and excellence in the many disciplines of Australia's vibrant live performance sectors".^[2] The award is presented to the producer of an opera, that is first performed in Australia during the eligibility period.^[3][4]

Helpmann Award for Best Opera
Country	Australia
Presented by	Live Performance Australia
First award	2001
Currently held by	The Magic Flute (2019)
Website	www.helpmannawards.com.au

Winners and nominees

  Winners are listed first and marked in a separate colour, in boldface.^[5][6]

Year	Title	Production company(ies)
2001 (1st)
	The Eighth Wonder	Opera Australia
	Così fan tutte	Opera Queensland
	Wozzeck	Opera Australia
	Writing to Vermeer	Adelaide Festival Corporation
2002 (2nd)
	Batavia	Opera Australia and Melbourne Festival
	L'elisir d'amore	Opera Australia
	Parsifal	State Opera of South Australia
	The Fiery Angel (The Kirov Opera)	Melbourne Festival
2003 (3rd)
	Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District	Opera Australia
	Love in the Age of Therapy	Sydney Festival and Oz Opera in association with Melbourne Festival and Victorian Arts Centre Trust
	The Marriage of Figaro	Opera Australia
	Il trovatore	West Australian Opera, State Opera of South Australia and Opera Queensland
2004 (4th)
	Dead Man Walking	State Opera of South Australia
	Otello	Opera Australia
2005 (5th)
	The Ring Cycle	State Opera of South Australia
	The Love for Three Oranges	Opera Australia
	Madeline Lee	Opera Australia
	Der Rosenkavalier	Opera Australia
2006 (6th)
	Flight	Adelaide Festival of Arts, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and State Opera of South Australia
	La bohème	The Opera Conference
	The Magic Flute	State Theatre Company of South Australia
	Romeo and Juliet	Opera Australia
2007 (7th)
	Rusalka	Opera Australia
	Alcina	Opera Australia
	Satyagraha	State Opera of South Australia, Leigh Warren & Dancers and The Adelaide Vocal Project
	The Love of the Nightingale	West Australian Opera, UWA Perth International Arts Festival, Opera Queensland and Queensland Music Festival
2008 (8th)
	Arabella	Opera Australia
	Les contes d'Hoffmann	Opera Australia
	Dead Man Walking	Andrew McManus Presents and Alexander Productions
	Little Women	State Opera of South Australia and State Theatre Company of South Australia
2009 (9th)
	Billy Budd	Opera Australia
	The Coronation of Poppea	Victorian Opera
	The Navigator	Brisbane Festival 2008 and Melbourne International Arts Festival
	Aida	West Australian Opera
2010 (10th)
	Peter Grimes	Opera Australia
	Bliss	Opera Australia
	Le Grand Macabre	Adelaide Festival in association with State Opera of South Australia
	King Lear	10 Days on the Island
2011 (11th)
	Partenope	Opera Australia
	La fanciulla del West	Opera Australia
	The Threepenny Opera	Malthouse Theatre and Victorian Opera
	María de Buenos Aires	State Opera of South Australia and Leigh Warren & Dancers
2012 (12th)
	Moby-Dick	State Opera of South Australia
	The Barbarians	MONA FOMA and IHOS Opera
	The Rake's Progress	Victorian Opera
	Elektra	West Australian Opera, ThinIce, Perth International Arts Festival and Opera Australia
2013 (13th)
	Salome	Opera Australia
	L'isola disabitata	Hobart Baroque and Royal Opera House
	Die tote Stadt	Opera Australia
	Un ballo in maschera	Opera Australia
2014 (14th)
	Melbourne Ring Cycle	Opera Australia
	La Traviata	State Opera of South Australia, New Zealand Opera, Opera Queensland
	Nixon in China	Victorian Opera
	The Turk in Italy	Opera Australia
2015 (15th)
	Faramondo	Brisbane Baroque in association with QPAC
	Faust	Opera Australia in association with The Opera Conference
	Madama Butterfly	English National Opera, Metropolitan Opera and Lithuanian National Opera in association with West Australian Opera and Perth International Arts Festival
	Philip Glass Trilogy	State Opera of South Australia
2016 (16th)
	Agrippina	Brisbane Baroque in association with QPAC
	Fly Away Peter	Arts Centre Melbourne and Sydney Chamber Opera in association with Melbourne Festival
	Luisa Miller	Opera Australia
	The Marriage of Figaro	Opera Australia
2017 (17th)
	Saul	Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Adelaide Festival in association with the State Opera of South Australia, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Adelaide Festival Centre
	Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci	Opera Australia
	Così fan tutte	Opera Australia
	King Roger	Opera Australia
2018 (18th)
	Hamlet	Glyndebourne Festival, Adelaide Festival, State Opera of South Australia and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
	The Nose	Opera Australia
	Cunning Little Vixen	Victorian Opera
	Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets	Malthouse Theatre and Victorian Opera
2019 (19th)[7]
	Komische Oper Berlin's The Magic Flute	Arts Projects Australia, Adelaide Festival and Perth Festival
	Wozzeck	Opera Australia
	Metamorphosis	Opera Australia
	Artaserse	Pinchgut Opera

See also

• Helpmann Awards