Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production

Death in Venice

| rowspan="3" | The Royal Opera

Der Fliegende Hollander

The Fiery Angel

rowspan="5" align="center"| 1994

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| La damnation de Faust

Ariodante

Gloriana

| Opera North

Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

| The Royal Opera

rowspan="5" align="center"| 1995

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Khovanshchina

Così fan tutte

| The Royal Opera

Don Quixote

| English National Opera

Roméo et Juliette

| The Royal Opera

rowspan="5" align="center"| 1996

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Billy Budd

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Salome

| rowspan="2" | The Royal Opera

Siegfried

rowspan="4" align="center"| 1997

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Tristan und Isolde

Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci

| Welsh National Opera

Fidelio

| English National Opera

rowspan="5" align="center"| 1998

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Paul Bunyan

Falstaff

| English National Opera and Opera North

Palestrina

| rowspan="2" | The Royal Opera

Platée

rowspan="5" align="center"| 1999

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| La clemenza di Tito

| Welsh National Opera

Boris Godunov

| Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie

L'Orfeo

Il trittico

| English National Opera

=2000s=

class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:10%;"\| Year ! style="width:45%;"\| Production ! style="width:45%;"\| Company
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 2000
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Hansel and Gretel* \| Welsh National Opera
Alcina \| rowspan="3" \| English National Opera
Parsifal
Semele
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 2001
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *The Greek Passion* \| The Royal Opera
Pelléas and Mélisande \| rowspan="2" \| English National Opera
L'incoronazione di Poppea
War and Peace \| The Kirov Opera
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 2002
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Boulevard Solitude* \| The Royal Opera
Jenůfa \| The Royal Opera
The Rape of Lucretia \| English National Opera
Rigoletto \| The Royal Opera
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 2003
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Wozzeck* \| The Royal Opera
Ariadne auf Naxos \| rowspan="2" \| The Royal Opera
Bluebeard's Castle and Erwartung
Lulu \| English National Opera
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 2004
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Les Troyens (Parts I and II) \| English National Opera
Così fan tutte \| English National Opera
Madama Butterfly \| rowspan="2" \| The Royal Opera
Orlando
rowspan="4" align="center"\| 2005
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District* \| The Royal Opera
Les Paladins \| Les Arts Florissants
Peter Grimes \| The Royal Opera
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 2006
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Madama Butterfly* \| English National Opera
Billy Budd \| rowspan="3" \| English National Opera
La clemenza di Tito
On the Town
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 2007
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Jenůfa* \| English National Opera
The Makropulos Affair \| rowspan="2" \| English National Opera
Orfeo
Peter Grimes \| Opera North
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 2008
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Pelléas et Mélisande* \| The Royal Opera
Agrippina \| English National Opera
La fille du régiment \| The Royal Opera
The Turn of the Screw \| English National Opera
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 2009
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Partenope* \| English National Opera
Don Carlos \| rowspan="2" \| The Royal Opera
The Minotaur
I Pagliacci \| English National Opera

class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"

style="background:#bebebe;"

! style="width:10%;"| Year

! style="width:45%;"| Production

! style="width:45%;"| Company

rowspan="5" align="center"| 2000

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Hansel and Gretel

| Welsh National Opera

Alcina

| rowspan="3" | English National Opera

Parsifal

Semele

rowspan="5" align="center"| 2001

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| The Greek Passion

Pelléas and Mélisande

| rowspan="2" | English National Opera

L'incoronazione di Poppea

War and Peace

| The Kirov Opera

rowspan="5" align="center"| 2002

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Boulevard Solitude

Jenůfa

| The Royal Opera

The Rape of Lucretia

Rigoletto

| The Royal Opera

rowspan="5" align="center"| 2003

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Wozzeck

Ariadne auf Naxos

| rowspan="2" | The Royal Opera

Bluebeard's Castle and Erwartung

Lulu

rowspan="5" align="center"| 2004

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Les Troyens (Parts I and II)

