| Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production | |
| Awarded For: | Best New Opera Production |
| Presenter: | Society of London Theatre |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Holder: | Innocence by The Royal Opera (2024) |
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
This award was first presented in 1993, becoming only the second Olivier Award focused solely on opera, along with the award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera (introduced in 1977).
| Year | Production | Company |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | ||
| Stiffelio | The Royal Opera | |
| Death in Venice | The Royal Opera | |
| Der Fliegende Hollander | ||
| The Fiery Angel | ||
| 1994 | ||
| La damnation de Faust | The Royal Opera | |
| Ariodante | English National Opera | |
| Gloriana | Opera North | |
| Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg | The Royal Opera | |
| 1995 | ||
| Khovanshchina | English National Opera | |
| Così fan tutte | The Royal Opera | |
| Don Quixote | English National Opera | |
| Roméo et Juliette | The Royal Opera | |
| 1996 | ||
| Billy Budd | The Royal Opera | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | English National Opera | |
| Salome | The Royal Opera | |
| Siegfried | ||
| 1997 | ||
| Tristan und Isolde | English National Opera | |
| Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci | Welsh National Opera | |
| Fidelio | English National Opera | |
| 1998 | ||
| Paul Bunyan | The Royal Opera | |
| Falstaff | English National Opera and Opera North | |
| Palestrina | The Royal Opera | |
| Platée | ||
| 1999 | ||
| La clemenza di Tito | Welsh National Opera | |
| Boris Godunov | English National Opera | |
| L'Orfeo | Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie | |
| Il trittico | English National Opera |
| Year | Production | Company |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Billy Budd | Royal Opera House | |
| Berenice | Royal Opera House | |
| Hansel and Gretel | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and English National Opera | |
| Noye's Fludde | Theatre Royal Stratford East and English National Opera | |
| 2021 | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic | |
| 2022 | ||
| Jenůfa | The Royal Opera | |
| Bajazet | Irish National Opera and The Royal Opera | |
| The Cunning Little Vixen | English National Opera | |
| Theodora | The Royal Opera | |
| 2023 | ||
| Alcina | The Royal Opera | |
| Least Like the Other | Irish National Opera & The Royal Opera | |
| Peter Grimes | The Royal Opera | |
| Sibyl | William Kentridge | |
| 2024 | ||
| Innocence | The Royal Opera | |
| Blue | English National Opera | |
| Picture A Day Like This | The Royal Opera | |
| The Rhinegold | English National Opera |