Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production
Annual award for London theatre
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The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of the "world-class status of London theatre."[1][2] The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
Awarded forBest New Opera Production
Location
England
EnglandPresented bySociety of London Theatre
First award1993
| Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best New Opera Production |
| Location | England |
| Presented by | Society of London Theatre |
| First award | 1993 |
| Currently held by | Dead Man Walking by English National Opera (2026) |
| Website | officiallondontheatre |
This award was first presented in 1993, becoming only the second Olivier Award focused solely on opera, along with the award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera (introduced in 1977).
Winners and nominees
1990s
| Year | Production | Company |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | ||
| Stiffelio | The Royal Opera | |
| Death in Venice | The Royal Opera | |
| Der Fliegende Hollander | ||
| The Fiery Angel | ||
| 1994 | ||
| La damnation de Faust | The Royal Opera | |
| Ariodante | English National Opera | |
| Gloriana | Opera North | |
| Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg | The Royal Opera | |
| 1995 | ||
| Khovanshchina | English National Opera | |
| Così fan tutte | The Royal Opera | |
| Don Quixote | English National Opera | |
| Roméo et Juliette | The Royal Opera | |
| 1996 | ||
| Billy Budd | The Royal Opera | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | English National Opera | |
| Salome | The Royal Opera | |
| Siegfried | ||
| 1997 | ||
| Tristan und Isolde | English National Opera | |
| Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci | Welsh National Opera | |
| Fidelio | English National Opera | |
| 1998 | ||
| Paul Bunyan | The Royal Opera | |
| Falstaff | English National Opera and Opera North | |
| Palestrina | The Royal Opera | |
| Platée | ||
| 1999 | ||
| La clemenza di Tito | Welsh National Opera | |
| Boris Godunov | English National Opera | |
| L'Orfeo | Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie | |
| Il trittico | English National Opera |
2000s
2010s
- The official Olivier Award website only credits the venue as the 2019 nominee, with no mention of the theatre company that performed, so can not assume that The Royal Opera (operating in Royal Opera House) nor the English National Opera (operating in, and co-producing with, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) were nominated.[3]
2020s
- The official Olivier Award website only credits the venue as the 2020 nominee, with no mention of the company that performed, so can not assume that The Royal Opera company was nominated.[4]
- Due to late March 2020[5] to late July 2021[6] closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022[7]