Così fan tutte

| English National Opera

Madama Butterfly

| rowspan="2" | The Royal Opera

Orlando

rowspan="4" align="center"| 2005

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District

Les Paladins

| Les Arts Florissants

Peter Grimes

| The Royal Opera

rowspan="5" align="center"| 2006

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Madama Butterfly

Billy Budd

| rowspan="3" | English National Opera

La clemenza di Tito

On the Town

rowspan="5" align="center"| 2007

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Jenůfa

The Makropulos Affair

| rowspan="2" | English National Opera

Orfeo

Peter Grimes

| Opera North

rowspan="5" align="center"| 2008

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Pelléas et Mélisande

Agrippina

La fille du régiment

| The Royal Opera

The Turn of the Screw

| English National Opera

rowspan="5" align="center"| 2009

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Partenope

Don Carlos

| rowspan="2" | The Royal Opera

The Minotaur

I Pagliacci

| English National Opera

=2010s=

class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:10%;"\| Year ! style="width:45%;"\| Production ! style="width:45%;"\| Company
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 2010
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Tristan und Isolde* \| The Royal Opera
Der Fliegende Holländer \| rowspan="2" \| The Royal Opera
Lulu
Peter Grimes \| English National Opera
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 2011
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Bohème* \| OperaUpClose (at Soho Theatre)
A Dog's Heart \| English National Opera
Adriana Lecouvreur \| The Royal Opera
Elegy for Young Lovers \| English National Opera
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 2012
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Castor et Pollux* \| English National Opera
Clemency \| ROH2
A Midsummer Night's Dream \| rowspan="2" \| English National Opera
The Passenger
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 2013
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Einstein on the Beach* \| Robert Wilson and Philip Glass
Billy Budd \| rowspan="3" \| English National Opera
Caligula
La traviata
rowspan="4" align="center"\| 2014
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Les vêpres siciliennes* \| The Royal Opera
The Firework-Maker's Daughter \| The Royal Opera
Wozzeck \| English National Opera
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 2015
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *The Mastersingers of Nuremberg* \| English National Opera
Benvenuto Cellini \| English National Opera
Dialogues des Carmélites \| rowspan="2" \| The Royal Opera
Die Frau ohne Schatten
rowspan="4" align="center"\| 2016
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| **Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci \| The Royal Opera**
Morgen und Abend \| The Royal Opera
The Force of Destiny \| English National Opera
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 2017
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| *Akhnaten* \| English National Opera
4.48 Psychosis \| rowspan="2" \| The Royal Opera
Così Fan Tutte
Lulu \| English National Opera
rowspan="4" \|2018
style="background:#B0C4DE" \|*Semiramide* \|The Royal Opera
La bohème \|King's Head Theatre
The Exterminating Angel \|The Royal Opera
rowspan=4 \|2019
style="background:#B0C4DE" \|*Katya Kabanova* \|Royal Opera House{{efn\|name=fn1\|The official Olivier Award website only credits the venue as the 2019 nominee, with no mention of the theatre company that performed, so can not assume that The Royal Opera (operating in Royal Opera House) nor the English National Opera (operating in, and co-producing with, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) were nominated.{{cite web\|access-date=2022-04-19\|title=Olivier Awards 2019\|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/year/2019/\|work=Society of London Theatre}}}}
Lessons in Love and Violence \|Royal Opera House{{efn\|name=fn1}}
The Turn of the Screw \|Regent's Park Open Air Theatre{{efn\|name=fn1}}

class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"

style="background:#bebebe;"

! style="width:10%;"| Year

! style="width:45%;"| Production

! style="width:45%;"| Company

rowspan="5" align="center"| 2010

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Tristan und Isolde

Der Fliegende Holländer

| rowspan="2" | The Royal Opera

Lulu

Peter Grimes

rowspan="5" align="center"| 2011

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Bohème

| OperaUpClose (at Soho Theatre)

A Dog's Heart

Adriana Lecouvreur

| The Royal Opera

Elegy for Young Lovers

| English National Opera

rowspan="5" align="center"| 2012

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Castor et Pollux

Clemency

| ROH2

A Midsummer Night's Dream

| rowspan="2" | English National Opera

The Passenger

rowspan="5" align="center"| 2013

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Einstein on the Beach

| Robert Wilson and Philip Glass

Billy Budd

| rowspan="3" | English National Opera

Caligula

La traviata

rowspan="4" align="center"| 2014

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Les vêpres siciliennes

The Firework-Maker's Daughter

| The Royal Opera

Wozzeck

rowspan="5" align="center"| 2015

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| The Mastersingers of Nuremberg

