YEAR

ARTISTS

1931-32

1932-33

1933-34

1934-35

1935-36

1936-37

1937-38

Richard Bonelli - Baritone, Gordons, Helen Jepson - Soprano, Russians, Guiomar Novaes - Pianist

1938-39

1939-40

Cincinnati Symphony, Nelson Eddy - Tenor, Helen Jepson - Soprano, Kaskas, Charles Kullman – Tenor, Norman Cordon - Baritone, Krehm

1940-41

Lawrence Tibbett - Baritone, Jascha Heifetz - Violinist, Rochester Symphony, Hatfield & Rose Bampton - Soprano, Meisle & Jagel

1941-42

1942-43

La Boheme, Castagna, Artur Rubinstein - Pianist, Cleveland Symphony, Eleanor Steber – Soprano, Paulee, Weede

1943-44

Lauritz Melchior - Tenor & Astrid Varnay - Soprano, Faust, Yehudi Menuhin - Violinist, Helen Traubel - Soprano, Bart & Robi CAROLINA NIGHT, Jan Peerce - Tenor, K. Watson

1944-45

1945-46

Rigoletto, Don Cossacks, Risë Stevens - Soprano, Baltimore Symphony, Rudolf Serkin – Pianist

1946-47

Il Trovatore, Cincinnati Symphony, Rosario & Antonio, Patrice Munsel - Soprano, Clenn, Merriman & Huehn

1947-48

Butterfly, Feruccio Tagliavini - Tenor, Baltimore Symphony, Bel Canto Trio, Nadine Conner – Soprano

1948-49

Romeo & Juliet, Revelers Vocal Ensemble, Indiana Symphony, Jussi Bjoerling - Tenor, Philadelphia Piano Quartet

1949-50

Wagner Opera Company, National Male Quartet, Alexis Weissenberg - Pianist, Elena Nikolaidi – Mezzo-Soprano, St. Louis Sinfonietta

1950-51

Igor Gorin - Baritone, Eleanor Steber - Soprano, Eileen Farrell - Soprano, Charles Kullman – Tenor & Men of Song Slavensky, Morley & Gearhart

1951-52

1952-53

Boston Pops, Carmen, First Piano Quartet, Paul Badura-Skoda - Pianist, Nadine Conner – Soprano

1953-54

Wilma Lipp - Coloratura, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Compagnons de la Chanson, N.Y. Philharmonic Orchestra

1954-55

1955-56

1956-57

NBC Opera, Chicago Opera Ballet, Boston Pops, Risë Stevens - Soprano, Rudolf Serkin – Pianist, Met BPTO

1957-58

Philadelphia Orchestra, George London - Baritone, Alexander Brailowsky - Pianist, American Ballet Theatre, Vienna on Parade

1958-59

Robert Shaw Chorale, Boston Pops Touring Orchestra, Eileen Farrell - Soprano, Nathan Milstein – Violinist, Linn & Alexander, Jussi Bjoerling - Tenor

1959-60

Philadelphia Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein - Pianist, Cesare Siepi - Baritone, Voyage to the Moon, Ralph Hunter Dramatic Choir

1960-61

N.Y. Philharmonic, Krasrmanovich Chorus, Goldovsky Opera Group, Lorin Hollander - Pianist, Cornell McNeil – Baritone

1961-62

Yehudi Menuhin - Violinist, Bayanihan Dancers, Brigit Nilsson - Soprano, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Hans Richter-Haaser - Pianist

1962-63

Orfeon Chorus of Coimbra, National Ballet of Canada, Rudolf Serkin - Pianist, Richard Tucker – Tenor, Minneapolis Symphony w/Norman Carol - Soloist

1963-64

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, Koutev Bulgarian National Ensemble, Zino Francescatti – Violinist, Gianna d'Angela - Soprano, Hans Richter-Haaser - Pianist

1964-65

1965-66

1966-67

American Ballet Theatre, Ivan Davis - Pianist, Arthur Fiedler in a Boston Pops Concert, New Orleans Philharmonic, Robert Merrill - Baritone, Pittsburgh Symphony

1967-68

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Pennario - Pianist, Roberta Peters - Coloratura, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Ruth Page's International Ballet

1968-69

Fiesta Mexicana, Grant Johanneson - Pianist, Hague Philharmonic, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf – Soprano, Harkness Ballet

1969-70

Lili Kraus - Pianist, National Ballet of Washington, Richard Tucker - Tenor, Indianapolis Symphony-Solomon Conductor, Friedman - Soloist, London Philharmonic Orchestra with Haitink - Conductor

