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Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Grammy Award

Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Summary

Grammy Award

FieldValue
nameGrammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo
awarded_forquality classic vocal solos
imagesize100px
altA gold gramophone trophy with a plaque set on a table
captionGilded gramophone trophy presented to Grammy Award winners
presenterNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
countryUnited States
year1959
holderKaren Slack (soloist); Michelle Cann (pianist) - Beyond the Years - Unpublished Songs of Florence Price (2025)
websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award – Best Classical Vocal Solo has been awarded since 1959. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time:

  • From 1959 to 1960 and from 1962 to 1964 the award was known as Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
  • In 1961 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
  • In 1965 it was awarded as Best Vocal Soloist Performance (with or without orchestra)
  • In 1966, 1968 and from 1971 to 1990 it was awarded as Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
  • In 1967 it was awarded as Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance (with or without orchestra)
  • In 1969 it was awarded as Best Vocal Soloist Performance
  • In 1970 it was awarded as Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical
  • In 1991 it was awarded as Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • In 1992 it was awarded as Best Classical Vocal Soloist
  • From 1993 to 2011 it returned to being awarded as Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • From 2012 to 2014 it was awarded as Best Classical Vocal Solo
  • From 2015 the award has been known as Best Classical Solo Vocal Album and is open for albums only (in previous years single tracks were also eligible for the award, although in most cases the awards and nominations went to albums)

Up to and including 2015, the Grammy was awarded to one or more vocal soloist(s). Accompanying musicians, orchestras and/or conductors were not eligible for the award. From 2016, "collaborative artists" (such as solo accompanists, conductors or chamber groups) have also been included. Accompanying large orchestras or multiple instrumentalists, however, remain ineligible. Producer(s) and engineer(s)/mixers of over 50% of playing time on the recording also receive an award.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Recipients