Benvenuto Cellini

| English National Opera

Dialogues des Carmélites

| rowspan="2" | The Royal Opera

Die Frau ohne Schatten

rowspan="4" align="center"| 2016

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci

Morgen und Abend

| The Royal Opera

The Force of Destiny

rowspan="5" align="center"| 2017

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Akhnaten

4.48 Psychosis

| rowspan="2" | The Royal Opera

Così Fan Tutte

Lulu

| English National Opera

rowspan="4" |2018

style="background:#B0C4DE"

|Semiramide

The Exterminating Angel

La bohème

|King's Head Theatre

|The Royal Opera

rowspan=4 |2019

style="background:#B0C4DE"

|Katya Kabanova

|Royal Opera House{{efn|name=fn1|The official Olivier Award website only credits the venue as the 2019 nominee, with no mention of the theatre company that performed, so can not assume that The Royal Opera (operating in Royal Opera House) nor the English National Opera (operating in, and co-producing with, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) were nominated.{{cite web|access-date=2022-04-19|title=Olivier Awards 2019|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/year/2019/|work=Society of London Theatre}}}}

Lessons in Love and Violence

|Royal Opera House{{efn|name=fn1}}

The Turn of the Screw

|Regent's Park Open Air Theatre{{efn|name=fn1}}

= 2020s =

class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:10%;" \| Year ! style="width:45%;" \| Production ! style="width:45%;" \| Company
rowspan="5" align="center" \|2020
style="background:#B0C4DE" \|*Billy Budd* \|Royal Opera House{{efn-ua\|name=fn1\|The official Olivier Award website only credits the venue as the 2020 nominee, with no mention of the company that performed, so can not assume that The Royal Opera company was nominated.{{cite web\|access-date=2022-04-19\|title=Olivier Awards 2020\|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/year/olivier-awards-2020/\|work=Society of London Theatre}}}}
Berenice \|Royal Opera House{{efn-ua\|name=fn1}}
Hansel and Gretel \|Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and English National Opera
Noye's Fludde \|Theatre Royal Stratford East and English National Opera
align="center"\| 2021 \| colspan=2 align="center"\| Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic{{efn-ua\|name=COVID1\|Due to late March 2020{{cite speech \|title=Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 23 March 2020 [transcript] \|first=The Rt Hon Boris, MP \|last=Johnson \|author-link=Boris Johnson \|date=2020-03-23 \|event=Prime Minister's Televised Speech to the United Kingdom \|location=London, UK \|website=www.gov.uk \|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-address-to-the-nation-on-coronavirus-23-march-2020 \|access-date=2022-04-25 \|quote=From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609221414/https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-address-to-the-nation-on-coronavirus-23-march-2020 \|archive-date=2020-06-09 \|url-status=live}} to late July 2021{{cite news \|title=U.K. Postpones Reopening Roadmap; West End Theatres Will No Longer Reopen in Full in June \|first=Ryan \|last=McPhee \|date=2021-06-14 \|work=Playbill \|url=https://playbill.com/article/uk-postpones-reopening-roadmap-west-end-theatres-will-no-longer-reopen-in-full-in-june \|access-date=2022-04-25 \|quote=Step 4 of the roadmap will allow productions to play without capacity restrictions. June 21 was the goal; now, the government is eyeing July 19. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614205114/https://playbill.com/article/uk-postpones-reopening-roadmap-west-end-theatres-will-no-longer-reopen-in-full-in-june \|archive-date=2021-06-14 \|url-status=live}} closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022{{cite web \|title=Everything you need to know about the Olivier Awards \|first=Sophie \|last=Thomas \|date=2022-03-08 \|work=londontheatre.co.uk \|url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-olivier-awards \|access-date=2022-04-25 \|quote=Any new production that opened between 19 Feb. 2020 to 22 Feb. 2022 are eligible for categories in the 2022 Olivier Awards. With two years worth of shows set for honours in one year's ceremony, the 2022 Olivier Awards will prove tougher competition than before. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411225949/https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-olivier-awards \|archive-date=2022-04-11 \|url-status=live}}}}
rowspan="5" align="center" \|2022{{efn-ua\|name=COVID1}}
style="background:#B0C4DE" \|*Jenůfa* \|The Royal Opera
Bajazet \|Irish National Opera and The Royal Opera
The Cunning Little Vixen \|English National Opera
Theodora \|The Royal Opera
rowspan="5" align="center" \|2023
style="background:#B0C4DE" \|*Alcina* \|The Royal Opera
Least Like the Other \|Irish National Opera & The Royal Opera
Peter Grimes \|The Royal Opera
Sibyl \|William Kentridge
rowspan="7" align="center" \|2024
style="background:#B0C4DE" \|*Innocence* \|The Royal Opera
Blue \|English National Opera
Picture A Day Like This \|The Royal Opera
The Rhinegold \|English National Opera

