Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo
The Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo , in German "Grammy Award for the best classical vocal solo", is a music prize that has been awarded by the Recording Academy in Los Angeles since 1959 . The award is given to artists from the field of classical music.
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 is the Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo , which has been presented since 1959 .
As with many other Grammy Awards categories, the name of the award name has been changed slightly several times:
- From 1959 to 1960 and from 1962 to 1964 the prize was Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
- In 1961 he was named Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist awarded
- In 1965 he was in Best Vocal Soloist Performance (with or without orchestra) renamed
- 1966, 1968 and from 1971 to 1990 he was Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance called
- 1967 was the award designation Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance (with or without orchestra)
- In 1969 he was named Best Vocal Soloist Performance
- In 1970 the award category was called Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical
- In 1991 the award was named Best Classical Vocal Performance
- In 1992, the price was Best Classical Vocal Soloist changed
- From 1993 to 2011, he was again under the name Best Classical Vocal Performance award
- From 2012 to 2014 the award designation was Best Classical Vocal Solo
- Since 2015, the award has been given under the name Best Classical Solo Vocal Album .
Since 2015, the award has only been given for music albums. Before that, individual pieces of music were also awarded.
Winner and nominated artist
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1959 | Renata Tebaldi |
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Operatic recital |
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1960 | Jussi Björling |
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Bjoerling in Opera |
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1961 | Leontyne Price |
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A Program of Song - Leontyne Price Recital |
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1962 |
Joan Sutherland
with the Royal Opera House Orchestra under the direction of Francesco Molinari-Pradelli |
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The Art of the Prima Donna |
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1963 |
Eileen Farrell
with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein |
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Richard Wagner : Götterdämmerung |
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1964 |
Leontyne Price
with the RCA Orchestra conducted by Skitch Henderson |
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Great Scenes From Gershwin ’s Porgy and Bess |
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1965 |
Leontyne Price
with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner |
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Berlioz : Nuits d'Ete (song cycle) / Falla : El Amor Brujo |
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1966 |
Leontyne Price
with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf |
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Strauss : Salome / The Egyptian Helena |
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1967 |
Leontyne Price
with the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli |
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Prima Donna (works by Barber , Purcell etc.) |
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1968 |
Leontyne Price
with the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli |
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Prima Donna, Volume 2 |
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1969 |
Montserrat Caballé
with the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and choir conducted by Carlo Felice Cillario |
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Rossini : Rarities |
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1970 |
Leontyne Price
with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Thomas Schippers |
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Barber : "Two Scenes from 'Antony and Cleopatra' / Knoxville, Summer of 1915" |
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1971 | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
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Schubert : songs |
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1972 | Leontyne Price |
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Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann |
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1973 | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
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Brahms : The beautiful Magelone |
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1974 |
Leontyne Price
with the Philharmonia Orchestra Orchestra conducted by Edward Downes |
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Puccini : Heroines |
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1975 | Leontyne Price |
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Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss |
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1976 | Janet Baker |
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Mahler : Kindertotenlieder |
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1977 | Beverly Sills |
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Herbert : Music of Victor Herbert |
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1978 |
Janet Baker
with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by Neville Marriner |
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Bach : arias |
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1979 | Luciano Pavarotti |
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Luciano Pavarotti - Hits From Lincoln Center |
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1980 | Luciano Pavarotti |
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O sole mio - Luciano Pavarotti sings Neapolitan songs |
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1981 |
Leontyne Price
with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Henry Lewis |
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Prima Donna, Vol. 5 - Great Soprano Arias From Handel to Britten |
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1982 |
Marilyn Horne , Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland
with the New York City Opera Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge |
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Live From Lincoln Center - Sutherland / Horne / Pavarotti |
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1983 |
Leontyne Price
with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta |
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Verdi : Arias (Leontyne Price Sings Verdi) |
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1984 |
Marilyn Horne and Leontyne Price
with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conducted by James Levine |
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Leontyne Price & Marilyn Horne in Concert at the Met |
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1985 |
Heather Harper , Jessye Norman and José van Dam
with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by Pierre Boulez |
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Ravel : Songs of Maurice Ravel |
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1986 |
John Aler
with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and choir conducted by Robert Shaw |
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Berlioz : Requiem |
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1987 |
Kathleen Battle
with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by André Previn |
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Kathleen Battle Sings Mozart |
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1988 | Kathleen Battle |
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Kathleen Battle - Salzburg Recital |
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1989 |
Luciano Pavarotti
with the Emilia-Romagna Symphony Orchestra conducted by Emerson Buckley |
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Luciano Pavarotti in concert |
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1990 |
Dawn Upshaw
with the Orchestra of St. Lukes conducted by David Zinman |
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Knoxville - Summer of 1915 (Music of Barber , Menotti , Harbison , Stravinsky ) |
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1991 |
José Carreras , Plácido Domingo , Luciano Pavarotti
with the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale under the direction of Zubin Mehta |
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Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in concert |
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1992 | Dawn Upshaw |
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The Girl With Orange Lips ( Falla , Ravel , etc.) |
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1993 | Kathleen Battle and Margo Garrett |
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Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall ( Handel , Mozart , Liszt , Strauss , etc.) |
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1994 | Arleen Auger |
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The Art of Arleen Auger (Works of Larsen, Purcell , Schumann , Mozart ) |
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1995 | Cecilia Bartoli |
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The Impatient Lover - Italian Songs by Beethoven , Schubert , Mozart |
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1996 |
Sylvia McNair
with the Academy of Ancient Music conducted by Christopher Hogwood |
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The Echoing Air - The Music of Henry Purcell |
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1997 |
Bryn Terfel
with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conducted by James Levine |
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Opera Arias - works by Mozart , Wagner , Borodin |
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1998 | Cecilia Bartoli |
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An Italian Songbook (works by Bellini , Donizetti , Rossini ) |
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1999 |
Renée Fleming
with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Tate |
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The Beautiful Voice (works by Charpentier , Gounod etc.) |
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2000 | Anne Sofie von Otter and Thomas Quasthoff |
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Mahler: The boy's magic horn |
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2001 |
Cecilia Bartoli (soloist),
Jonathan Stokes (sound engineer), Christopher Raeburn (producer) |
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The Vivaldi Album (Dell'aura al sussurrar; Alma oppressa, etc.) |
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2002 | Cecilia Bartoli (soloist),
Jonathan Stokes (sound engineer), Christopher Raeburn (producer) |
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Dreams & Fables - Gluck Italian Arias (Tremo Gra 'Fubbi Miei; Die Questa Cetra In Seno, etc.) |
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2003 |
Renée Fleming (soloist),
Jonathan Stokes, Neil Hutchinson and Tom Lazarus (sound engineers), Erik Smith (producer) |
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Bel Canto ( Bellini , Donizetti , Rossini , etc.) |
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2004 |
Thomas Quasthoff and Anne Sofie von Otter (soloists),
Jürgen Bulgrin and Oliver Rogalla von Heyden (sound engineers), Christopher Alder (producer) |
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Schubert : songs with orchestra |
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2005 | Susan Graham (soloist) |
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Ives : Songs (The Things Our Fathers Loved; the Housatonic at Stockbridge, etc.) |
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2006 |
Thomas Quasthoff (soloist),
Jürgen Bulgrin and Rainer Maillard (sound engineers), Christopher Alder (producer) |
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Bach: Cantatas |
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2007 | Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soloist) |
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Rilke songs |
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2008 | Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soloist),
John Newton and Mark Donahue (sound engineers), Dirk Sobotka (producer) |
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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs |
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2009 |
Hila Plitmann (soloist),
John Corigliano, Tim Handley and Tom Lazarus (sound engineers), John Corigliano and Tim Handley (producers) |
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Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan |
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2010 | Renee Fleming |
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Verismo |
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2011 | Cecilia Bartoli |
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Sacrificium |
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2012 | Joyce DiDonato |
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Diva Divo |
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2013 | Renee Fleming |
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Poemes |
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2014 | Dawn Upshaw |
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Winter Morning Walks |
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2015 | Anne Sofie von Otter |
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Douce France |
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2016 | Joyce DiDonato (soloist), Antonio Pappano (accompanist) |
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Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall |
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2017 |
Dorothea Röschmann (soloist), Mitsuko Uchida (accompanist) Ian Bostridge (soloist), Antonio Pappano (accompanist) |
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Schuman & Berg
Shakespeare songs |
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2018 | Barbara Hannigan |
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Crazy Girl Crazy - Music by Gershwin, Berg & Berio |
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2019 | Karim Sulayman (soloist); Jeannette Sorrell (conductor); Apollo's Fire (Ensemble) |
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Songs of Orpheus - Monteverdi, Caccini, D'India & Landi |
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2020 | Joyce DiDonato , accompanied by Chuck Israels , Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter and Craig Terry |
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Songplay |
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Web links
- Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
- Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo at grammy.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
- ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Winner Best Classical Vocal Solo. Accessed February 26, 2019 .