Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral

The Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral , in German "Grammy award for best classical performance - opera or choral" is a music award , the 1959 to 1960 by the US Recording Academy in the field of classical music was awarded .

History and background

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall excellence regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories was the Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral . The award was only given in 1959 and 1960. In 1960 it was named Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Opera Cast or Choral . Since 1961, the award has been divided into separate prizes for opera and choral performances, the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and the Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance .

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1959	Roger Wagner (choirmaster) and the Roger Wagner Chorale	United States	Virtuoso	Dimitri Mitropoulos - Samuel Barber : Vanessa Erich Leinsdorf - Gaetano Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor Maria Callas , Tito Gobbi - Gioachino Rossini : Il barbiere di Siviglia Dom David Nicholson - Tomás Luis de Victoria : Requiem
1959	Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) and the Vienna Philharmonic Soloists: Lisa Della Casa , Rosalind Elias , George London , Roberta Peters , Giorgio Tozzi	Austria  United States	Mozart : Le nozze di Figaro	Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (soloists: Peter, Valetti, Merrill, Tozzi) - Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia Fausto Cleva (conductor) and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (soloists: Stevens, Del Monago) - Camille Saint-Saëns : Samson et Dalila Richard Condie (conductor) and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir - The Beloved Choruses Fernando Previtali (conductor) with the orchestra and choir of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia , Rome (soloists: Milanov, Tozzi) - Giuseppe Verdi : La forza del destino

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .