Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production
# Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. 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.

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 |
| 1993 | Stiffelio | The Royal Opera |
| 1993 | Death in Venice | The Royal Opera |
| 1993 | Der Fliegende Hollander | The Royal Opera |
| 1993 | The Fiery Angel | The Royal Opera |
| 1994 |
| 1994 | La damnation de Faust | The Royal Opera |
| 1994 | Ariodante | English National Opera |
| 1994 | Gloriana | Opera North |
| 1994 | Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg | The Royal Opera |
| 1995 |
| 1995 | Khovanshchina | English National Opera |
| 1995 | Così fan tutte | The Royal Opera |
| 1995 | Don Quixote | English National Opera |
| 1995 | Roméo et Juliette | The Royal Opera |
| 1996 |
| 1996 | Billy Budd | The Royal Opera |
| 1996 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | English National Opera |
| 1996 | Salome | The Royal Opera |
| 1996 | Siegfried | The Royal Opera |
| 1997 |
| 1997 | Tristan und Isolde | English National Opera |
| 1997 | Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci | Welsh National Opera |
| 1997 | Fidelio | English National Opera |
| 1998 |
| 1998 | Paul Bunyan | The Royal Opera |
| 1998 | Falstaff | English National Opera and Opera North |
| 1998 | Palestrina | The Royal Opera |
| 1998 | Platée | The Royal Opera |
| 1999 |
| 1999 | La clemenza di Tito | Welsh National Opera |
| 1999 | Boris Godunov | English National Opera |
| 1999 | L'Orfeo | Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie |
| 1999 | Il trittico | English National Opera |

### 2000s

| Year | Production | Company |
| - | - | - |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | Hansel and Gretel | Welsh National Opera |
| 2000 | Alcina | English National Opera |
| 2000 | Parsifal | English National Opera |
| 2000 | Semele | English National Opera |
| 2001 |
| 2001 | The Greek Passion | The Royal Opera |
| 2001 | Pelléas and Mélisande | English National Opera |
| 2001 | L'incoronazione di Poppea | English National Opera |
| 2001 | War and Peace | The Kirov Opera |
| 2002 |
| 2002 | Boulevard Solitude | The Royal Opera |
| 2002 | Jenůfa | The Royal Opera |
| 2002 | The Rape of Lucretia | English National Opera |
| 2002 | Rigoletto | The Royal Opera |
| 2003 |
| 2003 | Wozzeck | The Royal Opera |
| 2003 | Ariadne auf Naxos | The Royal Opera |
| 2003 | Bluebeard's Castle and Erwartung | The Royal Opera |
| 2003 | Lulu | English National Opera |
| 2004 |
| 2004 | Les Troyens (Parts I and II) | English National Opera |
| 2004 | Così fan tutte | English National Opera |
| 2004 | Madama Butterfly | The Royal Opera |
| 2004 | Orlando | The Royal Opera |
| 2005 |
| 2005 | Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District | The Royal Opera |
| 2005 | Les Paladins | Les Arts Florissants |
| 2005 | Peter Grimes | The Royal Opera |
| 2006 |
| 2006 | Madama Butterfly | English National Opera |
| 2006 | Billy Budd | English National Opera |
| 2006 | La clemenza di Tito | English National Opera |
| 2006 | On the Town | English National Opera |
| 2007 |
| 2007 | Jenůfa | English National Opera |
| 2007 | The Makropulos Affair | English National Opera |
| 2007 | Orfeo | English National Opera |
| 2007 | Peter Grimes | Opera North |
| 2008 |
| 2008 | Pelléas et Mélisande | The Royal Opera |
| 2008 | Agrippina | English National Opera |
| 2008 | La fille du régiment | The Royal Opera |
| 2008 | The Turn of the Screw | English National Opera |
| 2009 |
| 2009 | Partenope | English National Opera |
| 2009 | Don Carlos | The Royal Opera |
| 2009 | The Minotaur | The Royal Opera |
| 2009 | I Pagliacci | English National Opera |

### 2010s

| Year | Production | Company |
| - | - | - |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Tristan und Isolde | The Royal Opera |
| 2010 | Der Fliegende Holländer | The Royal Opera |
| 2010 | Lulu | The Royal Opera |
| 2010 | Peter Grimes | English National Opera |
| 2011 |
| 2011 | Bohème | OperaUpClose (at Soho Theatre) |
| 2011 | A Dog's Heart | English National Opera |
| 2011 | Adriana Lecouvreur | The Royal Opera |
| 2011 | Elegy for Young Lovers | English National Opera |
| 2012 |
| 2012 | Castor et Pollux | English National Opera |
| 2012 | Clemency | ROH2 |
| 2012 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | English National Opera |
| 2012 | The Passenger | English National Opera |
| 2013 |
| 2013 | Einstein on the Beach | Robert Wilson and Philip Glass |
| 2013 | Billy Budd | English National Opera |
| 2013 | Caligula | English National Opera |
| 2013 | La traviata | English National Opera |
| 2014 |
| 2014 | Les vêpres siciliennes | The Royal Opera |
| 2014 | The Firework-Maker's Daughter | The Royal Opera |
| 2014 | Wozzeck | English National Opera |
| 2015 |
| 2015 | The Mastersingers of Nuremberg | English National Opera |
| 2015 | Benvenuto Cellini | English National Opera |
| 2015 | Dialogues des Carmélites | The Royal Opera |
| 2015 | Die Frau ohne Schatten | The Royal Opera |
| 2016 |
| 2016 | Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci | The Royal Opera |
| 2016 | Morgen und Abend | The Royal Opera |
| 2016 | The Force of Destiny | English National Opera |
| 2017 |
| 2017 | Akhnaten | English National Opera |
| 2017 | 4.48 Psychosis | The Royal Opera |
| 2017 | Così Fan Tutte | The Royal Opera |
| 2017 | Lulu | English National Opera |
| 2018 |
| 2018 | Semiramide | The Royal Opera |
| 2018 | La bohème | King's Head Theatre |
| 2018 | The Exterminating Angel | The Royal Opera |
| 2019 |
| 2019 | Katya Kabanova | Royal Opera House |
| 2019 | Lessons in Love and Violence | Royal Opera House |
| 2019 | The Turn of the Screw | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre |

* 1 2 3 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.

### 2020s

| Year | Production | Company |
| - | - | - |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Billy Budd | Royal Opera House |
| 2020 | Berenice | Royal Opera House |
| 2020 | Hansel and Gretel | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and English National Opera |
| 2020 | Noye's Fludde | Theatre Royal Stratford East and English National Opera |
| 2021 | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2022 |
| 2022 | Jenůfa | The Royal Opera |
| 2022 | Bajazet | Irish National Opera and The Royal Opera |
| 2022 | The Cunning Little Vixen | English National Opera |
| 2022 | Theodora | The Royal Opera |

* 1 2 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.
* 1 2 Due to late March 2020 to late July 2021 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
