| 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 |