Her recordings include operas such as Mozart 's '' Idomeneo '' and '' Salome '' by Richard Strauss . In a 1995 recording of Carl Heinrich Graun 's '' Cesare e Cleopatra '' , with René Jacobs conducting the RIAS Kammerchor and the Concerto Köln , she appears as Cesare , alongside Janet Williams as Cleopatra ) , Lynne Dawson as Cornelia , Ralf Popken as Arsace , Elisabeth Scholl as Cneo and María Cristina Kiehr as Sesto . She recorded in 1996 the leading female role Bianca in Zemlinsky 's '' Eine florentinische Tragödie '' , alongside Heinz Kruse as Guido and Albert Dohmen as Simone , with Riccardo Chailly conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra . She participated in a 1997 recording of Wagner 's '' Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg '' which was awarded the Grammy 1998 as Best Opera Recording . Georg Solti conducted Chicago Symphony Orchestra , with José van Dam as Sachs , Karita Mattila as Eva , Ben Heppner as Stolzing , Herbert Lippert as David and her as Magdalene . In 2016 she was part of a complete recording of Wagner 's '' Der Ring des Nibelungen '' , conducted by Marek Janowski , singing Fricka alongside Tomasz Konieczny as Wotan , with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Grammy 1998
40th Annual Grammy Awards
Iris Vermillion