Sylvia McNair
Artist

Sylvia McNair

Wins

2

Nominations

6

Category

Classical

38th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Classical Vocal Performance - Winner

36th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Classical Vocal Performance - Nominee

36th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Classical Album - Nominee

Debussy: Le Martyre De Saint Sebastien. Leslie Caron, Sylvia McNair, Ann Murray, Nathalie Stutzmann, Michael Tilson Thomas, Andreas Neubronner

36th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Opera Recording - Winner

Handel: Semele. John Aler, Kathleen Battle, Michael Chance, Mark S. Doss, Marilyn Horne, Neil Mackie, Sylvia McNair, Samuel Ramey, John Nelson, Steven Paul

34th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Opera Recording - Nominee

Mozart: Idomeneo (Album). John Eliot Gardiner, Hillevi Martinpelto, Sylvia McNair, Nigel Robson, Anthony Rolf-Johnson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Karl-August Naegler

28th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Classical Album - Nominee

Handel: Messiah (Album). Kaaren Erickson, Alfreda Hodgson, Jon Humphrey, Sylvia McNair, Robert Shaw, Richard Stilwell, Robert Woods

All Grammy Awards and
Nominations for Sylvia McNair

Year Award Artists Work All Nominees
1996 Best Classical Vocal Performance Sylvia McNair The Echoing Air - The Music Of Henry Purcell All Nominees
1994 Best Classical Vocal Performance Sylvia McNair, soprano Exsultate Jubilate (Works Of Handel, Mozart) All Nominees
1994 Best Classical Album Leslie Caron, Sylvia McNair, Ann Murray, Nathalie Stutzmann, Michael Tilson Thomas, Andreas Neubronner Debussy: Le Martyre De Saint Sebastien All Nominees
1994 Best Opera Recording John Aler, Kathleen Battle, Michael Chance, Mark S. Doss, Marilyn Horne, Neil Mackie, Sylvia McNair, Samuel Ramey, John Nelson, Steven Paul Handel: Semele All Nominees
1992 Best Opera Recording John Eliot Gardiner, Hillevi Martinpelto, Sylvia McNair, Nigel Robson, Anthony Rolf-Johnson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Karl-August Naegler Mozart: Idomeneo (Album) All Nominees
1986 Best Classical Album Kaaren Erickson, Alfreda Hodgson, Jon Humphrey, Sylvia McNair, Robert Shaw, Richard Stilwell, Robert Woods Handel: Messiah (Album) All Nominees

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