| Year
|
Title
|
Production company(ies)
|
2001
(1st)
|
| The Eighth Wonder
|
Opera Australia
|
| Così fan tutte
|
Opera Queensland
|
| Wozzeck
|
Opera Australia
|
| Writing to Vermeer
|
Adelaide Festival Corporation
|
2002
(2nd)
|
| Batavia
|
Opera Australia and Melbourne Festival
|
| L'elisir d'amore
|
Opera Australia
|
| Parsifal
|
State Opera of South Australia
|
| The Fiery Angel (The Kirov Opera)
|
Melbourne Festival
|
2003
(3rd)
|
| Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
|
Opera Australia
|
| Love in the Age of Therapy
|
Sydney Festival and Oz Opera in association with Melbourne Festival and Victorian Arts Centre Trust
|
| The Marriage of Figaro
|
Opera Australia
|
| Il trovatore
|
West Australian Opera, State Opera of South Australia and Opera Queensland
|
2004
(4th)
|
| Dead Man Walking
|
State Opera of South Australia
|
| Otello
|
Opera Australia
|
2005
(5th)
|
| The Ring Cycle
|
State Opera of South Australia
|
| The Love for Three Oranges
|
Opera Australia
|
| Madeline Lee
|
Opera Australia
|
| Der Rosenkavalier
|
Opera Australia
|
2006
(6th)
|
| Flight
|
Adelaide Festival of Arts, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and State Opera of South Australia
|
| La bohème
|
The Opera Conference
|
| The Magic Flute
|
State Theatre Company of South Australia
|
| Romeo and Juliet
|
Opera Australia
|
2007
(7th)
|
| Rusalka
|
Opera Australia
|
| Alcina
|
Opera Australia
|
| Satyagraha
|
State Opera of South Australia, Leigh Warren & Dancers and The Adelaide Vocal Project
|
| The Love of the Nightingale
|
West Australian Opera, UWA Perth International Arts Festival, Opera Queensland and Queensland Music Festival
|
2008
(8th)
|
| Arabella
|
Opera Australia
|
| Les contes d'Hoffmann
|
Opera Australia
|
| Dead Man Walking
|
Andrew McManus Presents and Alexander Productions
|
| Little Women
|
State Opera of South Australia and State Theatre Company of South Australia
|
2009
(9th)
|
| Billy Budd
|
Opera Australia
|
| The Coronation of Poppea
|
Victorian Opera
|
| The Navigator
|
Brisbane Festival 2008 and Melbourne International Arts Festival
|
| Aida
|
West Australian Opera
|
2010
(10th)
|
| Peter Grimes
|
Opera Australia
|
| Bliss
|
Opera Australia
|
| Le Grand Macabre
|
Adelaide Festival in association with State Opera of South Australia
|
| King Lear
|
10 Days on the Island
|
2011
(11th)
|
| Partenope
|
Opera Australia
|
| La fanciulla del West
|
Opera Australia
|
| The Threepenny Opera
|
Malthouse Theatre and Victorian Opera
|
| María de Buenos Aires
|
State Opera of South Australia and Leigh Warren & Dancers
|
2012
(12th)
|
| Moby-Dick
|
State Opera of South Australia
|
| The Barbarians
|
MONA FOMA and IHOS Opera
|
| The Rake's Progress
|
Victorian Opera
|
| Elektra
|
West Australian Opera, ThinIce, Perth International Arts Festival and Opera Australia
|
2013
(13th)
|
| Salome
|
Opera Australia
|
| L'isola disabitata
|
Hobart Baroque and Royal Opera House
|
| Die tote Stadt
|
Opera Australia
|
| Un ballo in maschera
|
Opera Australia
|
2014
(14th)
|
| Melbourne Ring Cycle
|
Opera Australia
|
| La Traviata
|
State Opera of South Australia, New Zealand Opera, Opera Queensland
|
| Nixon in China
|
Victorian Opera
|
| The Turk in Italy
|
Opera Australia
|
2015
(15th)
|
| Faramondo
|
Brisbane Baroque in association with QPAC
|
| Faust
|
Opera Australia in association with The Opera Conference
|
| Madama Butterfly
|
English National Opera, Metropolitan Opera and Lithuanian National Opera in association with West Australian Opera and Perth International Arts Festival
|
| Philip Glass Trilogy
|
State Opera of South Australia
|
2016
(16th)
|
| Agrippina
|
Brisbane Baroque in association with QPAC
|
| Fly Away Peter
|
Arts Centre Melbourne and Sydney Chamber Opera in association with Melbourne Festival
|
| Luisa Miller
|
Opera Australia
|
| The Marriage of Figaro
|
Opera Australia
|
2017
(17th)
|
| Saul
|
Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Adelaide Festival in association with the State Opera of South Australia, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Adelaide Festival Centre
|
| Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci
|
Opera Australia
|
| Così fan tutte
|
Opera Australia
|
| King Roger
|
Opera Australia
|
2018
(18th)
|
| Hamlet
|
Glyndebourne Festival, Adelaide Festival, State Opera of South Australia and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
|
| The Nose
|
Opera Australia
|
| Cunning Little Vixen
|
Victorian Opera
|
| Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets
|
Malthouse Theatre and Victorian Opera
|
2019
(19th)[7]
|
| Komische Oper Berlin's The Magic Flute
|
Arts Projects Australia, Adelaide Festival and Perth Festival
|
| Wozzeck
|
Opera Australia
|
| Metamorphosis
|
Opera Australia
|
| Artaserse
|
Pinchgut Opera
|