class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"

style="background:#bebebe;"

! style="width:10%;" | Year

! style="width:45%;" | Production

! style="width:45%;" | Company

rowspan="5" align="center" |2020

style="background:#B0C4DE"

|Billy Budd

|Royal Opera House{{efn-ua|name=fn1|The official Olivier Award website only credits the venue as the 2020 nominee, with no mention of the company that performed, so can not assume that The Royal Opera company was nominated.{{cite web|access-date=2022-04-19|title=Olivier Awards 2020|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/year/olivier-awards-2020/|work=Society of London Theatre}}}}

Berenice

|Royal Opera House{{efn-ua|name=fn1}}

Hansel and Gretel

|Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and English National Opera

Noye's Fludde

|Theatre Royal Stratford East and English National Opera

align="center"| 2021

| colspan=2 align="center"| Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic{{efn-ua|name=COVID1|Due to late March 2020{{cite speech |title=Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 23 March 2020 [transcript] |first=The Rt Hon Boris, MP |last=Johnson |author-link=Boris Johnson |date=2020-03-23 |event=Prime Minister's Televised Speech to the United Kingdom |location=London, UK |website=www.gov.uk |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-address-to-the-nation-on-coronavirus-23-march-2020 |access-date=2022-04-25 |quote=From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609221414/https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-address-to-the-nation-on-coronavirus-23-march-2020 |archive-date=2020-06-09 |url-status=live}} to late July 2021{{cite news |title=U.K. Postpones Reopening Roadmap; West End Theatres Will No Longer Reopen in Full in June |first=Ryan |last=McPhee |date=2021-06-14 |work=Playbill |url=https://playbill.com/article/uk-postpones-reopening-roadmap-west-end-theatres-will-no-longer-reopen-in-full-in-june |access-date=2022-04-25 |quote=Step 4 of the roadmap will allow productions to play without capacity restrictions. June 21 was the goal; now, the government is eyeing July 19. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614205114/https://playbill.com/article/uk-postpones-reopening-roadmap-west-end-theatres-will-no-longer-reopen-in-full-in-june |archive-date=2021-06-14 |url-status=live}} closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022{{cite web |title=Everything you need to know about the Olivier Awards |first=Sophie |last=Thomas |date=2022-03-08 |work=londontheatre.co.uk |url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-olivier-awards |access-date=2022-04-25 |quote=Any new production that opened between 19 Feb. 2020 to 22 Feb. 2022 are eligible for categories in the 2022 Olivier Awards. With two years worth of shows set for honours in one year's ceremony, the 2022 Olivier Awards will prove tougher competition than before. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411225949/https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-olivier-awards |archive-date=2022-04-11 |url-status=live}}}}

rowspan="5" align="center" |2022{{efn-ua|name=COVID1}}

style="background:#B0C4DE"

|Jenůfa

Bajazet

|Irish National Opera and The Royal Opera

The Cunning Little Vixen

|English National Opera

Theodora

|The Royal Opera

rowspan="5" align="center" |2023

style="background:#B0C4DE"

|Alcina

Least Like the Other

|Irish National Opera & The Royal Opera

Peter Grimes

|The Royal Opera

Sibyl

|William Kentridge

rowspan="7" align="center" |2024

style="background:#B0C4DE"

|Innocence