Helpmann Award
Best Direction of an Opera
CountryAustralia
Presented byLive Performance Australia (LPA)
First awarded2001
WebsiteOfficial website

The Helpmann Award for Best Direction of an Opera is an award presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA), an employers' organisation which serves as the peak body in the live entertainment and performing arts industries in Australia. The accolade is handed out at the annual Helpmann Awards, which celebrates achievements in musical theatre, contemporary music, comedy, opera, classical music, theatre, dance and physical theatre.[1]

The award is given to the "director who has made a material contribution to the Australian aspect of the production."[2] The nominees are determined by the Opera and Classical Music branch of the Helpmann Awards Nominating Panel; winners are chosen by all branches of the Nominating Panel, and other eligible voters.[3]

Winners and nominees

   Winners are listed first and marked in a separate colour, in boldface.
Year Director Production
2001
(1st) 		Neil Armfield The Eighth Wonder
2001
(1st) 		Lindy Hume Orlando
2001
(1st) 		Barrie Kosky Wozzeck
2001
(1st) 		Moffatt Oxenbould Simon Boccanegra
2002
(2nd) 		Lindy Hume Batavia
2002
(2nd) 		Stephen Medcalf Going Into Shadows
2002
(2nd) 		Elke Neidhardt Parsifal
2002
(2nd) 		Simon Phillips L'elisir d'amore
2003
(3rd) 		Neil Armfield The Marriage of Figaro
2003
(3rd) 		Elke Neidhardt Il Trovatore
2003
(3rd) 		Patrick Nolan Love in the Age of Therapy
2003
(3rd) 		Francesca Zambello Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
2004
(4th) 		Joe Mantello, Brad Dalton[A] Dead Man Walking
2004
(4th) 		Nigel Jamieson Brundibár
2004
(4th) 		Harry Kupfer Otello
2004
(4th) 		Simon Phillips Lulu
2005
(5th) 		Elke Neidhardt Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring Cycle)
2005
(5th) 		Stuart Maunder Manon
2005
(5th) 		Patrick Nolan Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
2005
(5th) 		Francesca Zambello The Love for Three Oranges
2006
(6th) 		John Cox The Rake's Progress
2006
(6th) 		Simon Phillips La Bohème
2006
(6th) 		Rachel McDonald La voix humaine
2006
(6th) 		David Freeman Nabucco
2007
(7th) 		Douglas Horton The Hive
2007
(7th) 		Olivia Fuchs Rusalka
2007
(7th) 		Lindy Hume The Love of the Nightingale
2007
(7th) 		Leigh Warren Satyagraha
2008
(8th) 		John Cox Arabella
2008
(8th) 		Bruce Beresford A Streetcar Named Desire
2008
(8th) 		Adam Cook Little Women
2008
(8th) 		Nigel Jamieson Dead Man Walking
2009
(9th) 		Neil Armfield Billy Budd
2009
(9th) 		Kate Cherry L'incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppaea)
2009
(9th) 		Chris Kohn The Children's Bach
2009
(9th) 		Graeme Murphy Aida
2010
(10th) 		Neil Armfield Peter Grimes
2010
(10th) 		Neil Armfield Bliss
2010
(10th) 		Chris Drummond The Flying Dutchman
2010
(10th) 		Alex Olle and Valentina Carrasco Le Grand Macabre
2011
(11th) 		Nigel Jamieson La Fanciulla del West
2011
(11th) 		Christopher Alden Partenope
2011
(11th) 		Michael Kantor Threepenny Opera
2011
(11th) 		Leigh Warren Maria De Buenos Aires
2012
(12th) 		Leonard Foglia Moby-Dick
2012
(12th) 		Bruce Beresford Of Mice and Men
2012
(12th) 		Matthew Lutton Elektra
2012
(12th) 		Francesca Zambello La Traviata
2013
(13th) 		Àlex Ollé Un ballo in maschera
2013
(13th) 		Rodula Gaitanou L'isola disabitata
2013
(13th) 		Gale Edwards Salome
2013
(13th) 		Ludger Engels Semele Walk
2014
(14th) 		Neil Armfield[6] Melbourne Ring Cycle
2014

(14th)

Chas Rader-Shieber Orlando
2014

(14th)

Simon Phillips The Turk in Italy
2014

(14th)

Roger Hodgman Nixon in China
2015
(15th) 		Paul Curran[7] Faramondo
2015
(15th) 		David McVicar Don Giovanni
2015
(15th) 		David McVicar Faust
2015
(15th) 		Leigh Warren The Philip Glass Trilogy
2016
(16th) 		David McVicar[8] The Marriage of Figaro
2016
(16th) 		Michael Gow Voyages to the Moon
2016
(16th) 		Cameron Menzies The Grumpiest Boy in the World
2016
(16th) 		Laurence Dale Agrippina
2017
(17th) 		Barrie Kosky Saul
2017
(17th) 		David McVicar Cosi fan tutte
2017
(17th) 		Damiano Michieletto Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci
2017
(17th) 		Gale Edwards Cloudstreet
2018
(18th) 		Neil Armfield[9] Hamlet
2018
(18th) 		Barrie Kosky The Nose
2018
(18th) 		Stuart Maunder The Cunning Little Vixen
2018
(18th) 		Matthew Lutton Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets
2019
(19th) 		Barrie Kosky and Suzanne Andrade[10] The Magic Flute
2019
(19th) 		William Kentridge Wozzeck
2019
(19th) 		Lindy Hume Don Giovanni
2019
(19th) 		Sarah Giles Lorelei

Notes

A^ : The win for Dead Man Walking was for Joe Mantello, credited for "production", and Brad Dalton who oversaw the rehearsal and direction of the opera in Australia.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Helpmann Awards - About". Helpmann Awards. Live Performance Australia (LPA). Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Chapter 3 - The Awards; Rule 6.6: Award Categories" (PDF). Helpmann Awards Rules Revised 28 January 2011. Live Performance Australia (LPA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Helpmann Awards - Voting". Helpmann Awards. Live Performance Australia (LPA). Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Helpmann Awards - Nominees". Helpmann Awards. Live Performance Australia. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Australian Web Archive 2001 Helpmann Awards Nominees". Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA). Australian Web Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  6. ^ "2014 Nominees and Winners". Helpmann Awards. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  7. ^ "2015 Nominees and Winners". Helpmann Awards. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  8. ^ "2016 Nominees and Winners". Helpmann Awards. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  9. ^ "2018 Nominees and Winners". Helpmann Awards. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  10. ^ "2019 Nominees and Winners". Helpmann Awards. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Helpmann Awards - Winners (2004)". Helpmann Awards. Live Performance Australia (LPA). Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

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