Helpmann Award for Best Female Performer in an Opera

The Helpmann Award for Best Female Performer in an Opera is an award presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) (the trade name for the Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA)), 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]

Winners and nominees

In the following list winners are listed first and marked in gold, in boldface, and the nominees are listed below with no highlight.

   Winners are listed first and marked in a separate colour, in boldface.
Year Actor Production Character(s)
2001
(1st) 		Anke Höppner Madama Butterfly Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly)
2001
(1st) 		Clare Gormley The Eighth Wonder Alexandra Mason
2001
(1st) 		Yvonne Kenny Capriccio The Countess
2001
(1st) 		Regina Schörg La traviata Violetta Valéry
2002
(2nd) 		Lisa Gasteen Tristan und Isolde Isolde
2002
(2nd) 		Kate Ladner The Marriage of Figaro Countess Rosina Almaviva
2002
(2nd) 		Margaret Medlyn Parsifal Kundry
2002
(2nd) 		Elizabeth Whitehouse Andrea Chénier Maddalena de Coigny
2003
(3rd) 		Elizabeth Whitehouse Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Katerina Lvovna Izmailova
2003
(3rd) 		Elizabeth Campbell Il trovatore Azucena
2003
(3rd) 		Joanna Cole Lindy Lindy Chamberlain
2003
(3rd) 		Elizabeth Connell Ariadne auf Naxos Ariadne
2004
(4th) 		Emma Matthews Lulu Lulu
2004
(4th) 		Kirsti Harms Dead Man Walking Sister Helen Prejean
2004
(4th) 		Nicole Youl Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci Santuzza
2004
(4th) 		Shu Cheen Yu The Possessed Judou
2005
(5th) 		Lisa Gasteen The Ring Cycle Brünnhilde
2005
(5th) 		Cheryl Barker Tosca Floria Tosca
2005
(5th) 		Bernadette Cullen Il trovatore Azucena
2005
(5th) 		Tiffany Speight The Magic Flute Pamina/Papagena
2006
(6th) 		Emma Matthews Lakmé Lakmé
2006
(6th) 		Elizabeth Connell Nabucco Abigaille
2006
(6th) 		Rachelle Durkin Rinaldo Almirena
2006
(6th) 		Emma Matthews Romeo & Juliet Juliet
2007
(7th) 		Emma Matthews The Love of the Nightingale Philomele
2007
(7th) 		Cheryl Barker Rusalka Rusalka
2007
(7th) 		Elvira Fatykhova La traviata Violetta Valéry
2007
(7th) 		Susan Bullock Tristan und Isolde Isolde
2008
(8th) 		Cheryl Barker Arabella Arabella
2008
(8th) 		Emma Matthews Les Contes d'Hoffmann Antonia, Giulietta, Olympia and Stella
2008
(8th) 		Kirsti Harms Dead Man Walking Sister Helen Prejean
2008
(8th) 		Elvira Fatykhova Rigoletto Gilda
2009
(9th) 		Tiffany Speight The Coronation of Poppea Poppea
2009
(9th) 		Rachelle Durkin A Flowering Tree Kumudha
2009
(9th) 		Susan Bullock Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Katerina Lvovna Izmailova
2009
(9th) 		Cheryl Barker The Makropoulos Secret Elina Makropulos
2010
(10th) 		Emma Matthews La sonnambula Amina
2010
(10th) 		Susan Gritton Peter Grimes Ellen Orford
2010
(10th) 		Takesha Meshé Kizart Tosca Floria Tosca
2010
(10th) 		Lorina Gore Bliss Honey B
2011
(11th) 		Emma Matthews Partenope Partenope
2011
(11th) 		Rachelle Durkin La sonnambula Amina
2011
(11th) 		Rinat Shaham Carmen Carmen
2011
(11th) 		Patricia Racette Madama Butterfly Cio-Cio San
2012
(12th) 		Emma Matthews La traviata Violetta Valéry
2012
(12th) 		Rachelle Durkin The Tales of Hoffmann Antonia, Giulietta, Olympia and Stella
2012
(12th) 		Susan Foster Turandot Princess Turandot
2012
(12th) 		Eva Johansson Elektra Elektra
2013
(13th) 		Cheryl Barker Salome Salome
2013
(13th) 		Sara Macliver L'Orfeo Euridice
2013
(13th) 		Emma Matthews Lucia di Lammermoor Lucia
2013
(13th) 		Tamar Iveri Un ballo in maschera Amelia
2014
(14th) 		Christine Goerke Elektra Elektra
2014
(14th) 		Kathryn Lewek Orlando Angelica
2014
(14th) 		Emma Matthews The Turk in Italy Fiorilla
2014
(14th) 		Jessica Pratt La traviata Violetta
2015
(15th) 		Jennifer Rivera Faramondo Faramondo
2015
(15th) 		Nicole Car Faust Marguerite
2015
(15th) 		Caitlin Hulcup Iphigénie en Tauride Griselda
2015
(15th) 		Latonia Moore Aida Aida
2016
(16th) 		Nicole Car Luisa Miller Luisa Miller
2016
(16th) 		Latonia Moore Don Carlos Elisabeth de Valois
2016
(16th) 		Jessica Pratt Lucia di Lammermoor Lucia
2016
(16th) 		Ulrike Schneider Agrippina Agrippina
2017
(17th) 		Lise Lindstrom The Ring Cycle Brünnhilde
2017
(17th) 		Nicole Car Così fan tutte Fiordiligi
2017
(17th) 		Rachelle Durkin Armida Armida
2017
(17th) 		Antoinette Halloran Tosca Tosca
2018
(18th) 		Nicole Car La Traviata Violetta Valéry
2018
(18th) 		Taryn Fiebig Triple Bill: Anacréon, Pigmalion and Erighetta e Don Chilone The Priestess of Bacchus, The Statue and Erighetta
2018
(18th) 		Helen Sherman Coronation of Poppea Poppea
2018
(18th) 		Dimity Shepherd Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets Käthchen
2019
(19th) 		Lise Lindstrom[5] Salome Salome
2019
(19th) 		Vivica Genaux Artaserse Mandane
2019
(19th) 		Lorina Gore Wozzeck Marie
2019
(19th) 		Jessica Pratt Lucia di Lammermoor Lucia

References

  1. ^ "Helpmann Awards – About". Helpmann Awards, Live Performance Australia (LPA). Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Nominees". Helpmann Awards, Live Performance Australia. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Past nominees and winners". Helpmann Awards. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Awards for daring performances in 2019 Helpmann Awards". ABC Classic. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2021.