Of what I've seen in staged Operas this year the most striking voices I've felt were: Nina Stemme as Isolde in ROH, and Albert Dohmen as Hans Sachs in Liceu.
Since this blog is also a personal diary, I add a more extensive list.
Female Singers
1. Nina Stemme as Isolde in "Tristan und Isolde" Loy & Pappano (ROH London)
2. Anja Harteros as Elsa in "Lohengrin" Jones & Nagano (BSO Munich)
3. Diana Damrau as Zerbinetta in "Ariadne auf Naxos" Carsen & De Billy (BSO Munich)
4. Anna Netrebko as Adina in "Elisir d'Amore" Pelly & Arrivabeni (ONP Paris)
5. Eva-Maria Westbroek as Katerina Ismailova in "Lady Macbeth of Mzentsk" Kusej & Haenchen (ONP Paris)
Ricarda Merbeth as Helena in "Aegyptische Helena" Marelli & Litton (DOB Berlin)
Honorable mention (in no particular order)
Marina Prudenskaya as Octavian in "Der Rosenkavalier" Herheim & Honeck (DOS Stuttgart) Mojca Erdmann as Sophie in "Der Rosenkavalier" Herheim & Honeck (DOS Stuttgart)
Anna Caterina Antonacci as Carmen in "Carmen" Noble & Gardiner (OC Paris)
Christiane Libor as Ada in "Die Feen" Sagi & Minkowski (Chatelet Paris)
Marina Rebeka as Anai in "Moise et Pharaon" Flimm & Muti (SFS Salzburg)
Mihoko Fujimura as Kundry in "Parsifal" Herheim & Gatti (BFS Bayreuth)
Adrianne Pieczonka as Ariadne in "Ariadne auf Naxos" Carsen & De Billy (BSO Munich)
Isabel Leonard as Dorabella in "Cosi fan tutte" Guth & Fischer (SFS Salzburg)
Sophie Koch as Brangane in "Tristan und Isolde" Loy & Pappano (ROH London) and as Adalgisa in "Norma" Rose & Reck (BSO Munich)
Mireille Delunsch as La Folie in "Platée" Pelly & Minkowski and Marguerite in "Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne" Bondy & Cambreling (ONP Paris)
Miah Persson as Fiordiligi in "Cosi fan tutte" Guth & Fischer (SFS Salzburg)
Irene Theorin as Isolde in "Tristan und Isolde" Andersen & Kout (KOC Copenhagen) and Marthaler & Schneider (BFS Bayreuth)
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