| 1951 |
Dido and Aeneas, Purcell |
| Bastien and Bastienne, Mozart |
| 1952 | Merry Wives of Windsor, Nocolai |
| 1953 | La Clemenza di Tito, Mozart |
| 1954 | L'Elisir d'Amore, Donizetti |
| 1955 | Don Procopio, Bizet |
| Bastien and Bastienne, Mozart |
| 1956 | Il Turco in Italia, Rossini |
| 1957 | The Devil and Kate, Dvorak |
| 1958 | Der Wildschutz, Lortzing |
| 1959 | The Barber of Baghdad, Cornelius |
| 1960 | Beatrice and Benedict, Berlioz |
| 1961* | Halka, Moniusko |
| 1962 | Lodoiska, Cherubini |
| 1963 | I Due Foscari, Verdi |
| 1964 | Sorochinsky Fair, Mussorgsky |
| 1965* | Das Liebersverbot, Wagner |
| 1966* | Die Feuersbrunst, Haydn |
| 1967 | Popiuto, Donizetti |
| La Cadi Dupe, Gluck |
| Livietta e Tracollo, Pergolesi |
| The Tide, Blacher |
| 1968* | Bank Ben, Erkel |
| 1969** | Leonora, Beethoven |
| 1970* | Alzira, Verdi |
| 1971 | Armide, Gluck |
| 1972 | Hans Heiling, Marshner |
| 1973 | Stiffelio, Verdi |
| 1974 | Clytemnestra, Wishart |
| 1975 | Euryanthe, Weber |
| 1976* | Macbeth (1st Version), Verdi |
| 1977 | Saul and David, Nielsen |
| 1978* | The Maid of Orleans, Tchaikovsky |
| 1979 | Attila, Verdi |
| 1980* | The Duenna, Prokoviev |
| 1981 | Herodiade, Massenet |
| 1982* | Oberto, Verdi |
| 1983* | Gwendoline, Chabrier |
| 1984 | Faust, Spohr |
| 1985 | Le Villi, Puccini |
| Edgar, Puccini |
| 1986 | Die Loreley, Bruch |
| 1987 | The Devil's Wall, Smetana |
| 1988 | Il Corsaro, Verdi |
| 1989 | Giovanna d'Arco, Verdi |
| 1990 | Un Giorno di Regna, Verdi |
| 1991 | Lakme, Delibes |
| 1992 | Le Roi d'Ys, Lalo |
| 1993 | Ruslan and Ludmila, Glinka |
| 1994** | Hulda, Franck |
| 1995 | La Wally, Catalana |
| 1996** | The Ballad of Baby Doe, Moore |
| 1997* | The King and the Marshal, Heise |
| 1998 | Mignon, Thomas |
| 1999 | Mazeppa, Tchaikovsky |
| 2000 | The Jewels of the Madonna, Wolf-Ferrari |
| 2001* | Kullervo, Sallinen |
| 2002 | Benvenuto Cellini, Berlioz |
| 2003* | Ciboulette, Hahn |
| 2004* | Vanda, Dvorak |
| 2005 | Whittington, Offenbach |
| 2006 | Alfonso und Estrella, Schubert |
| 2007 | Camacho's Wedding, Mendelssohn |
