Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral

The Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Operatic or Choral was awarded in 1959. The equivalent award, Best Classical Performance - Opera Cast or Choral was awarded in 1960. Since 1962 the award has been divided into separate awards for opera and choral performances. See Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance.

Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral
Awarded for	quality classical opera or choral performances
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First award	1959
Final award	1959
Website	grammy.com

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

Recipients

Year	Winner(s)	Title	Nominees	Ref.
1959	Roger Wagner (choir director) & the Roger Wagner Chorale	Virtuoso	Dimitri Mitropoulos – Barber: Vanessa Erich Leinsdorf – Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi – Rossini: Barber of Seville Dom David Nicholson - Victoria: Requiem Mass	[1]
1959	Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Soloists: Lisa Della Casa, Rosalind Elias, George London, Roberta Peters, Giorgio Tozzi	Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro	Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Metropolitan Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Peters, Valetti, Merrill, Tozzi) - Rossini: The Barber of Seville Fausto Cleva conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Stevens, Del Monaco) - Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah Richard P. Condie conducting the Mormon Tabernacle Choir - The Beloved Choruses Fernando Previtali conducting the Accademia de Santa Cecilia, Rome, Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Milanov, Tozzi) - Verdi: La Forza del Destino	[2]