Marin Alsop - Bernstein: Symphony No. 1 ‘Jeremiah’ - Baltimore Sympjhony; The Black Mask - Katowice Poland
Kevin Newbury – The Righteous -  Santa Fe Opera
Douglas Fitch – A Song by Mahler – Philadelphia, NY, San Diego, Santa Fe, Portland
Paula Suozzi – Falstaff – Houston Grand Opera
Kristine McIntyre – Don Giovanni – Atlanta Opera
Paula Suozzi – The Hours – The Philadelphia Orchestra
Bartlett Sher – Otello – Metropolitan Opera
Robert Carsen – Falstaff – Metropolitan Opera
Sarah Meyers – The Tell Tale Heart – Green-wood Cemetery 
Kevin Newbury – Castor and Patience – Cincinnati Opera
Keturah Stickann – Carmen – New Orleans Opera
Sir Richard Eyre – Carmen – Metropolitan Opera
Robert Lepage – Der Ring des Nibelungen – Metropolitan Opera
Chas Räder Schieber – Orphée – Des Moines Metro Opera
Louisa Muller – Das Rheingold – New York Philharmonic
Yuval Sharon – Cunning Little Vixen – Cleveland Orchestra
Karole Armitage – Dido and Aeneas – Opera Saratoga
Tara Faircloth – Don Giovanni – Arizona Opera
Emma Griffin – Don Giovanni – Boston Lyric Opera
Joan Anton Rechi  – Carmen – Boston Lyric Opera
Anne Bogart – The Handmaid’s Tale – Boston Lyric Opera
Ron Daniels – Orfeo - Opera Theatre of St. Louis 
James Bonas – L’enfant et les Sortilege – San Francisco Symphony
Edwin Cahill – Carmen – Savannah Voice Festival
Pablo Heras-Casado - Three Cornered Hat - Pittsburgh Symphony
Gianandrea Noseda - Otello (Emelia) - National Symphony