Gramophone Awards
2018
Shortlisted - Recital

Presto Recordings of the Year
Finalist 2017

The Times Records of the Year
2017
Nominated - Solo Recital

International Opera Awards
2018
Nominated - Solo Recital

Opera
October 2017
Recording of the Month

Michael Spyres (tenor), Joyce El-Khoury (soprano)
The Hallé, Carlo Rizzi

Auber: Ils s'éloignent, je reste (from Le Lac des fées)
Berlioz: Seul pour lutter, seul avec mon courage (from Benvenuto Cellini)
Donizetti: Dopo i lauri di vittoria (from Rosmonda d’Inghilterra), Donizetti: Seul sur la terre (from Dom Sébastien, Roi de Portugal),
Donizetti: La maîtresse du roi?...Ange si pur (from La Favorite), Donizetti: Tombe degl'avi miei … Fra poco a me ricovero...Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (from Lucia di Lammermoor)
Halévy: Dans ces lieux (from Guido et Ginévra)
Halévy: Tu seras donc pour moi (from Guido et Ginévra)
Halévy: De mes aïeux ombres sacrées (from La Reine de Chypre)
Rossini: Venise, ô ma patrie (from Otello)
Verdi: L'infamie...O mes amis, mes frères (from Jérusalem)

"Spyres is magnificent throughout the disc…he delivers Cs, Ds and, in Le lac des fées, an astonishing top E flat with overwhelming power and confidence…Rizzi and the Hallé provide lively accompaniments, with some fine solos." - Gramophone Magazine October 2017