You, the cher public have voted, and the results are in. Have we chosen the Met’s next Giovanna Seymour? The results were very close indeed!

The final tally, with 100% of precincts reporting, of the Jane Heir poll:

Kate Aldrich300
Anna Caterina Antonacci298
Sonia Ganassi298
Dolora Zajick295
Other*92
Kate Lindsey72
Alice Coote71

* There were as well a large number of write-in nominees:

Joyce DiDonato24
Roxandra Donose5
Sondra Radvanovsky5
Vivica Genaux4
Laura Vlasak Nolen4
Isabel Leonard3
Cecilia Bartoli2
Olga Borodina2
David Daniels2
Renee Fleming2
Denyce Graves2
Vesselina Kasarova2
Serena Malfi2
“Me”/”Moi”2
Susanne Mentzer2
Ekaterina Semenchuk2

Votes were also recorded for Daniella Barcelona, Jamie Barton, Anna Bonitatibus, Susan Boyle, Livia Budai, Cher, La Cieca, Beth Clayton, Mignon Dunn, Juan Diego Florez, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germinotta, Lindsey Graham, Susan Graham, Marilyn Horne, Jane Irwin, Sophie Koch, Jennifer Larmore, Margaret Lattimore, Eva Lind, Victoria Livengood, Nemo, Eva Podles, Laura Polverelli, Anita Rachvelishvili, Leonie Rysanek, Anna Smirnova and Rise Stevens.

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