1970-71

Bayanihan Dancers, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - William Steinberg, Conductor, Leontyne Price - Soloist, David Bar-Illan - Pianist, Norman Luboff Choir

1971-72

Teresa Stratas - Soprano, David Bar-Illan - Pianist, National Ballet of Washington, London Symphony Orchestra, Van Cliburn - Pianist

1972-73

Gold & Fizdale - Duo Pianists, Beryozka Dancers, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, John McCracken - Tenor & Sandra Warfield - Soprano

1973-74

1974-75

Soviet Georgian Dancers, Patricia Brooks - Soprano, Andre Watts - Pianist, Lilit Gampel – Violinist, Pittsburgh Symphony

1975-76

Chinese Acrobats of Taiwan, Louise Russell - Soprano, Lorin Hollander - Pianist, London Symphony Orchestra, Dubrovnik Festival Orchestra

1976-77

North Carolina Dance Theatre, Gold & Fizdale - Duo-Pianists, Galina Vishnevskaya - Soprano, Leningrad Symphony Orchestra, Prague Chamber Orchestra with Hans Richter-Haaser – Pianist

1977-78

Czech Folk Ballet, David Bar-Illan - Pianist, Marilyn Horne - Mezzo-Soprano, Buffalo Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic

1978-79

Tedd Joselson - Pianist, Neil Rosenshein - Tenor, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Christopher Parkening – Guitarist, Philadelphia Orchestra

1979-80

Horatio Gutierrez - Pianist, Andre Michel Shub - Pianist, Cincinnati Symphony, Beverly Sills – Soprano, Jackson (Mississippi) Ballet

1980-81

Grace Bumbry - Mezzo Soprano, New Orleans Philharmonic, Paul Schenly - Pianist, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Los Angeles Philharmonic

1981-82

Cleveland Orchestra, Alexander Peskanov - Pianist, Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Roger Wagner Chorale

1982-83

1983-84

Caracas Ballet, Robert McDuffie - Violinist, Hague Philharmonic, N.Y. City Opera National Company, Bella Davidovich - Pianist

1984-85

1985-86

1986-87

1987-88

1988-89

1989-90

National Symphony Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman - Viola/Violinist, Barry Douglas – Pianist, Philharmonic Orchestra of London, Frederica von Stade - Mezzo Soprano

1990-91

Murray Perahia - Pianist, Ballet Theatre Francais de Nancy, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Jerry Hadley - Tenor

1991-92

Alexei Sultanov - Pianist, Prague Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Royal Winnipeg Ballet

1992-93

1993-94

1994-95

Itzhak Perlman - Violinist, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Russian National Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Hampson - Baritone, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo

1995-96

1996-97

1997-98

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Alicia de Larrocha - Pianist, Moscow Virtuosi, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with Emanuel Ax - Pianist, Houston Symphony Orchestra with Joshua Bell – Violinist, Paul Grove - Tenor and Dwayne Croft - Baritone

1998-99

The St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra with Margarita Alaverdian - Soprano, The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra with Eliane Rodrigues - Pianist, Full Length Swan Lake Russian National Ballet, Jon Nakamatsu - Pianist, National Symphony Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin – Conductor

1999-2000

Opera Gala- Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Emanuel Ax- Pianist, Chanticleer, The Minnesota Orchestra, Ballet de l’ Opera de Bordeaux, Kennedy with Orchestra

2000-2001

Iceland Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Empire Brass, Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Festival Ballet- Giselle

2001-2002

Orpheus with Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, BBC Concert Orchestra of London (Nicola Loud, Violinist, Warsaw Philharmonic (Ingrid Fliter, Pianist), Van Cliburn Gold Medal Winner Stanislav Ioudenitch, Grigorovich Ballet “Spartacus”

2002-2003

Shanghai Ballet (Coppelia), New York Philharmonic with Lorin Maazel, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell, Violinist, Chanticleer, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland - with John O’Conor, pianist

2003-2004

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Philharmonia of the Nations, Katia and Marielle Labeque, National Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Festival Ballet “Don Quixote”

2004-2005 

Canadian Brass, Dresden Philharmonic with Julia Fischer and Rafael Fruhbeck do Burgos, Prague Symphony Orchestra with Navah Perlman, Cantus, St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre “Romeo and Juliet”, The Tuscan Sun Festival with Frances Mayes, Nina Kotova and New European Strings Chamber Orchestra

2005-2006

Zurich Chamber Orchestra with Sharon Isbin and Howard Griffiths, Munich Symphony Orchestra with Philippe Entremont, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Charles Dutoit. Olga Kern, Russian National Ballet performing Tchaikovsky’s “The Sleeping Beauty”