La Cieca is happy to announce that voting season has begun for the 2010 first annual parterre box awards for excellence and repugnance in operatic production and performance during the 2009-2010 season.

And now, here’s your chance to choose among this year’s nominees for the “Lorgnette d’Or.”

Please vote for one nominee in each category.

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The polls will remain open until Wednesday, May 19 at noon. At that time La Cieca will tally the votes and announce the winners of the coveted “Lorgnette d’Or.” In the meantime, members of the cher public are encouraged to suggest worthy recipients of honorary “Lorgnettes d’Or” such categories as “Lifetime Achievement,” “Service Above and Beyond the Call of Fach,” and “Why the Hell Not.”

Until then, vote early and often!