Italian soprano [[Renata Tebaldi]] was the first recipient of the award.
1960 winner, [[Jussi Björling
Thirteen-time winner [[Leontyne Price
Two-time winner [[Joan Sutherland
1969 winner, [[Montserrat Caballé
Two-time winner [[Janet Baker
Five-time winner [[Luciano Pavarotti
Two-time winner [[Marilyn Horne
Three-time winner [[Kathleen Battle
Five-time winner [[Cecilia Bartoli
Three-time winner [[Anne Sofie von Otter
Four-time winner [[Renée Fleming
YearRecipient(s)WorkNomineesRef.19591960196119621963196419651966196719681969197019711972197319741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Renata TebaldiOperatic Recital{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1959-may-238.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1959 (May)accessdate=February 13, 2021}}
Jussi BjörlingBjoerling in Opera{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1959-239.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1959accessdate=February 13, 2021}}
Leontyne PriceA Program of Song - Leontyne Price Recital{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1961-213.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1961accessdate=February 14, 2021}}
Joan SutherlandThe Art of the Prima Donna{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1962-214.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1962accessdate=February 14, 2021}}
Eileen FarrellGötterdämmerung - Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene/Wesendonck Songs{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1963-215.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1963accessdate=February 14, 2021}}
Leontyne PriceGreat Scenes From Gershwin's Porgy and Bess{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1964-216.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1964accessdate=February 14, 2021}}
Leontyne PriceBerlioz: Nuits d'Ete (Song Cycle)/Falla: El Amor Brujo{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1965-217.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1965accessdate=February 14, 2021}}
Leontyne PriceStrauss: Salome (Dance of the Seven Veils, Interlude, Final Scene)/The Egyptian Helen (Awakening Scene){{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1966-241.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1966accessdate=February 14, 2021}}
Leontyne PricePrima Donna (Works of Barber, Purcell, etc.){{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1967-242.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1967accessdate=February 14, 2021}}
Leontyne PricePrima Donna, Volume 2{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1968-218.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1968accessdate=February 14, 2021}}
Montserrat CaballéRossini: Rarities{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1969-243.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1969accessdate=February 14, 2021}}
Leontyne PriceBarber: Two Scenes From "Antony and Cleopatra"/Knoxville, Summer of 1915{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1970-219.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1970accessdate=February 15, 2021}}
Dietrich Fischer-DieskauSchubert: Lieder{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1971-220.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1971accessdate=February 15, 2021}}
Leontyne PriceLeontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1972-221.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1972accessdate=February 16, 2021}}
Dietrich Fischer-DieskauBrahms: Die Schone Magelone{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1973-222.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1973accessdate=February 16, 2021}}
Leontyne PricePuccini: Heroines{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1974-223.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1974accessdate=February 16, 2021}}
Leontyne PriceLeontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1975-240.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1975accessdate=February 16, 2021}}
Janet BakerMahler: Kindertotenlieder{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1976-224.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1976accessdate=February 16, 2021}}
Beverly SillsHerbert: Music of Victor Herbert{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1977-225.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1977accessdate=February 16, 2021}}
Janet BakerBach: Arias{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1978-226.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1978accessdate=February 17, 2021}}
Luciano PavarottiLuciano Pavarotti - Hits From Lincoln Center{{smalldiv{{Cite weburl=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1979-227.htmltitle=Grammy Awards 1979accessdate=February 17, 2021}}
Luciano PavarottiO Sole Mio - Favorite Neapolitan Songs{{smalldiv
Leontyne PricePrima Donna, Vol. 5 - Great Soprano Arias From Handel to Britten{{smalldiv
Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti, Joan SutherlandLive From Lincoln Center - Sutherland/Horne/Pavarotti{{smalldiv
Leontyne PriceVerdi: Arias (Leontyne Price Sings Verdi){{smalldiv
Marilyn Horne and Leontyne PriceLeontyne Price & Marilyn Horne in Concert at the Met{{smalldiv
Heather Harper, Jessye Norman & José van DamRavel: Songs of Maurice Ravel{{smalldiv
John AlerBerlioz: Requiem{{smalldiv
Kathleen BattleKathleen Battle Sings Mozart{{smalldiv
Kathleen BattleKathleen Battle - Salzburg Recital{{smalldiv
Luciano PavarottiLuciano Pavarotti in Concert{{smalldiv
Dawn UpshawKnoxville - Summer of 1915 (Music of Barber, Menotti, Harbison, Stravinsky){{smalldiv
José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano PavarottiCarreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert{{smalldiv
Dawn UpshawThe Girl With Orange Lips (Falla, Ravel, etc.){{smalldiv
Kathleen Battle & Margo GarrettKathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall (Handel, Mozart, Liszt, Strauss, etc.) {{smalldiv
Arleen AugerThe Art of Arleen Auger (Works of Larsen, Purcell, Schumann, Mozart){{smalldiv
Cecilia BartoliThe Impatient Lover - Italian Songs by Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart{{smalldiv
Sylvia McNairThe Echoing Air - The Music of Henry Purcell{{smalldiv
Bryn TerfelOpera Arias - Works of Mozart, Wagner, Borodin{{smalldiv
Cecilia BartoliAn Italian Songbook (Works of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini){{smalldiv
Renée FlemingThe Beautiful Voice (Works of Charpentier, Gounod etc.){{smalldiv
Anne Sofie von Otter & Thomas QuasthoffMahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn{{smalldiv
Cecilia Bartoli (artist), Jonathan Stokes (engineer), Christopher Raeburn (producer)The Vivaldi Album (Dell'aura al sussurrar; Alma oppressa, etc.){{smalldiv
Cecilia Bartoli (artist), Jonathan Stokes (engineer), Christopher Raeburn (producer)Dreams & Fables - Gluck Italian Arias (Tremo Gra' Fubbi Miei; Die Questa Cetra In Seno, etc.){{smalldiv
Renée Fleming (artist), Jonathan Stokes, Neil Hutchinson & Tom Lazarus (engineers), Erik Smith (producer)Bel Canto (Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, etc.){{smalldiv
Thomas Quasthoff & Anne Sofie von Otter (soloists), Jürgen Bulgrin & Oliver Rogalla Von Heyden (engineers), Christopher Alder (producer)Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra{{smalldiv
Susan GrahamIves: Songs (The Things Our Fathers Loved; the Housatonic at Stockbridge, etc.){{smalldiv
Thomas Quasthoff (soloist), Jürgen Bulgrin & Rainer Maillard (engineers), Christopher Alder (producer)Bach: Cantatas{{smalldiv
Lorraine Hunt LiebersonRilke Songs{{smalldiv
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soloist), John Newton & Mark Donahue (engineers), Dirk Sobotka (producer)Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs{{smalldiv
Hila Plitmann (soloist), John Corigliano, Tim Handley & Tom Lazarus (engineers), John Corigliano & Tim Handley (producers)Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan{{smalldiv
Renee FlemingVerismo{{smalldiv
Cecilia BartoliSacrificium{{smalldiv
Joyce DiDonatoDiva Divo{{smalldiv
Renee FlemingPoèmes{{smalldiv
Dawn UpshawWinter Morning Walks{{smalldiv
Anne Sofie von OtterDouce France{{smalldiv
Joyce DiDonato (soloist), Antonio Pappano (accompanist)Joyce & Tony - Live From Wigmore Hall{{smalldiv
Dorothea Röschmann (soloist), Mitsuko Uchida (accompanist)Schumann & Berg{{smalldiv
Ian Bostridge (soloist), Antonio Pappano (accompanist)Shakespeare Songs
Barbara HanniganCrazy Girl Crazy - Music by Gershwin, Berg & Berio{{smalldiv
Karim Sulayman (soloist); Apollo's Fire (ensemble)Songs of Orpheus - Monteverdi, Caccini, D'India & Landi{{smalldiv
Joyce DiDonato (soloist); Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter & Craig Terry (accompanists)Songplay{{smalldiv
Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton (soloists); James Blachly (conductor)Smyth: The Prison
(Experimental Chorus & Experimental Orchestra){{smalldiv
Sangeeta Kaur & Hilla Plitmann (soloists); Danae Xanthe Vlasse (piano)Mythologies{{smalldiv
Renée Fleming (soloist) & Yannick Nézet-Séguin (accompanist)Voice of Nature - The Anthropocene{{smalldiv
Julia Bullock (soloist); Christian Reif (conductor)Walking in the Dark
Karen Slack (soloist); Michelle Cann (pianist)Beyond the Years - Unpublished Songs of Florence Price
Winner TBA on 1 February 2026

References

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